Now a long time since she has written but she has happy memories of their last meeting. Is anxious about the posthumous fame of her son. Would be pleased to hear news of the family.
Letter details
Record number
Herschel7267
From
Elizabeth Drummond [Sr.]
To
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date
[11 July 1844]
Sent from
Portobello, Edinburgh
Source of text
RS:HS 6.448
Physical description
ALS 4pp
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