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DCP-LETT-60

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
1 Apr [1829]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 11)
Summary:

Eager to hear how WDF and his family get on.

Entomology goes poorly. Harbour has given C. C. Babington first pick of the beetles, and CD has stopped buying from him.

Fire at Linton.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel14675

From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 April 1829]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0625.3; Reel 1086
Summary:

Plans to see JH at Slough. Visit by Mrs. Stewart and daughter. Declines money offered by JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9784

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Davies Gilbert
Date:
1829-4
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.45
Summary:

Asks DG to respond to a note from George Rümker.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7768

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Matthew Robinson Boulton
Date:
[1 April 1829]
Source of text:
RAS:WH Archive 1/6.10; Reel 12
Summary:

JH and wife, passing through Birmingham, want to visit manufactory at Soho. Recalls friendship of MB's father and William Herschel and friendship of JH and late James Watt.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6324

From:
Matthew Robinson Boulton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 April 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.86
Summary:

Regrets he cannot carry out JH's request. Hopes to see him and Mrs. Herschel at dinner.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7769

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Matthew Robinson Boulton
Date:
[2 April 1829]
Source of text:
RAS:WH Archive 1/6.11; Reel 12
Summary:

Apologizes for request to visit MB's manufactory. Declines dinner invitation. Plans to visit other local manufactories.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2164

From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 April 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.409
Summary:

Anxious to hear the opinion of his telescope. Notices best resolution with a 3.5-inch aperture. Also, distinctness is best with correcting lenses in certain diametric position.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9485

From:
William Henry Fitton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 April 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.230
Summary:

Hopes the Herschels are well. Is worried about the state of Charles Babbage's engine. Thinks an approach should be made to Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington).

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14676

From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1829]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0625.4; Reel 1086
Summary:

Visit by Patrick Stewart. Painting of 40-foot telescope completed. William Langton and two daughters are staying with MPH. Somervilles report that Charles Babbage bought R. I. Murchison's house and plans to remarry.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2112

From:
William Ritchie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.359
Summary:

Will not be going to America. Will advertise for boarders to assist them in the study of mathematics and physical science. Sent paper to R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-61

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[10 Apr 1829]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 12)
Summary:

Has been in "a perfect and absolute state of idleness", riding and walking in the morning, gambling at Van John [vingt-et-un] in the evening.

"Little Go" has been unusually strict.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-62

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[12 Apr 1829]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 13)
Summary:

CD writes with much sympathy for WDF, whose sister [Mrs Bristowe] is alarmingly ill.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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L727

From:
Claude-Julien Bredin
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
13 avril 1829
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 703.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
Text Online

Faraday0397

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward Magrath
Date:
13 April 1829
Source of text:
RI MS F1 B10
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday0397a

From:
John Martin
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
14 April 1829
Source of text:
RI MS F1 N/2/1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel14677

From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 April 1829]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0625.5; Reel 1086
Summary:

Returns to Slough. Visits by Stewart family and Somervilles. Charles Babbage visited and denied rumor of his remarriage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

L935

From:
Claude-Julien Bredin
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
15 avril 1829
Source of text:
Lettres inédites de Claude-Julien Bredin (Lyon: 1936), p. 190-191.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
Text Online

L936

From:
Claude-Julien Bredin
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
17 avril 1829
Source of text:
Lettres inédites de Claude-Julien Bredin (Lyon: 1936), p. 191.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

Herschel13252

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[17 April 1829]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0521.2; Reel 1053
Summary:

JH and Margaret will see MPH on Monday. Rode along Wye River and visited ruins of Tintern Abbey by full moonlight last night.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-63

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[23 Apr 1829]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 14)
Summary:

CD’s sister Catherine has informed him of the death of WDF’s sister [Mrs Bristowe]. CD sends sympathy to WDF and his parents, and refers to the pure and holy comfort afforded by the Bible.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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