From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 November 1825]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.335
Summary:
About travel plans once he recovers his health.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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About travel plans once he recovers his health.
Of JG's journey north and the woman who nursed him back to health [letter completed 1826-2-16 at Wandsworth].
About JG's fatigue on his return home.
About JG's health, the need for JH to marry, and plans for the summer.
Asks for information, on behalf of JG's father, about a Cambridge man.
About JG's children and his plans to move to Hastings.
About plans to spend the winter at Hastings.
About the weather and people in Hastings.
JG urges JH to marry. JG has begun to write history again.
Shares some gossip, and asks advice about a dedication for JG's book.
Worried about JH's love life.
About plans for the Christmas season, the weather, history writing, and book publishing.
Of plans to go to London.
About JH's mother's illness, and an invitation to JH to visit Hastings.
About JG's book publisher. Requests support in the application of Granville Sharp Pattison for a professorship at London University [letter completed 1827-1-25].
About JH's mother, and the behavior of Charles Babbage.
More about Charles Babbage [see JH's 1827-2-11]; requests JH's assistance to gain entry to the British Museum library.
About the state of JG's health, and his feelings about slavery.
About reviews of JG's book, and of a painting of Galileo that JG saw.
Of JH's health, of JG's daughter Matilda, and the people he has met in Dawlish.