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From:
Julia Margaret Cameron
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.168
Summary:

Sending him photographs and mounts for him to sign and return. Can keep one for himself. Remembers the day she spent with him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Selwyn
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.498
Summary:

Has autographs showing the spots' motion. Will send them soon. Expresses regret at the death of W. R. Dawes. Refers to recent article on the optician George Merz.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
A. J. Simpson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.208
Summary:

Requests financial assistance in building a new church in JH's parish.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward William Brayley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.236
Summary:

Giving some lectures and asks JH for permission to quote from his writings

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
H. Turberville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.378a
Summary:

Asks for JH's advice over a defective pair of glass discs. Discusses possibility of manufacturing optical discs in conjunction with the artist.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Henry Enfield Roscoe and Joseph Baxendell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.161a
Summary:

[Form letter] Notice of next meeting of Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
12 Mar 1868
Source of text:
HS 16.375, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.375
Summary:

Thanks JH for saving her from publishing a fault-filled book. Describes eruptions of Vesuvius. Agnes [Greig] enjoyed visiting the Herschels. MS wishes she could see them again.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Arthur Cayley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
14 March [1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.229
Summary:

Has returned sheets one and two to the printers and is sending the corresponding part of the manuscript. Please send his corrections to J. Henderson.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Loyd
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.348
Summary:

The Archbishop [of Canterbury, C. T. Longley] will be lunching with EL on the 24th and if JH is able will he join them for lunch.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William C. Mathison
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.27
Summary:

Has received with great pleasure JH's obituary of their dear friend [William Whewell]. Such a clear account was much needed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.456
Summary:

Eyesight is failing. Discusses William Whewell's death and pays him tribute. Says Professor [W. H.] Thompson will replace Whewell.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Frederic J. Jackson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 March 1868]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0292; Reel 1087
Summary:

Responds to JH's critique of FJ's theory of construction of musical scale.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Arthur Cayley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.230
Summary:

Has asked J. Henderson to send him the revised proof of JH's paper 'Additional Identification of Double Stars.' It will appear in the Monthly Notes and later in the Memoirs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Lassell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.168
Summary:

Sending his impression, formed during a recent visit to Dublin, of the Great Telescope destined for Melbourne. Considers it a triumph of mechanical invention.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.308
Summary:

Further regarding his theories on sound.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.309
Summary:

Has received the bill of William Ewart concerning the metrical scale.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
H. Turberville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.379
Summary:

Explains conditions of his will and the distribution of his estate.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Roderick Impey Murchison
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 March 1868]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0384; Reel 1087
Summary:

Death of Pierce Butler. Recommended F. W. Holland, who has explored Palestine, to Henry James. RM has been too busy to keep track of survey fund.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project