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Herschel14753

From:
Mr. March
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1822-9]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0941; Reel 1083
Summary:

JH omitted Mrs. Beckwith and [Charles] Babbage in the list given to M [undertaker] this morning. Please send their addresses.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8237

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mrs. Mary Frances Kater
Date:
1822-[9?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.43
Summary:

Lady Mary Herschel feels great sorrow, but her health is fair. Caroline Herschel is distracted by her return to Hanover. Hopes present extraordinary season will favor Henry Kater's observations. News from [Maria] Edgeworth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14065

From:
Charles Hutton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 September 1822]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0286; Reel 1087
Summary:

Condolences on death of William Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14188

From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 September 1822]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0414; Reel 1087
Summary:

Condolences on death of William Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14086

From:
Richard Jones
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 September 1822]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0305; Reel 1087
Summary:

Condolences on death of William Herschel. JH should not feel guilty for being absent.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8228

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Commander of Steam-Packet Talbot
Date:
4?] September [1822
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.34-35
Summary:

JH gave passport to commander or steward with instructions to use it to retrieve mail forwarded to JH in Calais. Lack of response concerns JH. Please procure mail and send it with JH's passport to 9 Downing St. Reward.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8223

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Grahame
Date:
[4 September 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.29 (C: RS:HS B28.8)
Summary:

Expresses remorse for JH's inattention to William Herschel while still alive. Lady Mary Herschel's grief. Invites JG to [missing]. Hopes to visit before JG leaves England.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8222

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James South
Date:
[4 September 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.28 (C: RS:HS B28.7)
Summary:

Appreciates JS's support of JH's mother at death of William Herschel. Invites JS to attend WH's remains to grave.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13863

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 September 1822]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0211; Reel 1087
Summary:

JG is called home urgently. Does not want to go, but feels painful duty to do so. Cancels visit to Slough. Asks JH to retrieve prints that JG left at Downing St.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14182

From:
Joseph Planta
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 September 1822]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0408; Reel 1087
Summary:

Extols friendship with William Herschel. Regrets that JP cannot attend funeral.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8224

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Johann Dietrich Herschel
Date:
[6 September 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.30
Summary:

Caroline Herschel is determined to leave England before JH can arrange William Herschel's affairs and accompany her to Hanover. Please notify JH when she is safely settled. JH is too grieved now to write more.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13864

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
7] September [1822
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0212; Reel 1087
Summary:

Hopes JH's presence is solace to JH's mother. Wants to visit Slough, but must return to Scotland before 10 Sept. Death of William Herschel and need to surrender to God's will. Prays for JH and JH's mother.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13271

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Johann Dietrich Herschel
Date:
[7 September 1822]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0528; Reel 1053
Summary:

Legacy of stock for JDH from William Herschel's will. How shall JH transfer it to Hanover?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5231

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 September 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.177
Summary:

The account will be inserted in the Morning Chronicle tomorrow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10217

From:
Samuel Goodenough
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 September 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.103
Summary:

Is sorry to read in the papers the news of the death of William Herschel. Had he been near he would have liked to have attended the funeral.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8226

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Peacock
Date:
[11 September 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.32 (C: RS:HS B28.12)
Summary:

Grateful for GP's sympathy. JH's mother 'dreadfully distressed.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8225

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Jones
Date:
[11 September 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.31 (C: RS:HS B28.11)
Summary:

Laments loss of William Herschel's affection; grateful for that of friends. Encloses rare book on 'arcana of Dutch commerce' that JH bought in Amsterdam. Will send list of works on same topic that JH found in library at Hague.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8227

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Postmaster at Calais
Date:
[12 September 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.33 (C: RS:HS B28.13)
Summary:

Requests that JH's letters be forwarded to Slough. JH gave passport to steamship captain, who failed to retrieve letters and lost JH's passport.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8229

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Maria Edgeworth
Date:
[16 September 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.36
Summary:

Thanks ME for sympathies [on death of William Herschel]. Received ME's list of books on Irish history. Met [John] Brinkley and wife and ME's brother during their visit to England.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5232

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 September 1822]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.178
Summary:

Will be moving to Worchester shortly. Theory on stained glass. Regarding his recent pamphlet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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