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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.
Settlement made on Mr. Davenport's back rent. Wishes JH had been there to bargain for William Herschel. Planning trip to London. JH invited to Miss De Luc's party. William Herschel is weak, unable to walk.
Visit from Sir David Smith and wife. Family health. Mr. Davenport is ignoring all letters. Extend invitation to Slough to Mrs. Wrangham and Mrs. Beckwith.
Received JH's letter from Calais. Visitors to Slough. Marquess of Londonderry committed suicide.
William Herschel is dangerously ill. Hurry home.
Visited Langton family. Visitors at Slough. Elizabeth Langton is staying with MH. Hopes to make peace between Elizabeth and her cousins. JH's rooms 'over the way' are almost finished. Still grieving for William Herschel. Concerned at not hearing from JH's aunt.
JH omitted Mrs. Beckwith and [Charles] Babbage in the list given to M [undertaker] this morning. Please send their addresses.
Thanks CS of Gray's Inn for being willing to introduce JH to Mr. Clift.
WS asks that his name be given to the Astronomical Society and attaches a copy of observation of double stars made at Dorpat. WS also inquires about copies he had previously sent to William Herschel and to the R.S.L., offering to replace them if they have been lost.
Sends a copy of Volume 1 of the Transactions of the Astronomical Society, and makes arrangements for future volumes.
Following the death of JH's father, William, JDH comments on Caroline Herschel's arrival in Hanover, and expresses his concern about the situation of JH's mother.
On behalf of the Astronomical Society, JH thanks JD for a copy of JD's Histoire de l'astronomie moderne. JH tells JD about an interesting Arabic manuscript relating to the history of astronomy at Cambridge University, which JH will have copied for JD. In a postscript dated 15 June, JH apologizes for problems encountered in shipping printed material to JD.
Requests that HS look for a shipment of a clock and send it on to J. J. Littrow, and inform the maker in London, Robert Molyneux, that HS has done this. JH sends along John Pond's catalogue of star position differences.
Writes to JH (AK's uncle) for the first time, asking for news. Recalls JH's visit to Hanover. Comments on the respect in the world for JH. Appears to be intending to accompany her husband to England for a business trip.
Thanks for sending your catalogues. Requests duplicates. Has made annotations indicating the 'quantity which Mr. [F. W.] Bessel's Instrument places the stars to the south of my determinations.' Cannot yet explain discrepancy. Unable to determine a parallactic shift for Alpha Lyrae, Alpha Aquila, or Gamma Draconis.
Thanks JH for extract from a letter from [J. J.] Littrow. Discusses in detail positional determinations of various stars he has made, attempting to determine whether errors of either observations or computation have entered into his results. Reports that in general there is substantial agreement between determinations made by JP and those made by John Brinkley at Ireland's Royal Observatory. Mentions solar observations at Greenwich.
Mentions meeting [W.] Herschel in 1816. Recalls receiving catalog from Caroline Herschel, which he then gave to the Munich observatory. Looks forward to meeting JH and 'sharing love of truth.' Sends chemistry and physics papers. Discusses code for electromagnetic signals and its origin.
Sends pages from his publication. Wishes to know if JH has received previous two packages accompanied by detailed letters through Heinnemann [?] in London.
[Responding to JS's letter dated 1822, i.e., #655,] acknowledges receipt of mail. Regrets delay but wished to examine the differences in electrical results between [J. W. A.] Pfaff and JH. Remains certain about results and request that this letter remain 'private.'
Informs JH of delay in getting JH his instrument. Sends condolences concerning death of [William] Herschel. Informs JH of 'reunion of distinguished savants' at Gambery in August.
Shocked by death of [Professor E. D. Clarke], JH supports [J. S.] Henslow as candidate to succeed Clarke. Apologizes for incorrect charging of JW for Analytical Society Memoirs [see JH's 1822-2-23]. Asks JW to find out whether William Whewell will write article on physical astronomy.