Nearly a year has passed since they received letters from the Herschels. Hopes JH's health is improving. Gives news of her own children, and the work of her husband at Orange River. The Equatorial has arrived safely.
Letter details
Record number
Herschel11887
From
Mary Maclear
To
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date
[29 December 1846]
Sent from
Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope
Source of text
RS:HS 12.246
Physical description
ALS 8pp
Additional information
Record created for the Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (CUP: Cambridge), 1998 by
Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds
Digital record created by
Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium
Converted to TEI by
Michael Hawkins, Epsilon Project, Cambridge University Library