Received news from the Duke of Cambridge of JH's appointment to the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order.
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Received news from the Duke of Cambridge of JH's appointment to the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order.
Losing her strength and eyesight. Describes a conversation with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Saddened at the death of JH's mother; knows that 'it can't be long before I shall follow the dear departed.'
Reminds JH to send his catalog of double stars.
Feeling simply 'dismal.'
Sends on a copy of JH's orbital elements for Gamma Virginis.
Formal note and stamp acknowledging receipt of £50 annuity from estate of William Herschel, sent by executor JH, followed by note to JH on arrangements for sending such payments. Asks for news about Stewart family.
Wishes JH well on his upcoming trip to the Cape of Good Hope. Asks JH to study the lower part of the Scorpion, for William Herschel was mystified by the 'uncommon appearance of that part of the heavens.' [Written as a postscript to a letter by Margaret Herschel.]
Thrilled that JH has arrived safely in Cape Town; notes that JH's Cape Town trip has captivated the intellectual world.
Asks about JH's children. Remarks that JH's discovery of globular clusters in the Scorpion is not what she remembered William Herschel being mystified about; remembers that WH exclaimed that there seemed to be a 'Loch im Himmel' ('hole in heaven') there.
Has recently been too ill to write. Sent portraits of William Herschel to Wilhelm Struve, Heinrich Schumacher, Karl Gauss, Friedrich Bessel, and others.
Experiencing 'a daily increase of pain and feebleness.'
Hopes that JH will receive Friedrich Bessel's paper called 'On the Influence of the Irregularities of the Earth on Geodetic Operations, and their Comparison with Astronomical Determinations.'
Grateful to be made an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy. Wants 'one or two' copies of her index to John Flamsteed's catalog of omitted stars.
Recounts a letter from William Rowan Hamilton, President of the Royal Irish Academy, commending CH on her service to astronomy.
Details her daily routine.
Gives reasons why CH rejoiced at news of Mrs. Papendick's death, and grieves that two daughters of Papendick are gaining influence at Court.
Hopes to introduce to Margaret Herschel some of her acquaintances, including the family of General Baron Hugh Halkett.
Asserting that her memory remains sharp, CH promises that she will periodically describe 'what passed in old times.'
Angry that many call William Herschel's 40-ft. reflecting telescope 'useless.'