Plans leisure sightseeing in Paris. Visited Louvre. [P.S. 7 Oct.:] Called on Alexis Bouvard yesterday. Met W. H. Wollaston, returning from Tyrol. Wrote to Caroline Herschel from Montpellier. Will view A. M. Ampère's electrical experiments today.
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Plans leisure sightseeing in Paris. Visited Louvre. [P.S. 7 Oct.:] Called on Alexis Bouvard yesterday. Met W. H. Wollaston, returning from Tyrol. Wrote to Caroline Herschel from Montpellier. Will view A. M. Ampère's electrical experiments today.
Invitation from Duchess of Clarence [Adelaide] calls JH to London. Appointments with [Davies] Gilbert and R. H. Inglis on Monday. Will reschedule Board of Longitude meeting. Sent containers for Mr. Atherton. Paid MPH's bills. [Agnes] Kater is recovering. News of Beckwiths and James Grahame.
JH's love for Margaret Stewart. Financial plans for future. Isabella Stewart is still ill. Burn this letter. P.S.: Do not burn it. JH may want to read it in later years. Mrs. Stewart gave JH her husband's journal recording Margaret's sixth year. Regards from James Grahame to MPH.
Enamored of Margaret Stewart. Orders MH to secrecy about JH's engagement. Praises fiancée's musical talent.
JH's and Margaret's honeymoon journey through Buckinghamshire. Concern for MH's confinement.
JH and Margaret will see MPH on Monday. Rode along Wye River and visited ruins of Tintern Abbey by full moonlight last night.
Margaret's cold developed into serious fever, similar to those of Isabella and Mrs. Stewart. Financial transactions. Visited Duke of Wellington yesterday with Wolryche Whitmore on behalf of Charles Babbage. Fears Babbage's case will not go well. James Grahame is in London. Mrs. Stewart asks if Isabella and her maid Catherine may stay at Slough. Received visits from Somervilles, Katers, and Dunlops. Death of Thomas Young.
Isabella is eager to visit Slough. Called today on Charles Babbage's mother, who is anxious about her son. JH believes Babbage is reconciled to loss of government support. Lists social visitors. James Grahame plans to take daughter Matilda back to Nantes. Sir Edward Parry leaves for Australia for five years. [JH note:] Do not sell [horse] Zephyr until JH returns.
JH's and Margaret's voyage from London with John Stewart and Mrs. Tucker. Met R. H. Inglis on ship. Plan to go to Cassell or St. Omer tomorrow. News of Stewart family.
Scenes in France and Flanders. Hotel is adjacent to king's palace. Made drawings of cathedral yesterday. Visited Waterloo today.
Tour of Brussels. Music festival in progress. Met Belgian artists F. J. Navez and J. D. Odevaere. Dined with L. A. J. Quetelet. Met C. J. Keverberg, cofounder [with Johannes van den Bosch] of colonies at Frederiksoord and Hoogstraeten. Day in forest of Soignies. Journey from Brussels through Liege. Industrial activity at Seraing. [Letter continued 8 July:] Describes city of Aix-la-Chapelle.
Scenery along Rhine river. Visit to Bonn, where party was received by A. W. Schlegel, translator of Shakespeare into German, and geologist J. J. Nöggerath. [Letter continued in Andernach:] John Stewart is becoming good artist. [Letter continued 17 June in Koblenz:] Received mail from Slough. Itinerary for Germany and Switzerland.
Journey from Koblenz to Bingen and Mannheim. Diagram of Grand Ducal Gardens at Carlsruhe. [Note by Margaret Herschel:] Enjoys travel but looks forward to seeing family again.
Received mail from Slough. Margaret is superb traveler. Itinerary for Switzerland. Beauty of Baden Baden.
Received Mary Baldwin's report of MPH's illness. JH and Margaret are cutting short their tour and returning home in haste.
JH and Margaret arrived safely today. Will reach Slough tomorrow.
Lists MH's property and annual rental fees that JH arranged with each tenant. Projects earnings. Contract with Mr. Nash was witnessed by Mr. Trumper. Expects trouble getting Mr. Davenport to pay back rent that was awarded to MH.
Must postpone visit with MPH until tomorrow. Need to say farewell to Guthries, who leave Balstrode soon. Both babies are fine. [JH note:] Regrets postponement.
JH and Margaret arrived safely. Changes in town since 1826 visit. [Letter continues 19 Aug.:] Unable to find lodgings. Both babies [Caroline and Isabella] enjoy sea.
JH arrived safely yesterday and attended event at home of Sir Joseph Banks. Dr. [Matthew] Baillie asked about Lady Mary Herschel. JH and Charles Babbage, preparing to tour France, leave tomorrow for Dover. Wishes better health for MH and William Herschel.