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SOMERVILLE555

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
4 Jan 1869
Source of text:
187, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE556

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
?? Jan 1869
Source of text:
189, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE557

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
3 Feb 1869
Source of text:
191, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE558

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
2 Nov 1869
Source of text:
193, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE559

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
18 Dec 1869
Source of text:
195, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE569

From:
Francis Russell Nixon
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
28 Feb 1867
Source of text:
MSN 1 / 226, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE599

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
21 Apr 1869
Source of text:
MSS 4 / 53, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE625

From:
William Spottiswoode
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
9 Nov 1869
Source of text:
MSS 9 / 129, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE89

From:
Henry Brougham
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
7 Jul 1860
Source of text:
MSB 13 / 413, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE95

From:
Josephine E Butler
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
9 Feb 1869
Source of text:
MSB 15 / 434, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE96

From:
Josephine E Butler
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
12 Mar 1869
Source of text:
MSB 15 / 435, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel13532

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[14 March 1869]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0760.4; Reel 1089 (C: RS:HS 16.378 & 24.251)
Summary:

Commentary on manuscript [Personal Recollections?] that [MS] sent to JH one month ago. Career of scientific learning and domestic happiness will inspire future generations. Suggests publishing it posthumously for greater impact. Corrects passages about Charles Babbage. Gives purpose, history, and membership of each of two Standards committees, one of 1819 and one of 1838. Suggests avoiding topic of bitter controversy over invention of electric telegraph.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2672

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 September 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.363
Summary:

Thanks JH for scientific papers. Is writing about relations between inorganic matter, physical and vital forces, and microscopic plants. Praises [Giuseppe] Garibaldi and his performance.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2673

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 January 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.364
Summary:

Condolences on death of JH's daughter [Margaret] Louisa.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2674

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[12 April 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.365 (C: RS:HS 23.328)
Summary:

Thanks MS for sympathy letter. Discusses present situation in Italy. Discusses his children and their scattered locations, e.g., a son fighting in the Indigo affair. Discusses his articles for Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2675

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 May 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.366
Summary:

Cannot travel to London. Wishes she could return to her country and friends. Thankful for her health. Wants Herschels to visit Italy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2676

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 June 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.367
Summary:

Has begun to write about science again after a long absence. Intended to revise small part of her On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences, but it became quite long. Wants JH's advice on it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2677

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 July 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.368
Summary:

Introduces Signore Capellini, professor of geology at Bologna, to JH in letter. Asks JH to assist him in any way possible.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2678

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[30 July 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.369 (Draft: RS:HS 16:370)
Summary:

Is sending manuscript with comments. Congratulates her 'activity of mind.' Critiqued her paper according to the effect it will have when published. Working on catalogue of nebulae.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2679

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 August 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.371
Summary:

Thanks JH for criticism of manuscript. Sends revised introductory paragraph. Thanks him for kindness to Signore Capellini. Scientific interest in Italy grows as politics settle.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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