King of Netherlands received copy of JH's Cape Results and wishes to award gold medal to JH. Does JH accept?
Letter details
Record number
Herschel7577
From
Count [Gerrit] Schimmelpenninck
To
Sir John Herschel
Date
[1 September 1847]
Sent from
5 Great Cumberland St.
Source of text
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.94; Reel 9
Physical description
ALS 1p
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