Father died. Consoles JH on loss of Mrs. Beckwith. Will always remember kindness shown by Herschel family when EW was attending Eton.
Father died. Consoles JH on loss of Mrs. Beckwith. Will always remember kindness shown by Herschel family when EW was attending Eton.
Invites JH, his mother, and cousin to visit EW anytime.
Compares hotels in Leamington. Recommends Regent for JH's friends. EW will soon visit JH and invalid Lady Mary Herschel.
Found house and 60 acres near Worcester. Needs to know soon if JH is interested. Asks about copper mines on Orange River described by J. E. Alexander [An Expedition of Discovery into the Interior of Africa...(1831)]. Believes missionaries may help Negroes there.
Sending missionary to Cape of Good Hope in ten days to investigate mines and Christianize inhabitants of Namaqualand. Does JH or Margaret Herschel have letters or messages to be taken? Lady [Byron?] wants to meet JH.
Recalls hospitality at Slough during EW's Eton days. Sets date to visit JH.
EW and wife plan trip to Eton soon to see sons. Hope to visit Herschels in Slough then. Despairs of Africa venture. Received details from JH's agent at the Cape of Good Hope.
Still invalid. Offers to be godfather for JH's new child [Maria]. When does JH plan to move from Slough?
Newspaper noted Caroline Herschel's 93rd birthday. Requests copy of William Herschel's portrait. Gives address of London relative, Charles Stonhouse, who can copy it. Would JH sit for portrait there also? What did JH decide about 'our comet'?