Thanks JH for cheeses and etymology letter. 'Substantive quality' of names. Agrees with [Thomas] Hobbes, questions sensible perceptions. Invites WH for visit as respite from bad health.
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Thanks JH for cheeses and etymology letter. 'Substantive quality' of names. Agrees with [Thomas] Hobbes, questions sensible perceptions. Invites WH for visit as respite from bad health.
Returning home; father dying. News of Cambridge friends. Unable to send information JH requested about university at Ryde. William Whewell upset, because Whewell's father died and was buried before Whewell was notified.
Manuscripts for [1816 translation of S. F. Lacroix's Traité du calcul différential et du calcul intégral] are ready. Send notes and missing appendix quickly, or press will stop.
Has dispatched the manuscripts of William Spence by coach, and encloses the key. Hopes JH will call on him when in town.
JG's wife recovering from serious illness; JG writing on population.
Family news; agrees to forward any manuscript JH sends to John Playfair.
Family news; is preparing his writings on population [see JG's 1816-2-8] for publication.
Family news and the law.
JG announces the death of his daughter Anne, and the publication of his book on population.