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From:
George Peacock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1820-4-3 or 4
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.268
Summary:

Urges JH to become an active candidate for vacant Lucasian professorship.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Nichols
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
3 Apr 1820
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/24/35, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Sorry to hear of Smith's literary disputes being "so afflictingly interrupted". Thanks for Smith's congratulations on reaching 75 years of age. Smith's manuscripts are received and printing has commenced [presumably "A selection of the correspondence of Linnaeus" (1821)].

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Thomas Catton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
3] April [1820
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.222
Summary:

The Lucasian professorship is vacant. Thinks JH is worthy of this position. Would like to be proposed a member of the Astronomical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Agnes Baillie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 April 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.8
Summary:

Invitation to spend the morning with them on the day they are expecting Sir Walter Scott.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[4 April 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.133 (C: RS:HS 20.87)
Summary:

Will be going to Cambridge to try for the vacant professorship. Remarks on his reasons for applying for the post. His recent experiments with quartz.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.298
Summary:

Of family, Walter Scott's novels, and affairs in Scotland and Spain.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Samuel Goodenough
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
7 Apr 1820
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/12/57, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Received Smith's letter of 5 April; sorry to read of so many deaths. His son Edmund has been suffering from "this influenza". Goodenough has been housebound all winter on account of illness and bad weather. The Linnean dining clubs flourishing. Mrs [Catherine] Lambert unexpectedly recovering but [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert yet to see her. Sir Joseph Banks' stomach "fails to do its duty"; Dr [William George] Maton unsure what to do. Goodenough believes he has two octavo volumes of Linnaeus' letters. The King [George IV (1762-1830)] is "tolerably well again" but radicalism spreading; trouble in Glasgow and Paisley, hopes it will not spread to the Linnean Society, Goodenough horrified by disrespect being shown to the nobility.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
William Smith
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
7 Apr 1820
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/9/49, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Condolences on death of Pleasance Smith's mother. Comments on the "havock" death has wreaked on their "N" friends since he came to know them, refers to death of another and approaching death of Smith's niece. Called at [William] Wilberforce's [(1759-1833), abolitionist] to see [Isaac] Milner [(1750-1820), natural philosopher and dean of Carlisle], who had been ill there for several weeks; he died the next day. Remarks on "how gloriously are things going in Spain" [the Trienio Liberal, period of three years of liberal government in Spain following the revolution of 1820]. The Board of Longitude are commissioning an observatory at the Cape [of Good Hope].

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Joanna Baillie
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 April 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.17
Summary:

Invitation to dine with them and Sir Walter Scott.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir James Edward Smith
To:
Alexander Macleay
Date:
9 Apr 1820
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/AM/151, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Just returned from Lowestoft, [Suffolk], "after having paid the last duties to our beloved parent" [Pleasance Smith's mother, Pleasance Reeve, née Clerke (1739-1820)]. Condolences on death of Macleay's loss [his daughter], "more afflicting, as it was not in the course of nature"; like Macleay "never lost so many friends as in the late dreadful winter".

Intends to be in London for Linnean Society meeting on 2 May [1820]. Received poor accounts of Sir Joseph Banks' health from Bishop of Carlisle [Samuel Goodenough] and [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert, but good account of Mrs [Catherine] Lambert's. Return's Joseph Smith's [(1775-1857)] paper with corrections, observations. Sorry to hear of [Linnean] Club "squabbling", which he thinks "more becoming a tavern than a literary society", but will "lend a hand to calm differences". "Sicken[s] at the thought" of Macleay resigning Secretary position.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[12 April 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 20.88
Summary:

About plans for journey to visit CB in Cornwall, and to go beyond.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Furly Forster
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
12 Apr 1820
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/22/40, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Anticipating visit from the Smiths on 1 May. He has been ill since last July with a liver complaint; mixed health of the rest of his family.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Samuel Goodenough
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
14 Apr 1820
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/12/58, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

No recovery as yet for Sir Joseph Banks; Sir Everard Home [(1756-1832), physician] says his stomach is failing but insists on eating pork, rejected Goodenough's suggestion of a milk diet. Does not think any attempt has been made to draw off attendance from the Linnean dining club held at the British Coffee House, which [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert now "disclaims entirely".

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Francis Hamilton
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
15 Apr 1820
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/2/142, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

His plans for visiting London. Hopes to procure for Smith duplicates and notes of his Indian plants which would make considerable additions to Smith's "Adversaria Botanica" which he hopes Smith will set about in earnest.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Sir Thomas Gery Cullum
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
15 Apr 1820
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/13/63, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Waiting for Lady Cullum to have her cataract operation before coming to London; hopes to attend meetings of Antiquarian and Horticultural Societies and Linnean Society anniversary meeting, though Smith will have to announce deaths of [John] Stackhouse and [Thomas] Woodward. The "celebrated" Arthur Young [(1741-1820)] of the Board of Agriculture died recently at Bradfield, near Bury. Introduces Mr Longstaff, bearer of this letter and an astronomcial lecturer. Hopes to attend some of Smith's Royal Institution lectures on "the affinities of plants" in May. Has grown plants of either Smith's 'Dianthus virgineus' or 'Dianthus alpinus' from his "Tour of the Continent" from seeds collected on ruins of Catullus' villa on Lake Garda. 'Tulipa sylvestris', 'Rheum undulatum', and 'Scrophularia vernalis' coming into flower soon.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
William Roscoe
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
15 Apr 1820
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/17/121, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Condolences to Smith and Lady Smith on death of their "very near & dear relatives", including Smith's mother, draws comparison to [John] Fraser's [(c 1750-1811), botanist] death and Smith's contribution to the science of botany.

Has been extending and examining his collection of 'Scitamineae' with use of Smith's remarks in Rees' "New Cyclopedia", and living plants of the whole Indian family sent by Dr [William] Carey [(1761-1834)] and [Nathaniel] Wallich, the latter has also sent large chests of plants for the [Liverpool] Botanic Garden, just arrived. Lists plants he is anxious about, with Latin characters: 'Hedychium gardnerianum', 'Roscoea purpurea', 'Canna napalensis'; further notes on his arrangement of 'Curcuma', 'Hedychium', and 'Roscoea'. His business arrangements almost finally arranged but has not been able to escape unjust attacks from people wishing to take advantage.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Gretton
Date:
[18 April 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.43 & 20.89
Summary:

Enquiry regarding the possibility of a vacancy in the position of organist at the cathedral. If there is, he knows a suitable candidate.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
David Brewster
Date:
[19 April 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.252-4 (C: RS:HS 20.90)
Summary:

Sending all his papers on the deviations of tints, suitably amended to give DB due acknowledgement. Queries regarding some of DB's statements. Supports his theories in a new paper he has written for the Cambridge Philosophical Society.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Gretton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 April 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.44
Summary:

Further news regarding the position of organist at Hereford. Hopes JH's parents are well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Charles-Gaspard De La Rive
Date:
20 April 1820
Source of text:
BPUG MS 2311, f.55-6
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Correspondent
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