Encountered storm and lost the Tigris and 20 men. Would like a preface on this subject from JH for his own forthcoming book.
Letter details
Record number
Herschel6594
From
Francis R[awdon] Chesney
To
Sir John Herschel
Date
[6 December 1841]
Sent from
Down St.
Source of text
RS:HS 5.335
Physical description
ALS 3pp
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