Herschel, correspondence

This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Sir John Herschel/Correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 8 March 1838 to 16 June 1839
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Circa 2 letters

Scope and Content

  • MS 248/423/1-2;D Letters (2) to John Franklin, 8 March 1838 and 16 June 1839 [Regarding drowning of Lieutenant Thomas Burnett while surveying the D'Entrecastaux Channel in 1837, frontier movement of Boers in Cape Colony and plans for the British Naval Expedition, 1839-1843 to the Antarctic] 2 leaves, holograph

Administrative / Biographical History

The correspondence contains material on the Cape Colony (South Africa) the D'Entrecastaux Channel, Papua New Guinea and the British Naval Expedition, 1839-1843 to the Antarctic (leader James Clark Ross).

Arrangement

Chronological

Related Material

See SPRI collection GB 015 British Naval Expedition, 1839-1834 (leader James Clark Ross). The Institute also holds extensive material on John Franklin which it is hoped will be placed on the HUB in due course.

Geographical Names

Papua New Guinea