Making such slow progress that he fears the paper may not reach her in time, so will send a duplicate. The paper is longer than intended but it may be altered as desired. Remembers his days at the Cape with pleasure.
Letter details
Record number
Herschel9500
From
Robert FitzRoy
To
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date
[29 June 1836]
Sent from
HMS Beagle, at sea
Source of text
RS:HS 7.245
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