Thanks her for her hospitality. Discusses letter read at Geological Society the previous night. Asks that Mrs. [G. B.] Airy's picture be returned.
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The Sir John Herschel Collection
The preparation of the print Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds, Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998, viii + 828 pp) which was funded by the National Science Foundation, took ten years. It was accomplished by a team of seventeen professors, visiting scholars, graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and staff working at the University of Notre Dame.
The first online version of Calendar was created in 2009 by Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy, working at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium, and it is that data that has now been reformatted for incorporation into Ɛpsilon.
Further information about Herschel, his correspondence, and the editorial method is available online here: http://historydb.adlerplanetarium.org/herschel/?p=intro
No texts of Herschel’s letters are currently available through Ɛpsilon.
Thanks her for her hospitality. Discusses letter read at Geological Society the previous night. Asks that Mrs. [G. B.] Airy's picture be returned.
Will be pleased to come on Friday and receive Sir John's counsel.
Would like an order from Sir John to allow him to read in the British Museum.
Thanks JH and MH for their support. Admits that before leaving the Cape he told the governor that he had no intention of returning. Ascribes difficulties of his term as Lieutenant Governor to problems inherent in having a military man in office.
Apologizes for not visiting Slough. Tells of difficulties of attempting to move his family to London.
P.S. Has received her letter regarding travel home via Rio and will endeavor to find out the answers and send letters of recommendation later; is now in Paris. Hopes to send a copy of a small book he has written. Hoped to include something from D. F. J. Arago but it has not arrived yet. The French are unpunctual.
Sending mathematical papers of his friend for JH. Is on the point of going soldiering again. Would welcome position of tutor if she hears of one going vacant.
Is Miss Macqueen expected with him tomorrow and would she give the enclosed memo to JH [query as to whether the Duke of Gloucester was in Metz in 1776].
Make JH aware that G. R. Waterhouse desires position at British Museum vacated by C. D. E. König's death. GW is trying to return quickly from Paris, but delay might suggest that GW is not interested.
Now a long time since she has written but she has happy memories of their last meeting. Is anxious about the posthumous fame of her son. Would be pleased to hear news of the family.
Has received JH's letter requesting a bust, but is unable to assist him at present. Suggests [Samuel?] Joseph may be able to help him.
Is grateful for the gift of Sir John's latest volume and would she express her thanks to Sir John.
Writes to MH to insist that JH not come to the meeting [see JH's 1854-3-23].
What should he do with the letters received previously from her?
Is sending a packet of letters. Relates about the loss of his wife.
A note accompanying a letter from Augustus Frederick (Duke of Sussex) asking JH to reconsider his refusal of the offer of a baronetcy [see JH's 1838-6 to AF].
A further letter saying Augustus Frederick (Duke of Sussex) can wait an extra day for a response from JH.
Apologizes profusely for not having written earlier. Thanks for a wonderful stay in England. Has been pressured into new and undesired positions. Sends porcelain tea service from Sèvres.
Accepts her kind invitation for today with pleasure. Regarding the number of vowel sounds in the English and French languages.
Is obliged for her note. Further regarding the distribution of custom to local tradesmen.