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DCP-LETT-971

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[May 1846]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 61
Summary:

Interested in sterility of alpine plants in lowland and sterility of some plants in cultivation.

Curious to see Galapagos paper.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel7395

From:
John Knightsee
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 May 1846]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 5/2.1.4; Reel 7
Summary:

Procedure to follow in case of missing bank notes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3365

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Roderick Impey Murchison
Date:
[1 May 1846]
Source of text:
EUL:Gen523/4/34
Summary:

Accepts dinner invitation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9164

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1846-5]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. R.18.142 (C: RS:HS 25.13.29a)
Summary:

Agrees to WW's request [that JH's translation of Friedrich Schiller's 'The Walk' be included in WW's planned volume?]. Regrets missing [C. K. J.] Bunsen's speech. Busy editing N. L. Lacaille's catalogue.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-978

From:
William Hopkins
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 May 1846
Source of text:
DAR 39: 57–8
Summary:

Discussion of CD’s geological problem, relating to elevation of laminated beds around a rising granitic ridge.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel817

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[7?] May 1846
Source of text:
JHS 3.14b
Summary:

Mostly about JH's return from London. [Seems to have been written after JH's 1846-5-8.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel816

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[8 May 1846]
Source of text:
JHS 3.14a
Summary:

JH talks about visits he has made in London, and about plans to return to Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-694

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Admiralty
Date:
9 [May 1846]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D)
Summary:

Encloses letter and paper to be forwarded to B. J. Sulivan.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel10201

From:
John Galloway
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 May 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.87
Summary:

JH's letter has been forwarded via Charles Wheatstone as his town address was unknown.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-979

From:
George Grey
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 May 1846
Source of text:
DAR 144: 121c
Summary:

Returns letter from CD to J. L. Stokes [see 940 and 1030].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel10888

From:
Sir Robert Harry Inglis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 May 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.237
Summary:

Thanks for his kind letter. Congratulations on another addition to his family.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9151

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[17 May 1846]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20768 (C: RS:HS 22.272)
Summary:

Thanks for WW's Lectures on Systematic Morality. Announces the birth of another daughter [Francisca]. Working on Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1551

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[18 May 1846]
Source of text:
BL Aaa 32303.279
Summary:

Urges a visit to Collingwood by CB. Refers to the development of a cypher.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-976

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[19 May 1846]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 62
Summary:

CD brought some plants in spirits from Tierra del Fuego. Did JDH see them?

Problems of explaining formation of coalfields. Comments on recent work on coal formation.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel10452

From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 May 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.330
Summary:

Sends his observations of y Cygni. Comments on the differences in the readings of various observers. Still unable to observe the double star JH requested, but the weather has been poor.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10889

From:
Sir Robert Harry Inglis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 May 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.238
Summary:

Hopes all his family are well. If JH proposes to attend the Trustees meeting of the British Museum on Saturday, will he breakfast with RI and Dr. T. R. Robinson of Armagh?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11775

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 May 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.135
Summary:

Suggests JH take trip to Continent to recover. Training a naval officer and the son of John Montague, Colonial Secretary, as observatory assistants. Describes outbreak of war with Caffres in detail.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5476

From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 May 1846]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.377
Summary:

Encloses a letter of Thomas Maclear. William Mann will be a great loss to the Observatory. Hopes Lady Herschel and new infant are doing well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-980

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
27 May [1846]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/1)
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of draft. When does JH want the money for the new farmhouse? Bankers are Robarts, Curtis & Co. JH to pay them the rent directly.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel14742

From:
William Rowan Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 May 1846]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0934; Reel 1083
Summary:

Sends copies of three letters by G. B. Airy on proposed railway through Greenwich Park. Asks JH's opinion on possible effects on observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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