Assures JH that she will send Johann Pfaff's German translation of William Herschel's papers as soon as they are published.
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.
Assures JH that she will send Johann Pfaff's German translation of William Herschel's papers as soon as they are published.
Hopes that JH will help her to finish a catalogue of 2500 nebulae that she and William Herschel began but never completed.
Forwards recently received item to JH in Göttingen. [Mary] Baldwin in Slough reports good health of JH's mother. CLH will see JH soon.
Relieved that JH has returned safely from his European tour.
Completing the catalogue of 2500 nebulae. Impressed with a French biography of William Herschel, although CH notes a few occasions where 'too great a stress is laid on the assistance of others.'
Wishes JH a happy birthday. Finished the catalogue of 2500 nebulae.
Explains the layout of her recently completed catalogue of 2500 nebulae.
The Duke of Cambridge inquired about JH's research interests.
Her social life is rather boring at the moment because CH is busy caring for her sick brother Dietrich.
Discusses nebulae. Begs JH not to overwork himself. Hopes to live long enough to see JH marry; advises JH that if he can marry a 'good-natured, handsome, and sensible young lady, pray think of it, and do not wait till you are old and cross.'
Discusses her will.
Pleased that JH supports CH's plans for her will. Worries about JH's safety at Puy de Dôme.
The first volume of Johann Pfaff's German translation of William Herschel's papers has been published; asks JH to inform her whether he wants a copy. Commenting on her boredom, CH laments that her 'sole employment consists in keeping myself in good humor and not be disagreeable to others.'
Describes her role in William Herschel's work as 'a mere tool which he had the trouble of sharpening and to adapt for the purpose he wanted it.' Sending to JH the first volume of Johann Pfaff's translation of William Herschel's papers in three weeks; believes that JH will be unhappy with it.
Sending a copy of Johann Pfaff's German translation of William Herschel's papers.
Discussing William Herschel's financial difficulties, CH confides that 'she never felt satisfied with the support your father received toward his undertakings, and far less with the ungracious manner in which it was granted.' Regrets WH was not able to do more work with the 40-ft. reflecting telescope.
She 'can only think of what is past, and is for ever forgetting the present.'
Feels distant from her family in England. Notes that the French occupation has changed Hanover from what it was when CH left in 1772.
Thanks JH for sending his second catalog of double stars; remarks that 'by the manner in which you gentlemen now attack the starry heavens, it seems that there will soon remain nothing to be discovered.'
Writing her memoirs, CH sends for JH's perusal an account of her youth.