Sending a copy of a book he has found of great benefit. News of his household. Mrs. Gordon (JH's daughter Caroline) must have been shocked at the death of the Prince Consort.
Letter details
Record number
Herschel6790
From
William Rutter Dawes
To
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date
[6 January 1862]
Sent from
Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame
Source of text
RS:HS 6.107
Physical description
AL 5pp inc
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