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From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Jacques Roux-Bordier
Date:
20 août 1822
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 594-595.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 August 1822]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0621.5; Reel 1086
Summary:

William Herschel is dangerously ill. Hurry home.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
Alexander Macleay
Date:
20 Aug 1822
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/AM/157, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

He has been at home since middle of June and had recovered his health and strength until contracting a severe case of cholera, "very prevalent here"; hoping to recover his strength at Lowestoft, [Suffolk], before going onto Birmingham, [Warwickshire], to give another course of lectures at the Institution, beginning 16 September [1822]. Following this will visit Holkham [Hall, Norfolk, home of Thomas William Coke]. Suggests Macleay come to Norfolk in late autumn.

"There is no end of strange & awful events in the history of our times", comments on deaths of Lord Londonderry [Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (1769-1822), statesman, committed suicide], and Mrs [Charlotte] Lynn [daughter of Samuel Goodenough, died suddenly].

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London