Hopes that JH's mother has had a pleasurable time in London; JH's class went to see Mrs. Mason's (?) baby.
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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.
Hopes that JH's mother has had a pleasurable time in London; JH's class went to see Mrs. Mason's (?) baby.
A thank you note for clothes, written at school [Mr. Bull's], and requesting that JH's cyphering and music books be sent.
Gratitude for books sent by AD. Encloses AD's biography of William Herschel with JH's comments.
Unexpected turn; nothing to do but pray it may lead to happiness. One so singularly fitted by talent should be offered position he deserved.
Speaks of JH's pride in son John, and about arrangements for coming out to Collingwood.
JH is writing to Peter Stewart through MH, and is trying to offer financial assistance to MH's brother in clearing up the accounts of Smith, Elder & Company.
Sends news of the day, since MH left that morning.
Asks MH's advice about spending money to renovate and improve the house at Slough so it will be easier to get a long term tenant, or whether to sell the house.
Indicates intentions regarding JH's return to Collingwood, and talks about Mrs. Grundy, pianist and singer.
Sending mail, money, and news to MH; redecorating is going ahead at Collingwood.
About changes in metals due to frequent expansions and contractions, and about the health of JH's son William.
Expresses grief over the loss of friend/companion [?] to daughter Maria.