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From:
unknown
To:
'Dear Sir Walter'.
Date:
12 June 1833
Source of text:
MM/22/90, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
?Pierre Prevost
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
??/1833
Source of text:
MSP 5 / 282, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.205
Summary:

Concerned about payment for instruments. Has read in newspaper that JH is preparing to study the southern hemisphere. Asks to keep in touch. Will soon go to Paris for transit instrument and another publisher for the translation of JH's work. Problems on account of Revolution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 January 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.416
Summary:

Apologizes for delaying in getting ale to the Herschels. A new cask is being sent.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Alexander Rogers
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 October 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.417
Summary:

Discusses problem with transporting the ale JH wanted. Wishes him a safe journey to the Cape of Good Hope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Alfred Gautier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
22 May [1833?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.90
Summary:

Recounts details of his visit to England. Gives his own recent astronomical observations. Is sending this via G. B. Airy in case JH has left.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 December 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.180
Summary:

Thanks for his paper on nebulae. Scarlet fever has been very prevalent this season. R.S.L. in financial straits. Paper on John Flamsteed has caused friction between James Ivory and the R.A.S. Government has promised financial aid to Edinburgh Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
To:
unknown
Date:
15 May 1833
Source of text:
MM/5/37, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Basil Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 January 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.175
Summary:

Congratulations on his addition to the family; hopes all are well. Would like JH to meet T. T. Grant, who has a new invention, which may prove of great utility.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Basil Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 April 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.176
Summary:

Sending his sextant and instructions for its use, which he will doubtless find useful. Also a copy of James Horsburgh's Directions. Has not heard from Captain Hardy regarding the rope. Advises boxes covered in mackintosh. Plans to publish his book on Saturday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
C. De La Vane
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
1833-8
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.488
Summary:

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].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Carl F. Gauss
To:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date:
[12 April 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.75
Summary:

Thanks for her communication on her nephew's new calculations for Alpha Virginis. Comments on these and gives some of his own. Sends best wishes to her nephew on his projected visit {to the Cape] and hopes he will study the magnetic force of the earth while he is there.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 March 1833]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Feeling simply 'dismal.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Date:
[3 April 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 21.133
Summary:

Sends on a copy of JH's orbital elements for Gamma Virginis.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 April 1833]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0936.1; Reel 1083
Summary:

Formal note and stamp acknowledging receipt of £50 annuity from estate of William Herschel, sent by executor JH, followed by note to JH on arrangements for sending such payments. Asks for news about Stewart family.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 August 1833]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Wishes JH well on his upcoming trip to the Cape of Good Hope. Asks JH to study the lower part of the Scorpion, for William Herschel was mystified by the 'uncommon appearance of that part of the heavens.' [Written as a postscript to a letter by Margaret Herschel.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.278
Summary:

Has glanced over the papers and made a few corrections. Suggests one point for alteration.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 April 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.279
Summary:

The first evening party is on Saturday, and hopes JH will be able to come.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 June 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.282
Summary:

Outlines possible program for Wednesday.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 June 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.283
Summary:

Regarding Society matters. Small parcel has arrived for JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project