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His brother-in-law, Moses Montefiore, desires to become a member of the Athenaeum and he would be grateful for JH's assistance in this matter.
Writes to postpone proposed pilgrimage to the tomb of John Ray due to the death of George IV.
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Sending a box to JH, containing chiefly books.
Returns the Edinburgh Review. Has written to the Morning Chronicle regarding G. B. Rodney's (1st Baron Rodney) naval maneuver. Sends three pamphlets.
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Regarding authors for the Bridgewater Treatises. Would he write on astronomy? Would like his opinion on a paper by John Herapath on optics.
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Does he want a scale ordered form George Dollond for Wilhelm Struve? Will not be in London when Struve arrives. Has written a paper on the Standards for the R.S.L. and will send JH a copy when printed. Comments on the comparison of Standards.
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JSH asks for wild specimens of Senecio squalidus to be sent to Cambridge for drying.
Reports on discussion in Astronomical Society council whether to favor JH's recommendation of a new nomenclature regarding the angular positions of double stars, or to support JS's preference for William Herschel's method. Other activities concerning the Astronomical Society.
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