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Add. MS a/207/111
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Letter from John Herschel
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- 2 Apr. 1864 (Creation)
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3 pp
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Collingwood - JH sends WW his translation of book six of the 'Iliad', and thanks him for his 'just and welcome' notes on his translation of book five. JH has compared his translation to others, and prefers his own since it does not 'gallop so oppressively...which always makes me seasick and puts me in mind of making game'. Maria, Amelia and William Herschel have returned from their stay at the Whewells. Margaret Herschel is now off the sick list but JH has had terrible bronchitis.
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- Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) 1st Baronet, mathematician and astronomer (Subject)
- Herschel, Maria Sophia (1839-1929) daughter of Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Subject)
- Wade, Amelia (1841-1926), daughter of Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Subject)
- Herschel, Sir William James (1833–1917), 2nd Baronet, developer of fingerprinting and judge (Subject)