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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[9 February 1870]
Source of text:
JHS 5.45
Summary:

A long rambling statement against the metric system and its proposed introduction into India.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
1870-8-1 or earlier
Source of text:
JHS 5.44
Summary:

Talks about signatures needed for a fellowship certificate for the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[4 August 1870]
Source of text:
JHS 5.43
Summary:

Discusses the signatures needed for a fellowship certificate for the R.S.L. [see JH's 1870-8-1 or earlier]; comments on the arrival of son Alexander home from a holiday in Norway.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[7 September 1870]
Source of text:
JHS 5.42
Summary:

Gives advice to son John about whom to ask for a signature for the certificate for fellowship in the R.S.L. [see JH's 1870-8-4]; talks about the war [Franco-Prussian ?], and announces the birth of a son to daughter Amelia and Thomas Wade in Peking.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[17 November 1870]
Source of text:
JHS 5.41
Summary:

Asks son John whom he would like to have sign the certificate for fellowship in the R.S.L. [see JH's 1870-9-7]; JH talks about ways of dealing with local irregularities in geodetic surveying [see JH's 1869-11-25]; is wishing Amelia and family were out of China and into India.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[19 February 1871]
Source of text:
JHS 5.39 (C: 5.38 omitting the last paragraph)
Summary:

Mostly about how to deal with the implications of local attractions in geodetic surveying [see JH's 1870-11-17]; JH has had the mineral son John sent analyzed and sends the results. JH commiserates with daughter-in-law Mary's illness.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project