The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel784,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 21 September 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel784
It appears that Peter Stewart, MH's brother, is fighting some kind of battle, the outcome of which will affect the whole family. JH wants to help and offers £5000 through MH to Peter. JH has just completed writing his Treatise Astr.
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
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