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From:
Edward Everett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 June 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.114
Summary:

Had to leave Cambridge suddenly and was thus unable to take his leave of JH. Will always remember his visit. Would like the manuscript of JH's address.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Everett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.115
Summary:

Is grateful for JH's note and the manuscript. Will treasure it. Sails on 4 Sept. Has heard who his successor will be. Would be very pleased to assist JH in any way when he returns to America.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Everett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 March 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.116
Summary:

Sending a letter for a Benjamin Peirce, one of the professors at the University of Cambridge (Mass.). EE has just assumed the presidency of this university.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Edward Everett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 November 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.117
Summary:

Has received JH's volume and letter from Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland). Regards it as a valuable contribution to his library. Would like JH's opinion on the papers of Benjamin Peirce and his views on the planet Neptune.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Everett
Date:
[24 March 1851]
Source of text:
Massachusetts Historical Society
Summary:

Thanks for EE's 'Orations and Speeches.' Recalls first meeting EE at Cambridge. Praises Harvard Observatory and W. C. Bond's discovery of an interior Saturnian ring. Notes that William R. Dawes had independently discovered this ring. Encourages EE to attend the Great Exhibition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project