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From:
Susan White
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 September 1814]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.226 (Abs: TxU:H/M-0580.1; Reel 1093)
Summary:

Invites JH, her godson, to sit for new likeness by same artist who drew him before. Cannot accept JH's mother's invitation to Slough.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Susan White
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1817-11
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0580.2; Reel 1093
Summary:

Enjoyed 'good dancing account' of JH from Sophy [Sophia Baldwin?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Susan White
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 November 1817]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.227
Summary:

Asks JH to be trustee of SW's and her husband's will.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Susan White
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 November 1823]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0580.3; Reel 1093
Summary:

SW's nephew Henry White is coming to Cambridge with message from [servant] Sally, who misses JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Susan White
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 November 1823]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.228
Summary:

Asks JH to befriend nephew Henry White, scholar and missionary at Cambridge. Asks about Mary Baldwin. When will JH visit again? [JH annotation: Asked William Whewell to call on Henry White.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Susan White
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 February 1832]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0580.4; Reel 1093
Summary:

[SW's servant] Sally celebrates JH's birthday every year and longs to see JH again.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Susan White
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 February 1832]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.229
Summary:

Thanks JH for ring of deceased Mary Herschel. Would like to see JH's children, but age confines SW.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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