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DCP-LETT-195

From:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Jan 1833
Source of text:
DAR 204: 74
Summary:

Family news. Uncle Jos [Josiah Wedgwood II] has been returned to Parliament with a fine majority.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-196

From:
John Stevens Henslow
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 and 21 Jan 1833
Source of text:
DAR 204: 111
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of two letters from CD and a box of specimens.

Mentions attendance at BAAS meeting and a gift to him of a small living near Oxford. Some political news.

Congratulates CD on the work he has done – the specimens are of great interest. Gives advice on packing, labelling, and future collecting and suggests that – as a precaution – CD send home a copy of his notes on the specimens.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-197

From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Jan 1833
Source of text:
DAR 204: 121
Summary:

His health has improved but he continues "a good deal of an invalid" and is uncertain what the future holds for him.

His interest in entomology and ornithology continues; he has been studying the gulls on the Isle of Wight.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-198

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
23 Jan [1833]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 15 DAR/1/1/15)
Summary:

EAD will forward a book and letter to CD; thanks JSH for sending CD’s letters.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

SOMERVILLE146

From:
Thomas Stephens Davies
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
24 Jan 1833
Source of text:
MSD 1 / 104, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE368

From:
James Ivory
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
9 Jan 1833
Source of text:
MSI 1 / 6, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE393

From:
madame Laplace
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
26 ?? 1833
Source of text:
MSL 2 / 86, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE435

From:
Charles Lyell
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
undated [c. 1833]
Source of text:
MSL 6 / 140, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE591

From:
?Pierre Prevost
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
??/1833
Source of text:
MSP 5 / 282, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE639

From:
William Whewell
To:
William Somerville
Date:
1833
Source of text:
MSW 2 / 177, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel10080

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 January 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.417
Summary:

Of ill health and medical stories [letter completed 1833-2-2].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10292

From:
Basil Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 January 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.175
Summary:

Congratulations on his addition to the family; hopes all are well. Would like JH to meet T. T. Grant, who has a new invention, which may prove of great utility.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11011

From:
Richard Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 January 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.354
Summary:

Will be at his service any time after the 29th. Congratulations for the boy. JH's political economy is quite good. Wrote out the verses of Homer. He can take them back with him when he comes. Is glad that [James] Grahame is satisfied.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11076

From:
William Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 January 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.413
Summary:

Has had no communication with Thomas Phillips regarding JH's portrait and they would approve of JH's choice of H. W. Pickersgill. Will call on Pickersgill when he is in town and arrange size of the portrait.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11077

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Jones
Date:
[15 January 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.128
Summary:

Expresses some concerns about the proposed painting of his portrait [see WJ's 1833-1-1].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1171

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
[1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.31
Summary:

Encourages WS to spend time observing nebulae and double stars, especially the latter, 'since [James] South has given up observing, and [W. R.] Dawes is in habitual ill health.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12025

From:
Roderick Impey Murchison
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 January 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.387
Summary:

Further regarding the projected portrait of JH by H. W. Pickersgill.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12561

From:
Giovanni Antonio Plana
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 January 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.431
Summary:

Excerpts from a letter to the R.S.L. that accompanied copies of GP's work on lunar theory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14837

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
8 January [1833]
Source of text:
Kasslers
Summary:

Postpones visit of Lady [Margaret] Herschel to CW. Wishes to take CW's Symphonion to Slough. Has made favorable mention of CW's tuning fork experiments in paper on absorption [JH's 'On the Absorption of Light by Coloured Media...'].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1567

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
[30 January 1833]
Source of text:
BL Aaa 46126.400
Summary:

Unsatisfied with H. W. Pickersgill as the person to paint JH's portrait. JH wants to consider further what to do.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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