Commenting on aspects of family life, obviously raised in an earlier letter by MH.
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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.
Commenting on aspects of family life, obviously raised in an earlier letter by MH.
Instructions about ordering wine, etc., for a [Christmas?] party.
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.
Concerned about their daughter Caroline, who is considering going to Constantinople.
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.
Mostly about family business.
About the coal tax and the building of St. Paul's, political struggles, and a visit from daughters Caroline and Margaret Louisa.
The 'boys' have arrived from school. Comments on some household matters.
Thanks for letters from MH and daughter Isabella; some matters of bills and wages.
About their brave daughter Isabella suffering physical hurt quietly; also about an aging family acquaintance, and about buying a horse and carriage.
Praises MH for her knowledge. Discusses worsening conditions at the Mint and the effect this may have on daughter Isabella, who is staying with JH.
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.