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Herschel5030

From:
Neil Arnott
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.411
Summary:

Is sending a pamphlet. Has given the profits of his recent book to various universities.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6264

From:
Redmond Barry
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.25
Summary:

Is grateful for his courteous criticism of his research into Aboriginal dialects. Casts have been made of the heads of several of the aborigines.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6289

From:
William Benson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.50
Summary:

Has sent a copy of his book on color to the R.S.L. library and would be glad of JH's comments on it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6290

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Benson
Date:
[27 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.51 & 24.259
Summary:

Thanks for the gift of the paper on color. Comments on this and the subject in general.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6291

From:
William Benson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.52
Summary:

Is grateful for the paper and comments. Has referred to JH's papers many times in the lectures he has given. Hopes to produce a cheap book on color.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6430

From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.198
Summary:

Is glad he is reconsidering the question of temperature. Regarding the deep sea thermometers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6644

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
1869-5
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.257
Summary:

Comments on 'rubbish' published by Poet Laureate, EC's report of the weather of 1849, and the flowers and plants growing in JH's garden.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7216

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.404
Summary:

Has not heard from him for a long time. He himself has been suffering with debility. Has done no maths. Is moving at midsummer to a new house at Merton Road.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7217

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Augustus De Morgan
Date:
[11 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.258
Summary:

On AD's and JH's illnesses; asks AD about Latin verses of the medieval period.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7219

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.405b
Summary:

Regarding middle Latin poets and similar English ones. Hopes JH's health improves with the advent of Spring.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7789

From:
Thomas Francis Wade
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.5
Summary:

Delayed answering JH's letter. Describes new baby son [Thomas?]. Thanks Margaret Brodie Herschel for note.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7930

From:
Thomas Webster
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[9 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.133
Summary:

Recommends artisan to restore portrait of William Herschel. [Henry] Hardcastle and wife [Maria Sophia Herschel] visited TW's lodgings, lately occupied by [Thomas] Wade and wife [Amelia Herschel].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8157

From:
Joseph Winlock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.425
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt by Harvard College Observatory of JH's 'A Synopsis of all Sir William Herschel's Micrometrical Measurements...' (1867).

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1368

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
28 May 1869
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.160-161, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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FVM-69-05-00c

From:
the Deutscher Krankenverein
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
May 1869
Source of text:
Melbourne German Medical Benefit Society minute book no. 5, 1895-1905, La Trobe Manuscript Collection MS 13467, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-69-05-00e

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Ferdinand Krauss
Date:
May 1869
Source of text:
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-69-05-03

From:
Edmund FitzGibbon
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
3 May 1869
Source of text:
Unit 15, p. 153, VPRS 4025/P Town Clerk's letter press copy books, VA 511 Melbourne, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-69-05-06

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Frederick Standish
Date:
6 May 1869
Source of text:
Bundle 4, unit 7, VPRS 1199 Chief Commissioner's inward correspondence, VA 724 Victoria Police, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-69-05-13

From:
George Bentham
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
13 May 1869
Source of text:
RB MSS M4, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online

FVM-69-05-14

From:
Joseph Hooker
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
14 May 1869
Source of text:
Box 6, item 4, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne.Letter not found
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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