Item 91 - Letter from John Herschel

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Add. MS a/207/91

Title

Letter from John Herschel

Date(s)

  • 28 Oct. 1854 (Creation)

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4 pp

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Scope and content

35 Bedford Place, Russell Sq. - On the possibility of JH's son (Alexander Herschel) entering Trinity College in October 1855: 'I am sure at present he deserves it - for he is a very good lad and has excellent talents though rather oversensitive and impressionable'.

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