HERSCHEL, Sir WILLIAM, Astronomer (1738-1822). ALS to Dr. Charles Parry, Slough near Windsor, 3 October 1811, 4to, 2 pp., welcoming the British composer's interest in joining the Royal Society -- HERSCHEL, W. Autograph manuscript, n.p., n.d. 4to, 1 page, a sheet of astronomical coordinates and notes, with two diagrams -- HERSCHEL, Sir, JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM (1792-1871), Astronomer and son of the previous. ALS to W.H. Latimer, Hawkhurst, Kent, 13 March 1867, 4to, 2 pp. with integral address, accepting an offer of membership to the Society of Engineers -- HERSCHEL, J.F.W. ALS to the editor of the Athenaeum, Collingwood, 25 August 1844, 8vo, 1 page, sending a brief contribution, "the substance of a letter I have just rec'd..." -- HERSCHEL, J.F.W. ALS to an unnamed correspondent, 5 March 1854, 8vo, 2 pp., with photograph, thanking him for a book, asking whether it can be passed onto his son -- HERSCHEL, J.F.W. ALS to an unnamed correspondent, n.p., n.d., 8vo, 1 page, "I send you a statement I have just written to the Times. I hope they will insert it but have some doubts as to when as I fear they are not fond of anything that comes from me" -- and 2 other ALSs by J.F.W. Herschel. Together 8 items, various sizes, condition varies.