The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel6733,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 10 December 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel6733
His astronomical work has been delayed by ill health and he is behind with Wilhelm Struve's list of stars. Gives some errors he has noticed. A friend of his, Dr. Thomas Raffles, would like autographs of any famous men; can JH oblige?
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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