Bringing the position of G. R. Waterhouse to his notice and giving list of persons who have testified in his favor.
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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.
Bringing the position of G. R. Waterhouse to his notice and giving list of persons who have testified in his favor.
Would be pleased to know when the Herschels are coming to London so that Lady Inglis may call on Mrs. Herschel.
Congratulations on his knighthood. Regrets they were unable to call on the Herschels. Would JH like to become a candidate for the Literary Society?
Sends congratulations on his safe return and also on the award of his baronetcy. Would like to submit JH's name as a candidate for the Literary Society; gives names of those already members.
As JH has now returned from abroad can he submit his name as a candidate for the Literary Society.
Finds Francis Beaufort has forwarded his note to Slough. Reminds him that honorary members of the Literary Society are not resident in London.
Will find one friend at the R.S.L. Club dinner next Thursday.
May he submit JH's name as a candidate for the Honorary membership of the Literary Society; gives list of the other candidates.
Was pleased to receive his letter and the enclosure; the latter he would like to retain for a few days to show it to interested persons.
Showed JH's marvelous production to Sir Robert Peel, who was much struck with it.
Has invited Charles Grant (Baron Glenelg) to breakfast tomorrow; will JH join them?
Is grateful for his letter regarding the Portland vase; has shown it to Peel, who has agreed to introduce a short bill to protect such properties. Will read JH's letter to the Trustees.
Solicitor General is to introduce a Bill for the better protection of 'things' in Museums. Does not include the National Gallery. The culprit in the Portland vase incident was an Irish student. Is JH dining at the R.S.L. Club on the 27th?
Will find certain friends at the R.S.L. Club on Thursday, including Edward Everett, the American Minister in England.
Thanks for his kind letter. Congratulations on another addition to his family.
Hopes all his family are well. If JH proposes to attend the Trustees meeting of the British Museum on Saturday, will he breakfast with RI and Dr. T. R. Robinson of Armagh?
Wishes him the compliments of the season. Can JH dine with RI and Edward Sabine next Wednesday?
JH's letter grieves him, but he will convey his decision to the Trustees. Has just heard of the death of the Archbishop [of Canterbury, William Howley].
Has written a letter to Mrs. James Maclaren and enclosed three orders of admission to the British Museum.
Sending a letter on the Orthography of the African language from a friend of his, the Rev. Henry Venn. Would be grateful if JH could help him.