Is defending himself against attacks for having become involved in the succession for Surveyor-General of India; JH further comments on photographic experiments, using various parts of the spectrum.
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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.
Is defending himself against attacks for having become involved in the succession for Surveyor-General of India; JH further comments on photographic experiments, using various parts of the spectrum.
Commenting on aspects of family life, obviously raised in an earlier letter by MH.
Instructions about ordering wine, etc., for a [Christmas?] party.
Query regarding positions of stars in the various star catalogues.
Writes to commiserate with MH during a difficult time for her; is coming home on the weekend and bringing daughter Isabella with him.
Mostly about bonnets, and letters to be directed to the family at Collingwood.
Concerned about son Willy, who seems very lonely in India.
Concerned about their daughter Caroline, who is considering going to Constantinople.
Recounts rushing around the previous day to get some business done.
Comments on domestic matters, his pleasure in the accomplishment of his children, and on the death of a family friend.
Mostly about family business.
About the coal tax and the building of St. Paul's, political struggles, and a visit from daughters Caroline and Margaret Louisa.
The 'boys' have arrived from school. Comments on some household matters.
About son Willy's school habits and about daughter Caroline, as reported by her father-in-law[?].
Thanks for letters from MH and daughter Isabella; some matters of bills and wages.
About their brave daughter Isabella suffering physical hurt quietly; also about an aging family acquaintance, and about buying a horse and carriage.
Praises MH for her knowledge. Discusses worsening conditions at the Mint and the effect this may have on daughter Isabella, who is staying with JH.
A light hearted letter to CH, together with a few lines for JH's wife, Margaret.
About a rather disastrous dinner party JH gave, and reports on a visit to JH's sons together with some messages for MH's mother.
Writes to parents to say that JH is well, his head has healed, and he is looking forward to his holidays.