| Title |
Transcripts of letters from J.C. Adams, S-W by recipient, letters to Adams, and other correspondence |
| Reference |
Box 38 |
| Creator |
Various |
| Covering Dates |
27 Jan. 1843–18 Oct. 1888 |
| Extent and Medium |
63 letters; paper |
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| Index Terms |
| Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer |
| MacAlister, Sir Donald (1854-1934) 1st Baronet, physician and medical administrator |
| St John's Library/Adams/Box 38 contains: |
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Typed copy of letter to Edward Sabine. See JCA's draft at 24/48/3. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper. |
3 June 1848 |
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Typed copy of letter to Edward Sabine. See JCA's draft at 24/48/2. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
24 Jan. 1848 |
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2/1
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Copy of letter to Adam Sedgwick. Acceptance or rejection of knighthood. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
24 Jan. 1848 |
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3/1
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Neptune. Printing of paper on the perturbations of Uranus in the Nautical Almanac. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
17 Dec. 1846 |
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Neptune. Distribution of paper on the perturbations of Uranus in the Nautical Almanac. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
11 Jan. 1847 |
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Elements of Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
12 Feb. 1847 |
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4/1
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Orbit of Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper. |
12 Mar. 1847 |
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Satellites of Uranus. Elements of Mr Hind's planet for Monthly Notices of RAS. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
13 Sep. 1847 |
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Ephemeris of Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
27 Sep. 1847 |
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5/1
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Ephemeris of Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
25 Nov. 1847 |
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Giving of RAS Gold Medals to Hind and Encke. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
10 Dec. 1847 |
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Satellites of Uranus. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper. |
26 Jan. 1848 |
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Pierce's perturbations of Uranus. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
11 Feb. 1848 |
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Politics. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
9 Apr. 1848 |
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Ephemeris of Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper. |
14 July 1848 |
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7/1
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Ephemeris of Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper. |
21 July 1848 |
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7/2
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Peirce. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
3 sheets; paper. |
31 July 1848 |
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Neptune and Uranus. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
10 Aug. 1848 |
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8/1
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Irish affairs. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
15 Aug. 1848 |
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8/2
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Peirce. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
2 Oct. 1848 |
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8/3
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Monthly Notices of the RAS. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper. |
30 Dec. 1848 |
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9/1
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Excuses for non appearance of abstract for Monthly Notices of the RAS. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper. |
25 Jan. 1849 |
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9/2
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Excuses for non appearance of abstract for Monthly Notices of the RAS. Politics. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper. |
29 Jan. 1849 |
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9/3
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Encloses proof of abstract for Monthly Notices of the RAS. Politics. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper. |
29 Feb. 1848 |
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9/4
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Elements of Venus. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper. |
7 Mar. 1849 |
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10/1
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Mass of Uranus. Schumacher's letter. Personal. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
15 Sep. 1849 |
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10/2
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Account of eclipse. Papers for Monthly Notices of RAS. Politics. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
3 sheets; paper. |
16 Oct. 1851 |
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10/3
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Account of eclipse. New accomodation for the Royal Society. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper. |
29 Nov. 1851 |
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11/1
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Printing of address to the RAS. Printing of Catton's observations. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
30 Mar. 1852 |
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11/2
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. RAS Council business. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
1 May 1852 |
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11/3
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Account of eclipse. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper. |
6 Dec. 1852 |
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12/1
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Account of eclipse. Introduction to Lunar Parallax tables nearly complete. Plan for removal of RAS to Kensington. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
9 Dec. 1852 |
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12/2
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Account of eclipse. Lunar Parallax tables to be published by Nautical Almanac. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
16 Dec. 1852 |
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Failiure of application for Superintendence of Nautical Almanac. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
14 Apr. 1853 |
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13/1
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Copy of letter to W.W. Skeat. "Theodolite". See also WWS's letters to JCA and Mrs A., and JCA's notes. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
3 sheets; paper. |
27 July 1883 |
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14/1
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Copy of letter to C. Souillart. Error in Laplace. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
23 Oct. 1878 |
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Copy of letter to C. Souillart. Advice on publishing paper in Memoirs of RAS. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
3 sheets; paper. |
23 May 1879 |
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Copy of letter to C. Souillart. Progress of publication of paper on Satellites of Jupiter in Memoirs of RAS. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
10 Apr. 1880 |
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Copy of letter to E.G.G.S. Stanley. See JCA's draft at 16/61/1. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper. |
11 Nov. 1858 |
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16/1
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Copy of letter to J.J. Sylvester. Acknowledgement of copy of paper on Newton and Campbell. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography. Possible that this particular copy is JCA's own.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
3p; paper. |
27 Apr. 1888 |
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Copy of letter to James Thomson. Statement of facts relating to discovery of Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
4 sheets; paper. |
26 Nov. 1846 |
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18/1
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Copy of letter to J.T. Walker. Movements of telescopes due to heat from the observer's body. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography. Possible that this particular copy is JCA's own.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
4p; paper. |
18 Oct. 1888 |
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Copy of letter to John Wallop. Devonshire dialect words, 2 copies. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
3p; paper. |
6 May 1876 |
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Copy of letter to W. Whewell. Neptune. See JCA's draft at 16/66/1. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
24 Nov. 1846 |
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21/1
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Copy of letter to Mrs Wilkinson. Reply to amateur enquiry about motion of the Moon. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1 sheet; paper. |
8 May 1856 |
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22/1a
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Copy of letter to unknown recipient. "To a lady friend who wished to make him a wedding present". Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p; paper. |
15 Mar. 1863 |
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22/1b
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Copy of letter to unknown recipient. On his lack of a family crest. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p; paper. |
7 Apr. 1863 |
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22/2-3
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Copy of letter to unknown recipient. Two copies of "dictated letter". JCA calculating the Gaussian constants of Terrestrail Magnetism. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2 sheets; paper. |
1819–1892 |
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23/1
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Original at 24/1/3. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: George Adams, b 1823.
1 sheet; paper. |
27 Jan. 1843 |
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24/1
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Original at 5/26/1. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Jean-Baptiste Biot, 1774-1862.
3 sheets; paper. |
26 Feb. 1847 |
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24/2
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Original at 5/26/2. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Jean-Baptiste Biot, 1774-1862.
3 sheets; paper. |
6 Mar. 1847 |
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25/1
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Acknowledgement of information on discovery of Neptune for AMC's History of Astronomy. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Agnes Mary Clerke, 1842-1907.
1 sheet; paper. |
2 Feb. 1886 |
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26/1
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Original at 8/30/1. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Couch Grylls, 1796-1854.
2 sheets; paper. |
23 Dec. 1845 |
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27/1
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Original at 9/23/3. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Russell Hind, 1823-1895.
1 sheet; paper. |
30 Sep. 1846 |
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28/1
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Reply to JCA's of 12 May. Satellites of Uranus. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: William Lassell, 1799-1880.
4 sheets; paper. |
2 June 1849 |
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29/1
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Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Original at 14/38/1. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Ralph Tatham, 1778-1857.
1 sheet; paper. |
7 June 1852 |
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30/1
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Copy of letter to unknown recipient. "Extracted from a letter to a friend...". JCA's work on the Lunar Theory. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Eliza Adams.
2 sheets; paper. |
7 June 1852 |
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31/1
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Copy of letter to H.M. Butler. GBA's opinion of the efficiency of the CO, and that its assistants are overpaid. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography. Possible that this particular copy is one made for JCA at the time of writing of the letter.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
4p; paper. |
15 Mar. 1888 |
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32/1
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Copy of letter to A. De Morgan. Neptune: James Jerwood. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: John Lee, 1783-1866.
3 sheets; paper. |
15 Mar. 1849 |
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33/1
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Copy of letter to Fenton Hort. Neptune. Account of JCA's account to the Camb. Phil. Soc., Nov. 1846. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Fenton John Anthony Hort, 1828-1892.
1 sheet; paper. |
12 Nov. 1846 |
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34/1
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Copy of letter to A. De Morgan. Gold Medal of RAS - Neptune. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1792-1871.
3 sheets; paper. |
8 Feb. 1847 |
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Copy of letter to A. De Morgan. Diplomas and Testimonials of RAS. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1792-1871.
2 sheets; paper. |
24 Apr. 1848 |
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Copy of letter to Richard Sheepshanks. Diplomas and Testimonials of RAS. Letter or extract of letter transcribed for MacAlister's biography.
Creator: Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1792-1871.
1 sheet; paper. |
19 Jan. 1848 |
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