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From:
John Fairbairn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 March 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.151
Summary:

JH is leaving the Cape at an unfortunate time as the Governor has to rely on the support of an unsympathetic party. Comments on the political situation at the Cape. The Herschels have done much good for the Cape since their residence there.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 March 1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0424; Reel 1087
Summary:

Forwards to JH letters sent by Humphrey Lloyd and G. B. Airy to William Whewell. Concurs with Lloyd's recommendations [for Canada survey] and with Airy's suggestion of photographic registers to determine simultaneity of distant observations. [JH note: Routing list for letter among committee members.]

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John Herschel Project