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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.
Received JH's letter from Munich. Arrangements for getting JH's belongings through Customs. Will meet JH in London. Mr. Pitt is unable to paint telescope tube due to foul weather. Scandal of Mr. White's will. Recent deaths.
Painting of telescope begun. Thomas Baldwin Jr.'s wife soon to give birth. Charles Babbage reported being robbed.
Wishes JH well on his visit to Stewart family and to Cambridge. Personal finances. Arrangements for JH's new servant.
Poor weather. Visits from Stewart family. James South will write to JH regarding telescope.
Feeling poorly. Finances for employees at Crown Inn. Encloses letter from [James] Grahame.
Plans to see JH at Slough. Visit by Mrs. Stewart and daughter. Declines money offered by JH.
Visit by Patrick Stewart. Painting of 40-foot telescope completed. William Langton and two daughters are staying with MPH. Somervilles report that Charles Babbage bought R. I. Murchison's house and plans to remarry.
Returns to Slough. Visits by Stewart family and Somervilles. Charles Babbage visited and denied rumor of his remarriage.
Concern for Margaret Brodie Herschel's illness. Income from family holdings. Regards to James Grahame and his father.
Bring Isabella Stewart to Slough on Wedesday.
Visit to Slough by Mrs. and Miss Stewart. Mr. Secker obtained part payment of Mr. Davenport's overdue rent.
Comforted by JH's and Margaret's good health. Plans to visit Margate. [James] Grahame will visit Slough soon. Mrs. and Miss Stewart are enjoying Slough.
If Margaret Brodie Herschel is too ill, do not travel to London for MPH's sake. Will send Mrs. Moorsom to Slough.
Concerned that JH is having trouble dealing with Mr. Davenport. [Stewart family's servant] Mrs. Tucker visited MH overnight. Mrs. Moorsom will come to Slough. Visit by [James] Grahame last evening.
Assures JH that exchange of letters with William Herschel did not produce alienation. Encourages both to meet for discussion. JH's cousin [Mary Baldwin] anxiously awaits reply from JH.