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Memoir and correspondence of Caroline Herschel
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Eight autograph letters by William Herschel, addressed to fellow astronomers Edward Pigott (7 letters) and John Goodricke (1 letter).
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Manuscripts
Written from Slough, England, William Herschel inquires Tiberius Cavallo for a mathematical instrument maker.
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Official notification of the election of William Herschel to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the Massachusetts (with seal, dated 1788, April 30). Signed by Joseph Willard (President of Harvard), Caleb Gannett, and James Bourdain.
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In this handwritten, signed letter, Herschel is introducing his eldest son, Sir William James Herschel, to British politician Sir Charles Wood. Herschel's son was on a leave of absence from his duties in India to study law in England.
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