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From:
Asa Gray
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 October 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.135; Reel 9
Summary:

[Form letter] Acknowledges receipt of JH's Cape Results by library of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Henry Ingersoll Bowditch
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 October 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.136; Reel 9
Summary:

Gratitude from proprietors of Bowditch Library for receipt of JH's Cape Results and for JH's memory of their late father [Nathaniel Bowditch].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 October 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.341
Summary:

Sends his first approximation of the elements of the asteroid Flora.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Rowan Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 October 1847]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Describes the funeral of James MacCullagh; mystified why he committed suicide.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project