Gratitude for news [of Caroline Herschel], whose death seems imminent. Notes on burial, disposition of property, and transfer of papers to JH. Sends obituary written by JH for use at appropriate time. Will send inscription for headstone later.
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The Sir John Herschel Collection
The preparation of the print Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds, Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998, viii + 828 pp) which was funded by the National Science Foundation, took ten years. It was accomplished by a team of seventeen professors, visiting scholars, graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and staff working at the University of Notre Dame.
The first online version of Calendar was created in 2009 by Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy, working at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium, and it is that data that has now been reformatted for incorporation into Ɛpsilon.
Further information about Herschel, his correspondence, and the editorial method is available online here: http://historydb.adlerplanetarium.org/herschel/?p=intro
No texts of Herschel’s letters are currently available through Ɛpsilon.
Gratitude for news [of Caroline Herschel], whose death seems imminent. Notes on burial, disposition of property, and transfer of papers to JH. Sends obituary written by JH for use at appropriate time. Will send inscription for headstone later.
Withdrew £25 from Drummonds [Bank] for Caroline L. Herschel. Describes Caroline's deteriorating condition. JH's [Cape Results] arrived three months ago. Despite efforts by friends to convince her that it was hers, [Caroline] presented it to king of Hanover, who already had copy. Received manuscript from JH's daughter Louisa.
Caroline Herschel's death and funeral. Awaiting JH's instructions for disposition of property and headstone inscription. Erroneous biographies appearing in French and German papers. Encloses copy of response from Mr. Hahn, bookseller, to manuscript by Margaret Louisa Herschel. [P.S., 3 Feb. 1848] Accidentally burned JH's Latin inscription for Caroline Herschel. Does JH have copy?
Regarding a governess for the Herschels' children. News of the family.
News of Caroline Herschel. Would be pleased to see any of the family if they are coming to town.
Thanks for the invitation to visit him. Will avail herself of it, if feasible, on her way to Dover.
Will leave by the train he suggests and hopes to see him and his family on Wednesday 24 June.
Death of her brother-in-law. Riots in Germany. Thanks for the gift.
Recent political events in Germany. Family news. Hopes Lady Herschel's health has improved.
Family and political news.
Invitation to Caroline, Sir John, and William Herschel to dine with her on Friday.