Gives views of her son (Charles Babbage) on hearing of his election to the Lucasian professorship at Cambridge.
Letter details
Record number
Herschel5278
From
Elizabeth [Betty] Plumleigh Babbage
To
Sir John Herschel
Date
[15 April 1828]
Sent from
5 Devonshire St., Portland Place
Source of text
RS:HS 2.223
Physical description
ALS 2pp
Additional information
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