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Herschel3751

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[9 December 1828]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0573.4; Reel 1058
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of CH's diary. JH apologizes for mishandling one aspect of the awarding of the Astronomical Society's Gold Medal to CH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3966

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[14 January 1829]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0574.1; Reel 1058
Summary:

JH asks for a large oil portrait of CH, the size of his father's.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel749

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[5 February 1829]
Source of text:
JHS.HCEJ.502
Summary:

A note of praise for Margaret Stewart [JH's fiancée] as a covering note for an enclosed 6pp letter from JH's cousin, Mary Baldwin, to CH, describing Margaret and her family.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3752

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[19 March 1829]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0574.2; Reel 1058
Summary:

Honeymooning, JH admits that he is happier than he has ever been. Describes Leamington.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3753

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[7 November 1829]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0574.3; Reel 1058
Summary:

Informs CH of his wife's pregnancy; will name the child Caroline if a girl. Reports of repairs on Slough.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3967

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[19 May 1830]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0575.1; Reel 1058
Summary:

Reports on good health and behavior of JH's new daughter, Caroline Emilia Herschel. Comments on Greek music and on recent results of the R.S.L. Glass Committee.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3754

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1830]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0575.2.a; Reel 1058
Summary:

Been working on a new mirror for the 20-ft. telescope; very pleased with its performance. Asks CH to distribute his fourth catalog of double stars among the Prussian and German astronomers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3968

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[15 January 1831]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0576.1; Reel 1058
Summary:

Sends to CH his new book, Prelim. Discourse. Writes that he 'took little part in the proceedings about the Royal Society. Under any circumstances I would not have held the office of President more than a year and should have felt it a grievous evil to have held it at all.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3755

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[22 May 1831]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0576.3; Reel 1058
Summary:

Has determined the periods of four double stars. JH considers the determination of the elliptical orbits of double stars as 'one of the greatest [discoveries] ever made.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3969

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[15 October 1831]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0576.6; Reel 1058
Summary:

JH awarded the Guelphic Order of Knighthood by King William IV, an honor earlier bestowed on William Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3970

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[17 April 1832]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0577.2.a; Reel 1058
Summary:

Wilhelm Struve's observations support JH's findings concerning the rapid revolution of Eta Coronae. In acknowledgement of the discovery that double stars are a 'revolving binary system,' JH changed the inscription on William Herschel's monument.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3971

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[12 June 1832]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0577.3; Reel 1058
Summary:

On his German travels, JH left Margaret Herschel and the children at Slough because he feared their exposure to the cholera epidemic.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3756

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[14 July 1832]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0577.4; Reel 1058
Summary:

JH and Margaret Herschel visited the Isle of Wight.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3972

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[13 January 1833]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0578.1; Reel 1058
Summary:

JH reports the birth of his son William James Herschel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3757

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
1833-3-[16] to [24]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0578.3; Reel 1058
Summary:

JH preparing for his journey to Cape Town. Compiling a catalog of nebulae and clusters. Sending to CH a comparison of a new set of elements of Gamma Virginis and a set of observations of it from 1720-1833; JH asks CH to send a copy to Carl Gauss.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3973

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
1833-4-25[?]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0578.4.a; Reel 1058
Summary:

JH explains how CH's money will be allotted to her while JH is in Cape Town. Margaret Herschel writes CH a note describing JH's new son William.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3758

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[10 July 1833]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0578.5.b; Reel 1058
Summary:

Sent to CH JH's fifth catalog of double stars. JH will send to CH his new nebulae observations very soon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3974

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[2 November 1833]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0578.7.b; Reel 1058
Summary:

Mentions to CH that 2000 of the nebulae and all of the engravings are printed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3759

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[10 November 1833]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0578.8; Reel 1058
Summary:

Ready to embark to Cape Town; JH expects to arrive at the end of January. Sent out the last proof sheet of JH's nebulae catalog last night.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3975

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[8 December 1833]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0578.9.b; Reel 1058
Summary:

Sailing to Cape Town, JH reports sighting an English ship.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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