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Herschel, John in correspondent 
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From:
Jean-Baptiste Delambre
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 June 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.482
Summary:

Has received the rules of the Astronomical Society. Gives full details about himself.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Jean-Baptiste Delambre
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 May 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.483
Summary:

Has received the first book of the Memoirs of the Astronomical Society but had to pay duty on the packet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Jean-Baptiste Delambre
Date:
[22 May 1822]
Source of text:
WT 67390
Summary:

On behalf of the Astronomical Society, JH thanks JD for a copy of JD's Histoire de l'astronomie moderne. JH tells JD about an interesting Arabic manuscript relating to the history of astronomy at Cambridge University, which JH will have copied for JD. In a postscript dated 15 June, JH apologizes for problems encountered in shipping printed material to JD.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Jean-Baptiste Delambre
Date:
[28 May 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.484 & 20.142
Summary:

Thanks him on behalf of the Astronomical Society for his Histoire de l'astronomie moderne. Gives details of a paper on Arabic manuscripts in the Cambridge Philosophical Transactions. Have D. F. J. Arago and J. N. Nicollet received his letter?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Jean-Baptiste Delambre
Date:
[11 February 1821]
Source of text:
Académie des sciences (Paris)
Summary:

Announces election of JD as associate member of the Astronomical Society. [In a postscript,] JH states that the Society's prize for next year will be on the theory of the motions of Saturn's satellites.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project