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From:
James [Struthers] Stewart
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 April 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.10
Summary:

Sends JH bulbs of Cape flowers to plant. Thanks him for sending JH's translation of Friedrich Schiller's 'The Walk.' Describes the obelisk placed on JH's telescope site at Feldhausen. Reports of effort to install improved roads in the colony. Construction of St. George's Church completed. Describes planned Botanical Garden at the Cape.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Challis
Date:
[11 April 1844]
Source of text:
CUOL 1844.25
Summary:

A note of thanks upon receipt of the thirteenth volume of the observations of the Cambridge Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project