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From:
Eliza Susan Quincy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 July 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.287
Summary:

Requests JH forward [James] Grahame's last letter to the Stewarts. Enjoyed JH's Cape Results. Discusses Harvard Observatory and a recent bequest.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Eliza Susan Quincy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 March 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.279
Summary:

Sends tributes to memory of her father [Josiah Quincy]. Discusses [James] Grahame and [George] Bond, who both have died. Also mentions Harvard Observatory and American Civil War.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Eliza Susan Quincy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 September 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.281
Summary:

Wants to send JH and [John] Stewart memoirs of her father, [Josiah] Quincy. Praises JH's Iliad translation) and his Cape Results. Introduces her nephew, General [?] Quincy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Eliza Susan Quincy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.283
Summary:

Sent her father's [Josiah Quincy] memoirs to London as JH directed. Praises JH's Iliad translation, Cape Results, and astronomical career.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Eliza Susan Quincy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 December 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.284
Summary:

Asks if JH received a copy of the memoirs of her father [Josiah Quincy]. They will be a 'valuable addition to the history of the U.S.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Eliza Susan Quincy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.286
Summary:

Thanks JH for his Familiar Lectures. Sends meteorological information.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Eliza Susan Quincy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 September 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.288
Summary:

Describes celebration of [Alexander von] Humboldt's centennial in Boston. Sends photograph of total eclipse of sun, from Henry Morton, and various other articles. Praises science.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Eliza Susan Quincy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 November 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.290
Summary:

Pleased JH wants to defend [James] Grahame's work. Describes [Henry] Morton's work and sends additional publications. Intrigued by JH's prediction that a great discovery concerning the sun will be made soon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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