From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[26 April 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0517.7; Reel 1053
Summary:
Describes Turin and church politics. Ill health of the Pope {Leo XII]. [Letter continued 27 April between Genoa and Modena:] Met F. X. Zach in Genoa. Incident of anti-Jewish bigotry in Genoa. [Letter continued 2 May in Florence:] Met G. B. Amici in Modena. Clarity of Amici's telescope. Describes Bologna.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project