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Herschel778

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[16 February 1832]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.521
Summary:

Brief note about JH's travel to Slough and the need to come back to London soon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel779

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[23 February 1832]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.519
Summary:

JH and the baby are getting along well; JH talks about cholera; is 'almost certain I had the comet in the [JH's telescope's] field.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel780

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[26 February 1832]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.520
Summary:

All is well in the household; JH is to chair the cholera committee for the parish, which includes inoculation for all committee members and an oath to treat the sick if nurses cannot be found; JH is receiving political pamphlets [which he ridicules], after Lord John Russell cited JH as an authority in parliament.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel781

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[11 June 1832]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.522a
Summary:

Recounts JH's travels to date, together with stories about some of the people he has met; also comments on cholera in various cities [letter completed 1832-6-13].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel782

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[19 June 1832]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.522b
Summary:

Reports of further travels, and JH's visit to his aunt Caroline Herschel; interesting stories about his stay in Hanover, including a report on JH's attendance at the Waterloo banquet.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel783

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[26 June 1832]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.522c
Summary:

Warns MH about delays in crossing the North Sea, due to storms; will search out the earliest alternative that will carry JH with some comfort.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel786

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[30 June 1832]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.522d
Summary:

More about JH's difficulties in reaching England [see JH's 1832-6-26] because of storms at sea; will now try to clear Customs House and come to MH this day.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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