The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel6955,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 9 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel6955
Would not like to become President and shirk the duties it involves, but if the R.A.S. cannot find someone else for the President then he will consent to let his name go forward. Has had a letter from W. H. Smyth on the same subject.
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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