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Herschel14718

From:
T. P. Anderson and J. H. Shonbridge
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2] December 1869
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0917.2; Reel 1083
Summary:

[Summary in JH's hand:] Enquiry about Henry John Hollier's request for advance on mortgage. Enclosed form to be signed by JH [as co-trustee] or chief accountant of Bank of England. [JH note: signed form and returned it to Anderson and Shonbridge. Forwarded letter to Few & Co.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6349

From:
J[ohn] Browning
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 December 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.113
Summary:

Sending JH a set of stereograms of prisms.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13781

From:
Pierce Butler
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 December 1869]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0131; Reel 1087
Summary:

Grateful for JH's interest in survey of Sinai Peninsula and loan of JH's theodolite. [H. S.] Palmer will visit JH and receive instruction in its use. Asks to name JH as co-trustee of survey with Henry James.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13782

From:
Pierce Butler
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 December 1869]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0132; Reel 1087
Summary:

JH and R. I. Murchison have agreed to be trustees [of Sinai survey; see PB's 1869-12-9]. Subscriptions to support survey. Sends description of expedition. Royal Geological Society unanimously approved survey.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3515

From:
George Setten
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 December 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.191
Summary:

Admiring 'working man' requests signature to be placed under JH's portrait as 'a remembrance of a great astronomer.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8962

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the London Times
Date:
[15 December 1869]
Source of text:
London Times (Dec. 17, 1869), p. 7, col. 6
Summary:

Calls attention to sunspots then visible. [Written by JH under the pseudonym 'Helioscopus']

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11152

From:
Henry Samuel King
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 December 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.40
Summary:

Sending a little volume of poetry written by his wife.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE344

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
18 Dec 1869
Source of text:
HS 16.380, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2689

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 December 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.380
Summary:

Sends Christmas greetings to family. Still has her intellect and is staying busy. Thanks Margaret Brodie Herschel for visiting Agnes [Greig].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10845

From:
Thomas A. Hirst
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 December 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.196
Summary:

Asks JH to sign a certificate for Fellowship of the R.S.L. of [William Stanley] Jevons.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11073

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mrs. Richard Jones
Date:
[19 December 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.294
Summary:

Best wishes on Mrs. Jones's birthday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11153

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Samuel King
Date:
[20 December 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.41 & 24.295
Summary:

Many thanks for Mrs. King's volume of poetry. Comments on some of the poems.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6593

From:
T[heseus] A. Cheney
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 December 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.334
Summary:

Thanks for his kind letter regarding his book. Would be very grateful if JH would send him his photograph and autograph signature, also signatures of any famous Europeans for his album.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5558

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Sir Isaac L. Bell
Date:
[24 December 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.48 & 24.296
Summary:

Many thanks for the papers on the chemistry of the blast furnace. Remarks concerning this.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12524

From:
R. C. Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 December 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.391
Summary:

More on the mathematical ratios of musical chords, and of dissonance [see JH's 1869-11-24].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7964

From:
Walter White
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 December 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.231
Summary:

Thanks for news of Mrs. Birtwhistle. Hopes JH returns to good health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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