Describes life in Trinity Lodge and invites JH to visit him there. Is writing on ethics and puzzling over the nature of causation.
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Describes life in Trinity Lodge and invites JH to visit him there. Is writing on ethics and puzzling over the nature of causation.
Comments by words and a drawing on WW's statement that WW was trying to 'puff himself out' to fill his new office and house. Also discusses moral philosophy and the theory of causation.
Alerts WW that F. W. Bessel, in very poor health, will attend the Manchester B.A.A.S. meeting. JH plans to bring Bessel to Collingwood after the meeting.
Hopes to arrange a meeting with WW at the invitation of a Mr. Hope. Discusses JH's recent photographic works and sends some photographs of improved quality.
Invites WW for a short visit, JH's wife being ill. Thanks WW for paper on cause and effect. Clouds kept JH from photographing a recent solar eclipse.
[Same message as JH's letter of 1842-7-21, but sent to a second location.]
Congratulates WW on a testimonial held in WW's honor in Lancaster. Reports the birth of JH's sixth daughter [Julia].
Comments on JH's translation of Friedrich Schiller's poem 'The Walk.' Invites the Herschels to Trinity Lodge, then under repair. Mentions James South's odd behavior.