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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[17 September 1846]
Source of text:
JHS 3.22
Summary:

JH has 'slain' a dragon of a bore; he is concerned about Peter Stewart's being ill at ease in his mother's [Emilia Stewart's] presence, and JH declares his love for MH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[2 September 1846]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20769 (C: RS:HS 22.282)
Summary:

Pleased that WW is giving a paper at Southampton B.A.A.S. meeting. JH will attend. Has completed the printing of most of his Cape Results. Smoke-drifts are besetting Kent.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Johann Franz Encke
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 September 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.96
Summary:

Asks for permission to look at R.S.L. letters from G. W. Leibniz to Henry Oldenburg; comments on dioptrics, and several astronomical topics.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
3 September 1846
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.29-30, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project