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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.
Writes to commiserate with MH during a difficult time for her; is coming home on the weekend and bringing daughter Isabella with him.
Mostly about bonnets, and letters to be directed to the family at Collingwood.
Concerned about son Willy, who seems very lonely in India.
About the school progress of sons John and Alexander; JH is in a very depressed state, looks at his current life [at the Mint?] with 'loathing,' and cannot imagine surviving it for more than a few months.
About their son Alexander, and the striking of 60,000 medals.
Concerned about their daughter Caroline, who is considering going to Constantinople.
Very discouraged about the current state of the Crimean War.
A collection of household and family matters.
Mostly about family health, bills, and the war in the Crimea.
About JH's social activities in London.
About the smoky atmosphere in London, and a letter from son Alexander about his chemical work.
Recounts rushing around the previous day to get some business done.
Comments on domestic matters, his pleasure in the accomplishment of his children, and on the death of a family friend.
About the payment of bills, JH's depression about his life [at work?], and his pleasure in his family.
Mostly about family business.
About the health of JH's servant [?], Knowles.
About the coal tax and the building of St. Paul's, political struggles, and a visit from daughters Caroline and Margaret Louisa.
About Willy being in some kind of trouble, articles by friends in the Westminster Review, the Crimean War, and the health of MH and JH.
Family news such as the death of Mrs. Knowles [servant?], JH took Margaret Louisa dancing, the school progress of John and Alexander, and comments about the Crimean War.
About Willy Herschel's health, and JH's heavy work load and his desire for a relaxing time away from work.