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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
9] March [1842
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0587.4; Reel 1058
Summary:

Remarks that he is 50 years old, and that he and CH have 'seen something of that odd and most changeable compound called Human Nature.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas I. M. Forster
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[9 March 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.330
Summary:

Will be pleased to come to Collingwood at any time and hopes the Herschels will also visit them. Her son was right about the word quinque. Comments on the various ways different people observe the colors of stars. Will be pleased to see the poetic scraps.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project