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Herschel1103

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[9 January 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.9.76
Summary:

Asks for William Lassell's address in Malta, as JH's son, William, may be able to stop in to visit Lassell.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1107

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gabriel Stokes
Date:
[4 January 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.10.3
Summary:

Thanks GS for his paper on fluorescent spectra; JH is interested in having these rays used on quartz, hoping to find his 'thermic' rays acting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11662

From:
James Maclaren
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 January 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.27
Summary:

Hardly likes to trouble him to read the enclosed. Gives his views on the gold question.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11799

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 January 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.159
Summary:

Has just heard that Caroline Herschel is to marry the Hon. Mr. Gordon. Sends her his best wishes. This week TM hopes to commence the alteration to the circle room.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12716

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Miss Cornwallis
Date:
[17 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0131; Reel 1054 (C: RS:HS 23:128)
Summary:

Gratitude for nursing JH's daughter Amelia after severe burns. Taking JH's son William to Folkstone. Regards to Miss Lipscombe.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12750

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander Hamilton-Gordon
Date:
[2 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0167; Reel 1054
Summary:

AH's father, Lord Aberdeen [G. Hamilton-Gordon] misunderstood JH, who never meant to suggest that office of deputy master of Mint was unnecessary. JH intended to stress that some responsibilities could be borne by only the Master.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13029

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[James Calder] Stewart
Date:
[4 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0442; Reel 1055
Summary:

Asks for advice on JH's investments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13111

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles [Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[17 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0483.1; Reel 1055
Summary:

Explains JH's recent absence. In Collingwood to visit seriously burned daughter [Amelia] and to send son [William] off to India.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13112

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles [Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[1853?]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0483.2; Reel 1055
Summary:

Reports gold coin production.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13290

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1853-1]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0536.12; Reel 1053
Summary:

Family finances. Plans to let Charlotte go on Friday, to keep peace with regular cook. Will go to Naish on Saturday and bring daughters back on Monday. Will dine on Tuesday with new Chancellor of Exchequer [W. E. Gladstone]. Concern for daughter Amelia; with good nursing, she will grow new skin. Leonhard Schmitz's new Roman History is probably reproduction of B. G. Niebuhr's lectures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13291

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1853-1-17 or later]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0536.13; Reel 1053
Summary:

Helped son William board ship to France. Instructions for sending mail to William in India. Recipe for croton pills. Letter from Matilda [Grahame Stewart]. What shall JH tell J. E. Mayall about 'J. S.'s photographs'?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13293

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
10?] January [1853
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0536.15; Reel 1053
Summary:

Thank daughter Isabella for account of Amelia Herschel's condition. Bank [of England] is in trouble again. Lists [Christmas] cards received. Attended Michael Faraday's wonderful lecture last night.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13294

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
2?] January [1853
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0536.16; Reel 1053
Summary:

Thanks for MH's New Year's blessings. Divine help is sustaining JH in adversity. Family finances. Summary of 1852 accounts. Grandma [Mrs. Stewart] is ill. Mint business includes opening two Australian branches, large order for copper coinage, and decision about Mint's relationship to Bank of England. H. D. Harness is doing well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13331

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[8 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0544.1; Reel 1053
Summary:

Frightened by MH's account of daughter Amelia's serious burns. Encloses revised account sheet that shows £196 missing. Son William will come to Collingwood soon. Saw daughter Caroline yesterday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13332

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[23 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0544.2; Reel 1053
Summary:

Changes in daughter Caroline's life. Will send note received from son William in Paris. German poetry. Visited Elizabeth Baily. Received visit from Eve Gordon. Financial panic in Paris is spreading to Bank of England. Louis Napoleon's 'love match.' P.S.: Doubts if daughters Isabella or Louisa will understand [B. G.] Niebuhr's first volume.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13333

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[28 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0544.3; Reel 1053
Summary:

Expects daughter Caroline and husband and Eneas Mackintosh on Sunday. Must hire seven supervisors and 28 workers at Mint. Bank of England requires £600,000 per week of new coins. Family finances. Engraving of William Whewell is 'wretched.' Mr. Dudgeon visited yesterday to learn JH's new photographic method of coating glass with gluten and acetic acid.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1380

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 January 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.30
Summary:

Surprised by length of spectrum produced by the combustion of metals, using electricity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14038

From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0268.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

Forwards coinage return, assay book, and one letter to JH during JH's illness.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14454

From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0541; Reel 1093
Summary:

Address of William Lassell in Malta. Congratulations on appointment of JH's son William to H.E.I.C. and on marriage of JH's daughter Caroline. Testing of standard measure bars at Greenwich.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14541

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 January 1853]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0553.1; Reel 1093
Summary:

What quantity of copper coins for Ireland and colonies should be called for in bids? Estimate at least 300 tons for Ireland. What quantity in sterling is equivalent to one ton of copper pence, halfpence, and farthings? What colony ordered half- and quarter-farthings? [JH annotation: Ton of copper = £224. Ionian Isles and Ceylon use small copper coins.]

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