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From:
Edward Forster
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
4 Mar 1823
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/22/12, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Sending 'Juncus' specimens from his herbarium, delayed by his comparison with the specimens [James] Bicheno sent to Linnean Society accompanying his paper on subject; observations on species.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[4 March 1823]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.183
Summary:

Events at Cambridge. Has a paper by A. L. Cauchy for him. Has met Humphry Davy and discussed CB's machine. CB is celebrated in verse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 [Mar 1823]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 5
Summary:

More suggestions for the laboratory, including some experiments.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 March 1823]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0622.2; Reel 1086
Summary:

Birthday greetings to JH. Severe wind damage at Slough, but telescopes are safe. News of acquaintances. Condition of JH's horse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Ayrton Paris
Date:
6 March 1823
Source of text:
Paris (1831), 391
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Francis Legatt Chantrey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
10 March [1823]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.244
Summary:

Bearer must show the inscription which must be corrected by JH. Regarding a price for the work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Hasledine Pepys
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 March 1823]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.338
Summary:

Invites JH to London Institution to observe an experiment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Nathaniel John Winch
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
12 Mar 1823
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/26/61, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Having heard that Smith is engaged in finishing "Flora Britannica" ["English Flora"] sends two plants that may be of use, 'Hypnum polymorphum' and 'Racodium actua', detailed observations on each.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Fearon Fallows
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 March 1823]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.161
Summary:

Was pleased to receive JH's letter. Regrets to hear of the death of Sir William Herschel. Grateful to the Board of Longitude for their assistance. Regarding the deficiencies of one of the clocks. Work carried out. Site has been approved for the new observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Jean-Baptiste Biot
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
18 Mar 1823
Source of text:
MSB 8 /333, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Samuel Goodenough
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
18 Mar 1823
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/12/82, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Reply to Smith's of 27 February delayed by ill health and domestic troubles, including: his confinement for the last four months by the "very awkward weather"; death of his grandchild, the eldest daughter of Mrs Charlotte Lynn who died last summer, from a cold upon her chest and illness of three other of the children; Mr Lynn's threatening to leave Keswick; and the ailing of Mrs Goodenough of Lincolnshire's two remaining children out of ten, now being treated by Sir Henry Halford [(1766-1844), physician].

Attended a rare daytime Linnean Society council meeting at which an "absurd" hoax paper about robins read at the previous meeting; Joseph Sabine proposed publicly acknowledging it at the next meeting but Goodenough persuaded them to let the matter drop, grateful the reader is not stipendiary otherwise public notice might have been made. The Society unable to commit to publishing all eleven of [Francis Hamilton's] remarks on the "Hortus Malabaricus" and should never have printed the first part; this, alongside the cock robin paper, has determined [Alexander] Macleay to resign his post.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 March 1823]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.285
Summary:

About matters relating to the building of the observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
David Wilkie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[22 March 1823]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.249
Summary:

Per JH's request, DW wrote to Alfred Chalon inquiring about miniature portraits. Quotes prices. Lists names of satisfied patrons.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
André-Marie Ampère
To:
Auguste de La Rive
Date:
23 mars 1823
Source of text:
Correspondance du Grand Ampère (Paris: 1936), p. 626-627-628-629-630.
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère
From:
Davies Gilbert
To:
William Henry Barlow
Date:
23 March 1823
Source of text:
MM/21/91, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles-Gaspard De La Rive
Date:
24 March 1823
Source of text:
BPUG MS 2311 f.67-8
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
T. Huxtable
Date:
25 March 1823
Source of text:
Bence Jones (1870a), 1: 373-4
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
John Baker
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
27 Mar 1823
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/20/46, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Account of various fevers and inflammations suffered by himself, his youngest daughter, his wife, and maid-servant. Death of [Thomas] Purton's eldest son from pulmonary consumption, as well as his partner, who was to have been his son-in-law. Observed again the 'Byssus septica' in his cellar covering everything with particles. Gratified by Smith's remarks on Purton's "Appendix to the Midland Flora". Hopes to see Smith at one of their summer committees [of Apothecaries Company] in Chelsea.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert M. Patterson
Date:
[28 March 1823]
Source of text:
APS (no i.d.)
Summary:

Writes to acknowledge the receipt of a volume of the Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Wilhelm Struve
Date:
[29 March 1823]
Source of text:
RS:HS 20.162
Summary:

WS was elected associate of Astronomical Society. Distributed books as WS directed. Will send JH's and James South's observations of double stars when printed. Neither Thomas Young nor William Herschel received WS's Dorpat observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project