The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel6340,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel6340
Has heard that J. D. Forbes will be leaving Edinburgh to work in Glasgow, where the salary is higher. Would like JH's support for a movement to increase the salary so that Forbes may be retained at Edinburgh.
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
John Herschel Project[View Ɛpsilon collection]