[The Reverend Robert Main (1808 ? 1878) astronomer.] Autograph Note Signed Robert Main to Haggard Esqre including Airy's view on foreign visitor.

One page, cr.8vo, fold marks, aged, text clear and complete as follows: Dear Sir | I had much pleasure in accompanying your friend, who appears to be a very intelligent person, round the Ob[servator]y. Mr Airy wished me just to mention that as a matter of form he would wish any application in behalf of scientific foreigners, to whom he has always willing to show the OB[servator]y, to be addressed to himself. I have had a delightful tour in the West since I had the pleasure of seeing you, and have returned quite invigorated to my duties. Note: The lunar crater Main is named after Robert Main, and there is also a crater on Mars named after him. [Wikipedia]