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WCP6671

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
Date:
1836-1843
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP3/13
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Herschel10314

From:
Basil Hall
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[1836 early?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.196
Summary:

P.S. Has received her letter regarding travel home via Rio and will endeavor to find out the answers and send letters of recommendation later; is now in Paris. Hopes to send a copy of a small book he has written. Hoped to include something from D. F. J. Arago but it has not arrived yet. The French are unpunctual.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE31

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
undated (1836 post stamp)
Source of text:
MSB1 / 254, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE574

From:
Joseph Pentland
To:
William Somerville
Date:
1836
Source of text:
MSP 3 / 254, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel8871

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
D. François J. Arago
Date:
[1836]
Source of text:
Comptes Rendus, 3 (1836), 505 (inc)
Summary:

Discusses the 'Moon Hoax' and JH's observations of Halley's Comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8809

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[1836]
Source of text:
Science Museum Talbt 1/7
Summary:

Sending WT some seeds. Had hoped to send some bulbs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1860

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Harvey
Date:
[1836 ?]
Source of text:
WT 69294.1
Summary:

JH and his family went on an excursion and collected plants. JH is now sending some that survived well and asking WH to identify them.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1861

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Harvey
Date:
1836
Source of text:
WT 69294.2
Summary:

Is sending WH a plant sent earlier, but this one has a bulb attached.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-292

From:
Charles D. Douglas
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Jan 1836
Source of text:
DAR 39.1: 5–6
Summary:

Reports in detail on the 20 Feb 1835 earthquake and on volcanic activity into December of 1835. Encloses a letter sent to him describing the earthquake.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel12705

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Captain C[aldwell?]
Date:
[5 January 1836]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0120; Reel 1054 (C: RS:HS 25.15.1)
Summary:

Thanks for alerting JH to extraordinary hoax in New York Journal of Commerce (2 Sept. 1835). Invites [Caldwell] to visit JH at Feldhausen.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1058

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John I. Taylor
Date:
[7 January 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.4.19
Summary:

Compares JT's observations of stars very favorably with most others available to JH; explains how JH had helped Thomas Maclear improve the mounting on a telescope at the Cape observatory, together with comments on other equipment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3920

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
8] January [1836
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Uncertain when they are traveling to Paarl.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4221

From:
James Prinsep
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.68
Summary:

Formally thanks JH on behalf of the Asiatic Society for astronomical memoirs and observations of the satellites of Uranus.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11719

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 January 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.81
Summary:

Many thanks for the seeds. Will record in the minutes the source of the plants. Breakfast will await JH's arrival. Has been comet hunting every morning to no purpose.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12027

From:
Roderick Impey Murchison
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 January 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.389
Summary:

Charles Lyell was gratified to receive JH's letter, which RM has now perused. Sees that JH has some Trilobites for RM, and he would be pleased to receive them as soon as possible so that he can incorporate the new information into his forthcoming book. Affairs at R.S.L. in a sad way, though useful papers are being printed. About to visit Devon with Adam Sedgwick.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6005

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 January 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.131
Summary:

Has sent copies of various star catalogues. Regarding the Brisbane Catalogue and its accuracy. R.A.S. has awarded JH its medal. J. J. Littrow and the appearance of the comet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9736

From:
Alfred Gautier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 January 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.83
Summary:

Alphonse de Candolle would like some information on the region where JH is now residing [at the Cape]. Has read about JH's voyage and his work on the constellations. Gives his own recent astronomical observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4146

From:
James Prinsep
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 January 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.69
Summary:

Requests meteorological observations from JH for compilation of data for 1835. Trouble getting refracting telescope for Asiatic Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-293

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Phillip Parker King
Date:
[21 Jan 1836]
Source of text:
Bathurst District Historical Society
Summary:

CD informs PPK of his impending arrival at Dunheved, Penrith; news of his journey thus far.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel3793

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[22 January 1836]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Finishing his copy of the panorama taken from the summit of Paarl rock. Needs TM's star reductions as soon as possible.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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