The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel4199,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 1 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel4199
Thanks JH and MH for their support. Admits that before leaving the Cape he told the governor that he had no intention of returning. Ascribes difficulties of his term as Lieutenant Governor to problems inherent in having a military man in office.
Record created for the Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (CUP: Cambridge), 1998 by Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds
Digital record created by Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium
Converted to TEI by Michael Hawkins, Epsilon Project, Cambridge University Library
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