Congratulates JH on his marriage to Margaret Brodie Stewart.
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Congratulates JH on his marriage to Margaret Brodie Stewart.
Sending a portrait of herself; CH comments that receiving word of JH's marriage made her look 'a dozen years younger all at once.'
Wishes to learn if Isabella Stewart's health has declined.
Thanks JH for sending a copy of his Prelim. Discourse; notes that it has been translated into German from a French translation. Laments that she is 'decaying.'
Received news from the Duke of Cambridge of JH's appointment to the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order.
Losing her strength and eyesight. Describes a conversation with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Reminds JH to send his catalog of double stars.
Feeling simply 'dismal.'
Wishes JH well on his upcoming trip to the Cape of Good Hope. Asks JH to study the lower part of the Scorpion, for William Herschel was mystified by the 'uncommon appearance of that part of the heavens.' [Written as a postscript to a letter by Margaret Herschel.]
Thrilled that JH has arrived safely in Cape Town; notes that JH's Cape Town trip has captivated the intellectual world.
Experiencing 'a daily increase of pain and feebleness.'
Asks about JH's children. Remarks that JH's discovery of globular clusters in the Scorpion is not what she remembered William Herschel being mystified about; remembers that WH exclaimed that there seemed to be a 'Loch im Himmel' ('hole in heaven') there.
Hopes that JH will receive Friedrich Bessel's paper called 'On the Influence of the Irregularities of the Earth on Geodetic Operations, and their Comparison with Astronomical Determinations.'
Details her daily routine.
Hopes to introduce to Margaret Herschel some of her acquaintances, including the family of General Baron Hugh Halkett.
Lists those who visited CH on her birthday.
Angry that many call William Herschel's 40-ft. reflecting telescope 'useless.'
Asserting that her memory remains sharp, CH promises that she will periodically describe 'what passed in old times.'
Promises in her next letter to comment about JH's 'chrysotype' photographic process.
Describes the visit of the Crown Prince and Princess [of Hanover?] on her 93rd birthday (16 March).