A note of thanks for sending HP a full account of the welcoming dinner given for JH.
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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.
A note of thanks for sending HP a full account of the welcoming dinner given for JH.
Informs JH that in a letter to The Times signed by Richard Sheepshanks JH's name appears. JS wants to know if JH is aware of this fact.
JH has seen the letter in The Times [see JS's 1838-11-12]. As JS only asked if JH's name was there, JH responds to the question of fact and does not wish further communication on the matter.
Someone has written to The Times as JH's 'champion' and has impugned the conduct of JS towards the R.S.L. To clear his name, JS wants to make public JH's letter to JS of 1826-11-14, which JS quotes.
As JH is not aware that JS has been attacked because of the incident referred to in JH's 1826-11-14, JH is unwilling to give permission for the publication of that letter. It seems to JH that JS is being attacked for unsubstantiated attacks he made on the President and Council of the R.S.L.
As JH will not allow the publication of the letter [see JH's 1838-11-24], JS will provide a plain narrative of the facts to justify his conduct.
Has made meteorological observations as desired by JH, and has sent and received various sets of such observations. Would like to come to England to visit JH, but first wants to find a husband for his only daughter. GP's assistant at the observatory died and he is looking for a replacement. [Many parts of the letter are illegible.]
On John Stewart's marriage to JG's daughter Matilda. JH supports Stewart's suggestion that Matilda continue to live in France and that Stewart will spend time there without neglecting his London business [as partner in Murray's Printing Works]. JH offers to put £1000 into Murray's business if JG will consent to Stewart's proposal and give Matilda an annual income of £150.
Invites RJ to join Andrew Smith and [Damein?] for dinner at JH's tonight.
Encloses 1838 B.A.A.S. resolutions. B.A.A.S. committee [for proposed Antarctic expedition] will be in London after 16 Sept. and wants to visit WL [Earl of Melbourne] to explain [purpose of expedition].
Encloses JH's letter to William Lamb, Lord Melbourne. Asks SC, as B.A.A.S. president, to sign 1838 resolutions then forward these and JH's letter to Lord Melbourne.
Urges SC to arrange meeting of R.S.L. deputation with Lord Melbourne as quickly as possible to discuss funding for magnetic observatories.
Sends copy of B.A.A.S. resolutions relative to South Polar expedition. Will wait for GP to set date for deputation [to meet government officials].
Announces F. W. Bessel's success in measuring stellar parallax.
Packing to leave Cape. Desires only furnished lodgings, not new house, for month of May in London. [Letter continues 6 May 1838 on board Windsor :] Becalmed off France. Expect to land in Portsmouth and visit Anstey on way to London.
John Stewart's dilemma regarding marriage to James Grahame's daughter Matilda, and JH's letter to Grahame. Margaret Herschel is recovering from mumps.
Encloses JH's [letter to James Grahame] for JS to edit. Use discretion as to whether John [Stewart] should see this. Margaret is continually nauseous.
Writing to welcome JH home from the Cape.
About Cape bulbs and seeds, the new travel by railway from Slough to London, and concern about interest in animal magnetism.
Thanks for more Cape bulbs.