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Herschel1544

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Thomas] Y[oung]
Date:
[1829?-2?].
Source of text:
APS B.H435p.29
Summary:

Appears to have refused an offer of a payment or position.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9068

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1829-2]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20716 (draft: RS:HS 18.176 & C: 21.37)
Summary:

Invites WW to JH's wedding. Asks him to come early to meet the bride's family.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel749

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[5 February 1829]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.502
Summary:

A note of praise for Margaret Stewart [JH's fiancée] as a covering note for an enclosed 6pp letter from JH's cousin, Mary Baldwin, to CH, describing Margaret and her family.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9023

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Isaac Lyon Goldsmid
Date:
6 February [1829]
Source of text:
Univ.Coll.London MS MOCATTA
Summary:

Pays bill for a palladium chain. May wish to purchase another object [another palladium chain?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11221

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Dionysius Lardner
Date:
[16 February 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.111 & 21.39
Summary:

Has some difficulty in producing his article on Light for the Cabinet Cyclopaedia as the publishers of the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana consider it would be harmful to their own publication.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8552

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Dionysius Lardner
Date:
[28 February 1829]
Source of text:
BostonPubLib Ms.Eng.530 (C:RS:HS 11.114 & 21.40)
Summary:

Accepts arrangement proposed by DL. JH will write a volume on astronomy [Treatise Astr.], but will need time. 14852

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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