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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[27 September 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.39b
Summary:

Could not locate personal reference named Alexander Mackenzie in Cheltenham. Therefore, JH declines to employ 'F. E.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[27 September 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.40
Summary:

Refer to 10 Sept. Morning Chronicle and 7 Sept. Literary Chronicle for biographies of William Herschel. Submit manuscript for JH's perusal before publication.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Grahame
Date:
[4 October 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.41 (C: RS:HS B28.17)
Summary:

Despatched JG's 'goods' this week. JH vexed by tenant [Mr. Davenport], who will neither pay rent nor leave farm. Congratulates JG's sister on change in family. Sends £10 for expenses during journey [in Netherlands]. Did Richard Jones return Éphémèrides du citoyen? News of JH's traveling companion Mr. Gibson.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mr. Davenport
Date:
[4 October 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.42
Summary:

Mary Herschel will not reduce rent. Pay up or leave. Referee shall decide whether D deserves compensation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mrs. Mary Frances Kater
Date:
1822-[9?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.43
Summary:

Lady Mary Herschel feels great sorrow, but her health is fair. Caroline Herschel is distracted by her return to Hanover. Hopes present extraordinary season will favor Henry Kater's observations. News from [Maria] Edgeworth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Editor of Morning Post
Date:
[11 October 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.44 (C: RS:HS B28.24)
Summary:

Upset that editor printed William Herschel's will. Falsehood of accompanying editorial. Cancel JH's subscription.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[11 October 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.45
Summary:

Instructions for sale and transfer of stocks according to William Herschel's will, and for payment of legacy to Johann Dietrich Herschel. Meet in broker's office at noon tomorrow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herapath
Date:
[17 October 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.47
Summary:

Heard of Herapath's new powerful geometry methods. No new views of differential calculus on Continent. Refers to those of William Spence annexed to JH's Mathematical Essays...(1819). Explains object of combinatory analysis, popular among Germans. Has not seen M. C. T. de Damoiseau's paper on lunar theory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mr. Davenport
Date:
[20 October 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.48
Summary:

Will deduct money owed for meat from D's rent, up to William Herschel's death. Rent after 24 Aug. 1822 must be paid in cash to Lady Mary Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mr. Styles
Date:
[21 October 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.49
Summary:

Lady Mary Herschel asks that S referee dispute with tenant farmer Mr. Davenport, if latter should leave before lease expires.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Richard Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 January 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.280
Summary:

Begs JH to leave work and relax with RJ and William Whewell at RJ's house.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James South
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 January 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.415
Summary:

Gives directions for some time measurements involving rockets JS was planning in conjunction with JH. Mentions various double stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James South
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.416
Summary:

Discusses JS's efforts to reform the Nautical Almanac, including JS's Practical Observations on the Nautical Almanac. States that in this 'awful crisis' JS has no hostile feelings toward its superintendent, Thomas Young.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James South
Date:
[17 June 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.417 (C: 20.144)
Summary:

Requests corrections on a paper JS was publishing with JH. Urges JS to use less excessive language.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James South
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1822?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.476
Summary:

Regrets having missed JH. Has observed the seven satellites of Saturn and the fifth star of the Trapezium. Wishes to observe some of the objects observed by Wilhelm Struve.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Date:
[7 August 1822]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Bessel 225 (C: RS:HS 19.26, 20.151, & B28.5)
Summary:

Thanks for the publications by FB that FB sent. JH has sent the copies to the persons FB designated. Discusses the 'enigmatical difference in the places of the stars as observed here & on the Continent.' Cannot explain this.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Joseph Johann Littrow
Date:
[25 June 1822]
Source of text:
Columbia Univ. Library (ACCS: RS:HS 19.8 & C: 20.145)
Summary:

Thanks for the publications sent; lists materials JH is sending JL. Asks about quality of Josef Fraunhofer's large telescopes. JH read part of JL's letter of 2 Jan. 1822 at Astronomical Society meeting. Discusses proper motion of sun, JL's work on latitude of the pole star, observatory clocks, micrometers, and the Cambridge Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[29 January 1822]
Source of text:
Columbia Univ. Library
Summary:

Informs FA of his election as an associate of the Astronomical Society. Includes message for Alexis Bouvard.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Samuel Lathan Mitchill
Date:
[1822]
Source of text:
Columbia Univ. Library
Summary:

Sends first volume of the 'Transactions' of the Astronomical Society to the Philosophical Society of New York.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Gilbert Elliot, Second Earl of Minto
Date:
[16 June 1822]
Source of text:
NatLibScot MS.12226, f.21 (draft: RS:HS 7.32b &C: 20.143)
Summary:

Discusses the pros and cons of GE's proposal that [J. C.?] Schenck, a Swiss maker of optical instruments, set up a business in London. JH is not sure that JH ascended Mt. Rosa, but is certain of JH's barometric reading. Interested in GE's method of estimating air temperature.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project