From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 April 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.404
Summary:
Family news and news of JG's plans for travel.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Family news and news of JG's plans for travel.
Amended report of Committee [Board of Visitors?] was 'bitter pill' for John Pond. [P.S.:] Meeting went quietly. 'Sir James' [South?] was not there.
Received packet from JH. Will attend meeting at Greenwich in June. Describes [James] Bradley's observations of stars in Gamma Virginis.
Mentions earlier letter [RS:HS 14.383]. Discusses proposed meeting of the Cultivators of Science, which would occur that summer. Asks if JH would be interested in attending.
Thanking him for his publication on the sun, and stating that it will be placed in the library of the Institute.
Encloses a letter sent to his mother in Devonshire St.. Regarding JH's votes. His plan for removal prospers.