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Herschel14675

From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 April 1829]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0625.3; Reel 1086
Summary:

Plans to see JH at Slough. Visit by Mrs. Stewart and daughter. Declines money offered by JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9784

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Davies Gilbert
Date:
1829-4
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.45
Summary:

Asks DG to respond to a note from George Rümker.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7768

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Matthew Robinson Boulton
Date:
[1 April 1829]
Source of text:
RAS:WH Archive 1/6.10; Reel 12
Summary:

JH and wife, passing through Birmingham, want to visit manufactory at Soho. Recalls friendship of MB's father and William Herschel and friendship of JH and late James Watt.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6324

From:
Matthew Robinson Boulton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 April 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.86
Summary:

Regrets he cannot carry out JH's request. Hopes to see him and Mrs. Herschel at dinner.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7769

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Matthew Robinson Boulton
Date:
[2 April 1829]
Source of text:
RAS:WH Archive 1/6.11; Reel 12
Summary:

Apologizes for request to visit MB's manufactory. Declines dinner invitation. Plans to visit other local manufactories.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2164

From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 April 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.409
Summary:

Anxious to hear the opinion of his telescope. Notices best resolution with a 3.5-inch aperture. Also, distinctness is best with correcting lenses in certain diametric position.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9485

From:
William Henry Fitton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 April 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.230
Summary:

Hopes the Herschels are well. Is worried about the state of Charles Babbage's engine. Thinks an approach should be made to Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington).

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14676

From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1829]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0625.4; Reel 1086
Summary:

Visit by Patrick Stewart. Painting of 40-foot telescope completed. William Langton and two daughters are staying with MPH. Somervilles report that Charles Babbage bought R. I. Murchison's house and plans to remarry.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2112

From:
William Ritchie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.359
Summary:

Will not be going to America. Will advertise for boarders to assist them in the study of mathematics and physical science. Sent paper to R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-61

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[10 Apr 1829]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 12)
Summary:

Has been in "a perfect and absolute state of idleness", riding and walking in the morning, gambling at Van John [vingt-et-un] in the evening.

"Little Go" has been unusually strict.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-62

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[12 Apr 1829]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 13)
Summary:

CD writes with much sympathy for WDF, whose sister [Mrs Bristowe] is alarmingly ill.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel14677

From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 April 1829]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0625.5; Reel 1086
Summary:

Returns to Slough. Visits by Stewart family and Somervilles. Charles Babbage visited and denied rumor of his remarriage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13252

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[17 April 1829]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0521.2; Reel 1053
Summary:

JH and Margaret will see MPH on Monday. Rode along Wye River and visited ruins of Tintern Abbey by full moonlight last night.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-63

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[23 Apr 1829]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 14)
Summary:

CD’s sister Catherine has informed him of the death of WDF’s sister [Mrs Bristowe]. CD sends sympathy to WDF and his parents, and refers to the pure and holy comfort afforded by the Bible.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel8688

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Date:
[27 April 1829]
Source of text:
NSUB Cod.Ms.Gauss 99 (C: RS:HS 21.46)
Summary:

Note regarding the translation into German of JH's Light, which JH notes has already appeared in French.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10165

From:
George Griesbach
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 April 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.52
Summary:

Is grateful for JH's assistance with his request. Would he lend him £5 until his first payment falls due.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8087

From:
Thomas Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1829-5 or earlier]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.353
Summary:

Measurement of moon's diameter and distance. Expects JH will soon have 'official authority over me' and [Nautical Almanac]. Astronomers probably regulate sidereal clock by variable equinox because they cannot find a fixed one. Errors in JH's equinoctial time.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13253

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[14 May 1829]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0521.3; Reel 1053
Summary:

Margaret's cold developed into serious fever, similar to those of Isabella and Mrs. Stewart. Financial transactions. Visited Duke of Wellington yesterday with Wolryche Whitmore on behalf of Charles Babbage. Fears Babbage's case will not go well. James Grahame is in London. Mrs. Stewart asks if Isabella and her maid Catherine may stay at Slough. Received visits from Somervilles, Katers, and Dunlops. Death of Thomas Young.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13254

From:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
To:
Mary Pitt Herschel
Date:
[15 May 1829]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0521.4; Reel 1053
Summary:

Isabella is eager to visit Slough. Called today on Charles Babbage's mother, who is anxious about her son. JH believes Babbage is reconciled to loss of government support. Lists social visitors. James Grahame plans to take daughter Matilda back to Nantes. Sir Edward Parry leaves for Australia for five years. [JH note:] Do not sell [horse] Zephyr until JH returns.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14678

From:
Mary Pitt Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 May 1829]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0625.6; Reel 1086
Summary:

Concern for Margaret Brodie Herschel's illness. Income from family holdings. Regards to James Grahame and his father.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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