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Herschel10045

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 December 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.380
Summary:

Of mutual friends in England and life in Nantes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13250

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[15 December 1828]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0520.2; Reel 1053
Summary:

Enamored of Margaret Stewart. Orders MH to secrecy about JH's engagement. Praises fiancée's musical talent.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10260

From:
Stephen Groombridge
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 December 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.145
Summary:

Regrets his health prevents him from attending the dinner in honor of W. S. Stratford. Will discharge his debt when called upon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8008

From:
George Hyde Wollaston
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 December 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.275
Summary:

Will convey JH's note to W. H. Wollaston, who is sinking gradually.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2233

From:
Peter Mark Roget
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 December 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.500
Summary:

Discovered a mistake in Mr. Perkins's paper published in the Annals of Philosophy. Perkins has not yet corrected the error, although he was requested to do so.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-53

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Date:
21 Dec 1828
Source of text:
DAR 154: 66
Summary:

Has found nice rooms in [Christ’s] College, which he has furnished with some very good prints. Lives almost entirely with W. D. Fox and entomology.

News of John Price, B. H. Kennedy, and Charles Whitley. Fanny Owen is as charming as ever.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday0381

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
an unidentified correspondent
Date:
22 December 1828
Source of text:
CUL MS Coll Typographic
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday0382

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Martin
Date:
23 December 1828
Source of text:
RI MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-54

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[24 Dec 1828]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 7)
Summary:

CD is collecting entomological specimens;

extols the charms of Fanny Owen.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online

HENSLOW-1022

From:
Justus Radius
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
24 December 1828
Source of text:
Uppsala University Library Waller Ms de-04473
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel741

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Stewart
Date:
[24 December 1828]
Source of text:
JHS 2.18
Summary:

A love letter on Christmas Eve from JH, at home with his mother, to his 'attached,' MS; comments about their mutual friend, James Grahame.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

Faraday0383

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Dollond
Date:
27 December 1828
Source of text:
John Rylands University Library of Manchester, Ryl. Eng. MS. 376/646b
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday0383a

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Benjamin Hawes
Date:
28 December 1828
Source of text:
RI MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel12185

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Eilhard Mitscherlich
Date:
[29 December 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.43 & 21.33
Summary:

EM has just missed being awarded a Royal Medal; it was given to W. H. Wollaston. Thinks it advisable for EM to draw up a brief resume of his own scientific discoveries.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11220

From:
Dionysius Lardner
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
30 December [1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.110
Summary:

Encloses a new prospectus of the Cabinet Cyclopaedia. Intends to write physical astronomy himself. William Whewell cannot write Sound. Has a stock in hand for three years.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

Faraday4720u

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Peter Mark Roget
Date:
After 1828
Source of text:
RI MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel10047

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 December 1828]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.382
Summary:

Seasons greetings and thoughts on JH's upcoming marriage [letter completed 1829-1-4].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online

Faraday0384

From:
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
To:
Thomas Young, Edward Sabine and Michael Faraday
Date:
31 December 1828
Source of text:
RGO 14/1, f.240-1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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