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SOMERVILLE556

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
?? Jan 1869
Source of text:
189, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE555

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
4 Jan 1869
Source of text:
187, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE440

From:
Charles Lyell
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
5 Jan 1869
Source of text:
MSL 6 / 145, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE331

From:
John Herschel / Margaret Brodie Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
5 Jan 1869
Source of text:
MSH 3 / 306, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE375

From:
J Gwyn Jeffreys
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
7 Jan 1869
Source of text:
MSJ 1 / 24, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE363

From:
Hooker
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
16 Jan 1869
Source of text:
MSH 5 / 346, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

DCP-LETT-6563

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Mary Fairfax; Mary Greig; Mary Somerville
Date:
21 Jan [1869]
Source of text:
Bodleian Libraries, Oxford (Dep. c. 370, folder MSD-1: on loan from Somerville College, Oxford)
Summary:

Thanks for copy of MS’s book [On molecular and microscopic science, (1869)]. Part on orchids is an excellent summary.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

SOMERVILLE557

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
3 Feb 1869
Source of text:
191, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE95

From:
Josephine E Butler
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
9 Feb 1869
Source of text:
MSB 15 / 434, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE479

From:
Roderick Murchison
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
14 Feb 1869
Source of text:
MSM 5 / 217, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE96

From:
Josephine E Butler
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
12 Mar 1869
Source of text:
MSB 15 / 435, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE337

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
14 Mar 1869
Source of text:
HS 16.378, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE338

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
14 Mar 1869
Source of text:
MSH 3 / 309, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel13532

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[14 March 1869]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0760.4; Reel 1089 (C: RS:HS 16.378 & 24.251)
Summary:

Commentary on manuscript [Personal Recollections?] that [MS] sent to JH one month ago. Career of scientific learning and domestic happiness will inspire future generations. Suggests publishing it posthumously for greater impact. Corrects passages about Charles Babbage. Gives purpose, history, and membership of each of two Standards committees, one of 1819 and one of 1838. Suggests avoiding topic of bitter controversy over invention of electric telegraph.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE339

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
23 Mar 1869
Source of text:
HS 16.379, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2688

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.379
Summary:

Has made the changes JH suggested. Autobiography will be published posthumously. Met [Henry W.] Longfellow. Wishes the Herschels would visit because it might improve JH's health.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE340

From:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
14 Apr 1869
Source of text:
MSH 3 / 313, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE599

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
21 Apr 1869
Source of text:
MSS 4 / 53, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE343

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
30 Jul 1869
Source of text:
HS 24.275, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2685

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[30 July 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24:275
Summary:

Attached comments [not included] convey JH's views on MS's new manuscript [On Molecular and Microscopical Science, 1869]. Expresses reservations about MS's endorsement of current ideas of forces and their correlation and conservation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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