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Herschel13223

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[1 June 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0517.10; Reel 1053
Summary:

Asks for news of MH's health. Lists all letters JH has sent. Problems with European post. Trip from Rome to Naples. Neopolitan countryside. [Letter continued 2 June:] At Hotel de la Città di Napoli on Bay of Naples. Describes Mount Vesuvius. Visit with Teodoro Monticelli and British minister W. R. Hamilton. [Letter continued 3 June:] Attended opera at Europe's largest theater. Prefers Naples to Rome; will stay at least one month.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12822

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Committee for Rebuilding London Bridge
Date:
[1824 to 1831]-6-3
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0228; Reel 1054
Summary:

Accepts honor of joining committee at ceremony to lay first stone of new bridge. Proposes including platina copies of standard British measures of length and weight in foundation as part of 'precious records' preserved for posterity.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13224

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[8 June 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0517.11; Reel 1053
Summary:

Describes last letter to MH. [Letter continued 9 June in Naples:] Will write to J. H. Nelson. Problems with postal service in Naples. Met European nobility at dinner of British minister W. R. Hamilton. Ascent of Mount Vesuvius with Nicola Covelli. Barometer observations, chemical experiments, and camera lucida drawings. High society in Naples. Describes 'ridiculous' religious practices at church of Madonna dell'Arco and barbarian lower classes of Naples.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13225

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[17 June 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0517.12; Reel 1053
Summary:

Received mail from MH, Mary Baldwin, and J. H. Nelson. Death of George Gordon (Lord Byron). Dined with British minister W. R. Hamilton. News of English residents in Rome. Recent archeological discoveries in Naples. Describes Pompeii, Solfaterra, and Puzzuoli. Religious procession of king through Naples. [Letter continued 18 June:] Met British admiral H. B. Neale at Hamilton's. Problems with Dey of Algiers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13226

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[20 June 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0517.13; Reel 1053
Summary:

Voyage to Sicily. Scenes of Palermo. Visit with Giuseppe Piazzi and Niccolo Cacciatore at Palermo observatory. Names scientists JH plans to visit on Sicily.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13227

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[27 June 1824]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0517.14; Reel 1053
Summary:

Six-day mule trip to see ruins of Girgente. Servant James Child is holding up well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12513

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Johann Wilhelm A. Pfaff
Date:
[30 June 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.379 & 20.182
Summary:

Directs JP to additional sources of biographical information about William Herschel [see JP's 1823-12-13], and comments on some other details of JP's letter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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