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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Stephen Peter Rigaud
Date:
[25 March 1829]
Source of text:
Bodleian Library, Oxford (C: RS:HS 21.44)
Summary:

Thanks SR for letter announcing SR's discovery of observation of comet of 1759 [see SR's 1829-3-18]. Asks SR to communicate information directly to [F. W.] Bessel. Will keep SR's letter confidential.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 March 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.180
Summary:

Asks JH for advice on a table designed to show the relation between the chemical elements and the known minerals. Asks JH about various problems relating to determining chemical formulas.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Henry Hunter Hughes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 March 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.214
Summary:

Has directed £167-13-6 to be paid to JH's account at Drummond's. Gives list of donors to the fund for new buildings [at Cambridge].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Grahame
Date:
[27 March 1829]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.385
Summary:

Of JH's happiness on his honeymoon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 March 1829]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Sending a portrait of herself; CH comments that receiving word of JH's marriage made her look 'a dozen years younger all at once.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Herschel
Date:
31 Mar 1829
Source of text:
HS 16.327, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse