Regarding the testimonial for W. S. Stratford, would like to be included among the subscribers. Hopes Stratford has found beneficial employment.
Regarding the testimonial for W. S. Stratford, would like to be included among the subscribers. Hopes Stratford has found beneficial employment.
Problems calculating sun's mean longitude due to movement of perigee. Questions S. D. Poisson's value for sidereal year.
Writes to initiate JH's suit for the hand of Margaret Stewart, and place his cause before ES. Enclosed is a letter to Margaret [see JH's 1828-12-4 to Margaret Stewart] and also a letter from James Grahame to ES.
JH declares his undying love for MS. [Letter very correctly sent through MS's mother; see JH's 1828-12-4 to Emilia Stewart].
Responds to JH's letters of 1828-12-4, and invites JH to visit them on 6 Dec.
A reply to JH's declaration of love [see JH's 1828-12-4 to MS; seems intended to encourage JH].
A note of thanks for the ambassadorial services performed by ES. Enclosed is a letter to Margaret Stewart [see JH's 1828-12-5].
Informs MS that JH will probably be arriving late as the sudden death of a friend's sister may delay him; includes many expressions of JH's affection for MS.
A letter of thanks for M[H]'s hopeful letter [see M[H]'s 1828-12-5] in response to JH's declaration of love.
Acknowledges receipt of papers sent by WH for Astronomical Society and R.S.L. and will deliver them, but currently has not time to say more. Looks forward to enrollment of WH's name among members at next Astronomical Society meeting.
Thanks for paper on light, which he has only just read as it was mislaid. Grateful for the acknowledgement of his scientific labors. Comments and queries regarding the paper in the light of his own experiments. Wishes to reprint parts of it so would be grateful for several plates.
Wishes JH well on his visit to Stewart family and to Cambridge. Personal finances. Arrangements for JH's new servant.
Has prepared a paper on the doctrine of sound; expects to be up to spend several days with GA at the Cambridge Observatory.
JH's love for Margaret Stewart. Financial plans for future. Isabella Stewart is still ill. Burn this letter. P.S.: Do not burn it. JH may want to read it in later years. Mrs. Stewart gave JH her husband's journal recording Margaret's sixth year. Regards from James Grahame to MPH.
Seeking JH's address. Encloses dispatch. W. H. Wollaston getting weaker.
Encloses letter from Edward Ryan to Charles Babbage that JH agreed to forward.
Acknowledges receipt of CH's diary. JH apologizes for mishandling one aspect of the awarding of the Astronomical Society's Gold Medal to CH.
Thanks JH for award and dinner invitation given to him by Astronomical Society.
Asks JH to insert full name of Peter Dollond into P & J Dollond firm, who constructed W. H. Wollaston's telescope in 1771. W. Wollaston is feeling better.
Of mutual friends in England and life in Nantes.