Writes of the gentle, peaceful nature of JH's death that morning in the presence of many of the family.
Letter details
Record number
Herschel809
From
Margaret Brodie Herschel
To
Duncan Stewart
Date
[11 May 1871]
Sent from
Collingwood
Source of text
JHS 2.4
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