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Herschel8113

From:
[J.?] Watermeyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1834-11?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.379
Summary:

Regrets missing appointment yesterday. Can JH arrive early tomorrow and meet before Council convenes? Wishes to submit more data on Colonial population. Suggests appointing subcommittee on statistical research.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-261

From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Nov 1834
Source of text:
DAR 204: 124
Summary:

WDF sends news of his activities and of his family.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel5562

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir John Bell
Date:
[1834-11]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.52 & 21.162
Summary:

Thanks for the Stellenbosch diaries, which will no doubt be useful. Comments on the prospects for water supply for Cape Town.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2208

From:
Sir Edward Ryan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 November 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.452
Summary:

Wants advice on reading thermometers and barometers. Asks for some temperature readings JH made. Will send some Calcutta newspapers. Invites Herschel's to dinner.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE108

From:
Ada Byron
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
5 Nov 1834
Source of text:
MSBY 2 / 44, Dep. c. 367, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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HENSLOW-202

From:
David Brewster
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
7 November 1834
Source of text:
Edinburgh University Library Gen. 1733/18
Summary:

Letter of introduction for Alexander Napier of Trinity College, son of the Scottish editor Macvey Napier, who wishes to meet JSH. Brewster also invites JSH to Scotland.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

SOMERVILLE109

From:
Ada Byron
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
8 Nov 1834
Source of text:
MSBY 2 / 42, Dep. c. 367, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

DCP-LETT-262

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
Date:
8 Nov 1834
Source of text:
DAR 223
Summary:

CD has recovered from his illness.

Fatigue and depression had almost decided Captain FitzRoy to turn over his command, but he was dissuaded.

Beagle will now go no further south than Cape Tres Montes and will finish survey in five months.

CD experiences his first earthquake.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-263

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
8 Nov 1834
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 24 DAR/1/1/24)
Summary:

Sends two boxes of specimens and part of his "hum-drum letter-like" journal.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel9750

From:
Mario Gemmellaro
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 November 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.97
Summary:

Hears that JH has arrived safely at the Cape and discovered two new planets already. Will shortly receive Niccolo Cacciatore. The shape of Etna has changed. His own brothers are away at the moment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7356

From:
[J.?] Watermeyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 November 1834]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 3/6.28; Reel 7
Summary:

Announces 13 Nov. meeting of Committee of South African Infant Schools.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE110

From:
Ada Byron
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
13 Nov 1834
Source of text:
MSBY 2 / 41, Dep. c. 367, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel10088

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 November 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.425
Summary:

Of the return to France and the family health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10618

From:
James Horsburgh
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 November 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.499
Summary:

Delayed acknowledging JH's letter until the return of [James?] Hudson from Derbyshire as he knew he would be interested in the atmosphere and temperature of the ocean. Comments on this and quotes a review of Captain Foster's voyages in the Athenaeum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-000805

From:
unknown
To:
Royal Society
Date:
17 November 1834
Source of text:
MM/13/104, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel3901

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[17 November 1834]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Invites TM to a meeting of the Meteorological Committee, which James Adamson, Abraham Cloete, and James Bance hope to attend.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-000693

From:
unknown
To:
J W Lubbock
Date:
21 November 1834
Source of text:
MM/12/3, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000694

From:
Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
To:
Duke of Sussex
Date:
21 November 1834
Source of text:
MM/12/4, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000075

From:
Henry Thomas de la Beche
To:
James Hudson
Date:
23 November 1834
Source of text:
MM/3/7, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

DCP-LETT-264

From:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[24] Nov 1834
Source of text:
DAR 204: 104
Summary:

The Langtons will go to Madeira for the winter. E. A. Darwin and the Hensleigh Wedgwoods enjoyed a stay in Cambridge, where they saw Professors Whewell and Sedgwick. Colonel Leighton has died. The King has dismissed the Whig Ministry; Wellington is Premier, and the country is in a strange state.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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