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Herschel6045

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 January 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.171
Summary:

Invitation to spend the night with him when he comes to town for the council meetings of the Royal and Astronomical Societies.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6046

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[4 January 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.172 (C: RS:HS 25.8.25)
Summary:

Will be pleased to avail himself of the offer of a bed when the council meets. Will prepare a paper on Alpha Orionis for the Friday meeting. Can FB give him any ideas for the Anniversary address?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6047

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 January 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.173
Summary:

Will be expecting him on Thursday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6320

From:
John Theophilus Boileau
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 January 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.82
Summary:

The magnetometer will not be in position tomorrow. J. C. Melvill wants to know if JH has written since his last packet. Thanks for adding name to his own certificate.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7346

From:
James Hayler
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 January 1840]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 2/1.2; Reel 5
Summary:

Long-time servant at Collingwood, first of Jesse Gregson, then to G. N. Collingwood. Able to care for poultry, dairy, or gardens. Received 'orders to leave Elpick' in March but begs permission to remain as JH's servant.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7401

From:
[Edward Joshua Cooper]
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 January 1840]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 5/4.8 verso; Reel 8
Summary:

Recalls earlier letter in which [EC] made suggestions to JH for improving Daguerreotype.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7745

From:
Joseph J. Hart
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1840 or later]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 13/3.94 verso; Reel 10
Summary:

Asks for appointment with JH and directions from Etchingham station [to JH's residence].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8365

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland)]
Date:
[1840 to 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.164
Summary:

Lady [Pleasance] Smith conveyed Duke of Northumberland's interest in JH's color photographs. Encloses others, and explains use of light-sensitive juices of flowers to produce colors.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8994

From:
Robert Vernon Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 January 1840]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.18
Summary:

Writing on behalf of Lord John Russell, asks JH to notify the persons JH has selected to teach at the Cape of Good Hope to visit RS at the Colonial Office.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8995

From:
James Rose Innes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 January 1840]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.20
Summary:

Writing as the recently appointed Superintendent of Government Schools at Cape Colony, JI recounts his findings from a tour of the schools at the Cape, reporting many problems.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9008

From:
Robert Vernon Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 January 1840]
Source of text:
UCT JH Letters A1.37
Summary:

Writing on behalf of John Russell, asks that JH inquire about the suitability of T. J. Paterson for a position teaching in the Government Schools at the Cape of Good Hope. Mentions Thomas McBean.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9108

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[13 January 1840]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20742
Summary:

On 1 Jan. 1840, JH's family laid William Herschel's 40-foot reflector to rest by singing a song (enclosed). Mentions Hammerfest instruments.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9431

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 January 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.182
Summary:

As JH has tried many varnishes he wonders if he has ever tried shellac. Has tried it on specimens of brass. Many thanks for his invitation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9454

From:
Charles Few
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 January 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.200
Summary:

Hopes to send him the lease tomorrow. If JH is coming to town will be able to see him after 10 a.m. Has written to Mr. Forbes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9455

From:
Few & Co.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 January 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.201
Summary:

Forwarding the draft of the proposed lease. The deeds are to be sent to Dover for registration.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9492

From:
William Henry Fitton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 January 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.237
Summary:

Has just returned from a trip to Hanover, and has decided not to place his son there in accordance with advice received while he was there. Met Miss Herschel. Travelled via Belgium and met A. H. Dumont, a very original and intelligent geologist.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC280

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir William Jackson Hooker
Date:
11 January 1840
Source of text:
JDH/1/2 f.14, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

JDH sends this letter accompanying some specimens [not present] for his father, William Jackson Hooker. He discusses his monograph of Van Diemen's Land [Tasmania] plants, it is a revision of WJH's papers in the BOTANICAL JOURNAL & CURTIS'S BOTANICAL MAGAZINE[?] & needs the addition of Malvaceous plants from ICONES PLANTARUM & Brown's genus Stenopetalum from De Candolle. It is to be printed in the ANNALS & Mr Taylor will send copies for Sir John Franklin, Captain [James Clark] Ross etc. JDH expects the expedition to leave VDL for the ice in Oct 1840. Discusses the need to revise his description for the ICONES PLANTARUM. JDH's collection may be extensive enough to warrant adding new VDL genera to future volumes of the FLORA BOREALI AMERICANA. JDH is now considered the naturalist to the expedition though his nominal rank is as a medical officer [assistant surgeon].

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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WCP336

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
George Charles Silk
Date:
15 January 1840
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/5
  • Wallace, A. R. (1905). In: My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions. Vol. 1. London: Chapman & Hall. [pp. 142-143]
Summary:

Asks about closure of Hertford library and sale of its books; describes his rail journey to Kington area, ecstatic about outdoor pleasures of enjoying nature while land surveying; Chartists are gaining strength, ominous for nation.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
Text Online

WCP337

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
John Wallace
Date:
11 January 1840
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/6
Summary:

The Penny Post, including a poem on the subject; John's membership of the Literary Society; Chartist trials at Monmouth; description of lodgings and Mr and Mrs Wright.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
Text Online

WCP338

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
George Charles Silk
Date:
12 January 1840
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/7
Summary:

Hertford Literary Society; Penny Post; countryside around Kington; Chartist trials; Crutwell and other acquaintances in Hertford.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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