About plans to spend the winter at Hastings.
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About plans to spend the winter at Hastings.
About the weather and people in Hastings.
JG urges JH to marry. JG has begun to write history again.
Shares some gossip, and asks advice about a dedication for JG's book.
Worried about JH's love life.
About plans for the Christmas season, the weather, history writing, and book publishing.
Of plans to go to London.
About JH's mother's illness, and an invitation to JH to visit Hastings.
About JG's book publisher. Requests support in the application of Granville Sharp Pattison for a professorship at London University [letter completed 1827-1-25].
About JH's mother, and the behavior of Charles Babbage.
More about Charles Babbage [see JH's 1827-2-11]; requests JH's assistance to gain entry to the British Museum library.
About the state of JG's health, and his feelings about slavery.
About reviews of JG's book, and of a painting of Galileo that JG saw.
Of JH's health, of JG's daughter Matilda, and the people he has met in Dawlish.
A silly imaginary dialogue among JH's servants, and about JG's travels in Devonshire.
Family news, and marriage prospects for JG and JH [letter completed 1827-8-15 at Dawlish].
Trivia about life in Dawlish [letter completed 1827-8-31].
Looking for winter lodgings.
Has taken lodgings at 5 Kensington Square, and now needs introductions to friends of the Herschels in the area [letter completed 1827-10-8].
Arrangements about meeting JH.