The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel6954,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 1 December 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel6954
Has been planning the new duties for officers of the R.A.S. now that Francis Baily is dead. Hopes JH will consent to become president now, in order to give the prestige of the Society a boost.
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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