On the matter of helping a friend who is being maligned [Mrs. Bowdich], and about JH's projected Continental tour.
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On the matter of helping a friend who is being maligned [Mrs. Bowdich], and about JH's projected Continental tour.
Would be pleased if JH would obtain some flint-glass for him when he goes to Munich.
Sends blessings on JH.
Foul weather in Dover delays departure of JH and servant James Child for Calais. Geological formations along road to Dover. Instructions on numbering and preserving personal letters.
Weather is good for Channel crossing. Returns 'book of rates.' It is too cumbersome.
Has received JH's note, and JF will visit JH next Wednesday, accompanied by D. F. J. Arago and [C. L.] Mathieu.
Arrival in Paris. Names chemists, mathematicians, and others whom JH met at Institute. Breakfast with D. F. J. Arago at observatory. Problems with passport. Purchase of carriage for trip to Italy. [Letter continued same day from Melun:] En route to Lyons.
[Repetition of information in JL's 1823-11-17 and JL's 1824-2-10.]
Correspondence with Babbages. Caroline Herschel asks JH to meet Mr. Kestner, private secretary of Hanoverian ambassador to Rome. Regards from Miss Delevaux.
Relates experiences and persons met recently in Paris. Account of Alpine scenery and travel experiences. [Continued 1824-4-20 Turin:] Events while travelling to Turin. [Continued 1824-4-22 Alessandria:] Has met Plana at Turin Observatory. Five days of discussions with him. Please order two specified books and send to Plana. View of the Alps.
Presents JH with his solution to a mathematical equation in finite differences; asks for JH's solution.
Pleased to hear about JH's travels in Europe. Visit to London with Mary Baldwin. News of acquaintances. Describes a dinner with the Copelands. Death of [Susan] White's husband. Sent money and Richard Copeland's drawings to Caroline Herschel via Mr. Golterman. Misses Slough. Mr. Robinson made offer to Mrs. Morice for manuscripts.
Describes travels in Savoy and Sardinia. Snowstorm on Mont Cenis. Arrived in Turin on Good Friday. Meeting with G. B. Plana at Turin observatory. Leaving for Rome next week.
Describes Turin and church politics. Ill health of the Pope {Leo XII]. [Letter continued 27 April between Genoa and Modena:] Met F. X. Zach in Genoa. Incident of anti-Jewish bigotry in Genoa. [Letter continued 2 May in Florence:] Met G. B. Amici in Modena. Clarity of Amici's telescope. Describes Bologna.
Sends some observations of Mars, and describes the functioning of some new equipment.
Of JH's continental travels and their dangers, and of JG's possible marriage plans.
Recent experiences in crossing the Alps. Overturning of the coach and his narrow escape.
Received package with gifts from Caroline Herschel. [Letter continued 7 Apr.:] Forwarding mail for JH to Charles Babbage. Reminds JH to write from Rome. [Letter continued 8 Apr.:] Death of Mr. White. Georg Griesbach underwent operation. [Letter continued 9 Apr.:] Reading [August von] Kotzebue's Travels through Italy. Worried about dangers in JH's journey there.
Recent meeting and astronomical observations with G. B. Amici. [Repeat of his narrow escape in the Alps, related in JH's 1824-5-5]
Describes monastery. [Letter continued 12 May in Arezzo, Tuscany:] Journey from Bologna. Describes Florence and Florentine art. [Letter continued 16 May at Città di Londra Hotel in Rome] Received mail from home. Death of [JH's godmother] Susan White. Describes Rome. Will search for Mr. Kestner.