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From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1820-7
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.139
Summary:

Humphry Davy has been canvassing. Has several Cornish introductions. Would like to visit South Wales.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Francis Boott
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
3 Jul 1820
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/20/120, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Informs Smith of his marriage [to Mary Hardcastle, daughter of Lucy Hardcastle]; sends piece of wedding cake.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Humphry Davy
To:
William Jacob
Date:
4 July 1820
Source of text:
MM/1/5, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Francis Boott
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
5 Jul 1820
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/2/62, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Married [Mary] Hardcastle on 3 July, a piece of wedding cake was sent to Smith. An account of the courtship, beginning with their first acquaintance in 1811, credits her mother with teaching him botany and leading him to appreciate literature, and account of his abortive attempt to return to America and devote himself solely to the study of botany.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Sarah Barnard
Date:
5 July 1820
Source of text:
Bence Jones (1870a), 1: 317
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
George Gretton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 July 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.49
Summary:

JH's friend Dr. J. C. Whitfield was elected organist this morning. He himself is suffering with the jaundice. Anxious to hear of Sir William's health. Does not know anyone near Lichfield.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Date:
[12 July 1820]
Source of text:
NSUB Cod.Ms.Gauss 99 (C: RS:HS 20.98)
Summary:

Has received letter of 3 June 1820 reporting on the new circle at Göttingen Observatory. Will read it to the Astronomical Society and propose CG as associate. Sends some JH publications.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[12 July 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.138
Summary:

Has received the visitation letter. Work is progressing on the twenty-foot telescope. Hopes to leave for Devon soon. Places he would like to visit. Hopes CB is well versed in geology.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
John Nichols
Date:
13 Jul 1820
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/JN/7, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Returns some corrected proofs. Discusses additional volumes, writing of a preface, and whether to have a contents and an index.

Note in John Bowyer Nichols' hand attached.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
John Clarke-Whitfeld
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 July 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.236
Summary:

JW was elected Hereford cathedral organist. Thanks JH for letter of support and gift of poetry. Bishop promised to arrange JW's quick release from Cambridge duties. Vice-Chancellor ruled in JW's favor in case with Mrs. Deacon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Jean-Jacques Ampère (fils d'Ampère)
Date:
16 juillet 1820
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 553.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
From:
George John Spencer
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
16 Jul 1820
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/25/69, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks for Smith's letter of 13 [July 1820]; several of his friends have expressed the wish to which Smith alludes but many reasons induce him to decline [possibly an invitation to become Honorary Member of the Linnean Society following deaths of Sir Joseph Banks and Brownlow North, Bishop of Winchester].

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Samuel Goodenough
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
17 Jul 1820
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/12/60, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Mrs Goodenough taken ill with constipation then diarrhea on journey to Rose Castle but successfully treated her with Calomel. Sir Joseph Banks died day before he left London, initiating a contest for Royal Society presidency: Banks named [Davies] Gilbert; [William Hyde] Wollaston [(1766-1828), chemist and physicist] and Sir Humphry Davy have declared themselves candidates; [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert and Sir Alexander Johnson are urging [Edward St Maur, 11th] Duke of Somerset [(1775-1855)] to contest; and Carlisle the surgeon is canvassing for Prince Leopold.

Sir Joseph Bank's will: [Robert] Brown given £200 per annum, a poor pittance in London; Sir Everard Home's [(1756-1832), physician] omittance extraordinary but appears Banks borrowed £4000 of him without repaying; Revesby Abbey in Lincolnshire Lady Banks' for life and afterwards Sir Edward Knatchbull's [9th baronet (1781-1849)], Lady Banks' nephew. The Queen [Caroline (1768-1821), wife of George IV] "engrosses all conversation at present", Goodenough thinks if even a small part of the rumours are true it would be shocking; Sir Humphry Davy, who lived near her abroad, has been closeted with the King [George IV (1762-1830)].

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
George Annesley
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
18 Jul 1820
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/7/82, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Describes places of interest on the route from Stafford to Arley, including Coalbrook Dale, the China works at Coalport, and Mr Whitmore's grounds at Apley, in anticipation of imminent visit from the Smiths.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Joseph Goodall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 July 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.140
Summary:

Would like him to come to dinner next Saturday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
London Royal Society
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
19 Jul 1820
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/1/97, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

From William Thomas Brande, Secretary of the Royal Society, inviting subscriptions for a monument to the memory of Sir Joseph Banks. Annotated by Smith, stating that he has subscribed £10, the maximum amount, and that "no one has a greater claim on his gratitude and regard than [Smith has], nor can any one be more ready to acknowledge it".

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
James South
To:
William Herschel
Date:
[22 July 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.412
Summary:

Asks WH to contribute to a fund to place a bust of Edward Troughton in Greenwich Observatory. Introduces himself to WH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Francis Hamilton
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
23 Jul 1820
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/2/143, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Having looked over the specimens obtained from India House has come to the conclusion that the most scientifically useful purpose would be to publish a commentaries on the "Hortus Malabaricus" and "Flora Amboinensis", details how he would go about this. Will start immediately if suitable for publication in "Linnean Transactions", with a supplement of the drawings from Mysore left with Smith and from Ava, Burma, given to Sir Joseph Banks. Drawings of 'Scitamineae' and Orchides have been lost by the Marquees of Hastings [Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings (1754-1826) Governor-General of India, 1813-1823]. Requests Smith's opinion on this and whether it should be published all in Latin, or the commentary in English and the descriptive parts in Latin, as [Robert] Brown did in his treatise on the compositae in volume 12 of "Linnean Transactions".

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Ayrton Paris
Date:
25 July 1820
Source of text:
Lond.Med.Repos., 1821, 15: 431-1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
William George Maton
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
25 Jul 1820
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/7/60, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Discussed with [Alexander] Macleay and [Robert] Brown the design for the ornamented page for Prince Leopold's signature in the Linnean Society Charter-book, to also be used for other royal signatures. Process by which the Prince will sign and bye-laws. Pleased Smith has not promised his vote for new Royal Society president to anyone. Brief details of Sir Joseph Banks' will: [Robert] Brown to receive the library, museum and £200 per annum for life, to afterwards go to the British Museum, and Lady Banks given whole of the landed property for life, afterwards to be divided between Colonel Stanhope and Sir Henry Howley, Banks' closest relatives. Flattered by Smith and [William] Roscoe naming ['Matonia'] after him.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London