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Herschel11651

From:
Sir James McGrigor
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.16
Summary:

Hears that JH wishes to be known to Dr. John Murray, so encloses a letter of introduction. Will find him a pleasant and amiable man.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5990

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[15 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.116 (C: RS:HS 21.150)
Summary:

Thanks for the gift of pheasants. Would he receive JH's medal from the R.S.L. for him and keep it until he can collect it. Will call on him next week.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11675

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.40
Summary:

Have embarked on the Tam O'Shanter but had to put back because of the violent gales. All have been seasick except TM. Outlines domestic necessities for a long voyage. Will JH bring a collimator from [Thomas] Jones of Charing Cross. Hopes JH will interest D'Urban in celestial matters. Many cockroaches on board.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3594

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James David Forbes
Date:
[16 October 1833]
Source of text:
St. Andrews 48 (C: RS:HS 21.151)
Summary:

Wishes JF well in [Edinburgh] and leaves addresses where JH may be reached [at the Cape].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-1183

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
W. Sperman
Date:
17 October 1833
Source of text:
National Library of Ireland Monteagle Family Papers MS 13,375/16
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel2172

From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.417
Summary:

Discusses problem with transporting the ale JH wanted. Wishes him a safe journey to the Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11676

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
19] October [1833
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.41
Summary:

Have had a dreadful time since Wednesday. Gives list of instructions for a voyage; plenty of candles. Finds the poop cabins very pleasant.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3279

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Henderson
Date:
[20 October 1833]
Source of text:
EUL:LaII425/24
Summary:

Details about JH's upcoming voyage from Portsmouth [to Cape of Good Hope] and about an expedition going north from the Cape into Central Africa.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6217

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.337
Summary:

Has laid JH's letter about the Cape expedition before the Board. Captain J. C. Ross has arrived safely.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4677

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.62
Summary:

Has not been requested to settle the affair about Henry Taylor and the Stephen Groombridge business. Would JH send him what he has ready for printing, with directions? Observations on the 4th satellite of Jupiter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-221

From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. 21 Oct 1833]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 56
Summary:

Shropshire news of relatives and friends.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel5992

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[21 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.118 & 21.152
Summary:

Thanks for the pheasants. Has a communication for the R.A.S.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-220

From:
Sarah Harriet Mostyn Williams
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Oct 1833
Source of text:
DAR 204: 62
Summary:

News of Fanny Biddulph and other Owens; Susan Darwin has declined a marriage offer. Other gossip about Shrewsbury acquaintances.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-222

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Date:
23 [Oct 1833]
Source of text:
DAR 223
Summary:

Describes his trip to north of Santa Fé, his illness, and return by boat to Buenos Aires – which he found in the throes of a revolution. Covington is cut off from the town, which some expect to be plundered.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel11950

From:
Charles May
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.312
Summary:

Hopes this letter will reach him before his departure for the Cape. Wishes someone in the proper climate would make a study of the best kind of Aloe for medicinal purposes. Encloses letter and plates on this subject and would be pleased if JH would show them to Thomas Maclear. Has not been able to obtain any further information from dichromic persons.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-223

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
25 Oct 1833
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 46c)
Summary:

Writes of his ride from Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca and Buenos Aires, which he undertook in order to learn the geology of the land, so full of bones of large extinct quadrupeds.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel8595

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Johann Franz Encke
Date:
[25 October 1833]
Source of text:
AdWDDR Encke 49
Summary:

Hopes JE will write to JH at Cape. Responds to JE's comments on JH's method of dealing with double stars. Thanks for generous comments on JH's Prelim. Discourse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel787

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[26 October 1833]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.528
Summary:

More about packing and domestic arrangements [see JH's 1833-9-28 or later]; JH asks MH to write to James South to thank him for forwarding a packet to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-224

From:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Oct [1833]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 78
Summary:

Finds CD’s journal very entertaining and interesting, but thinks his style in first part too much influenced by Humboldt.

Sends some books by Harriet Martineau and Archbishop Whately.

Rejoices that the more he sees of Negroes, the better he thinks of them.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel788

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[28 October 1833]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.529
Summary:

Still further to packing and domestic arrangements [see JH's 1833-10-26], which seem to be more frenetic and nearing finality.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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