| RefNo | HSF/2/5/4 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from John Herschel, Dehra [Dehradun] to [Mary Cornwallis Herschel] |
| Creator | Herschel; John (1837-1921); British army officer and astronomer |
| Date | 26 December [1875?] |
| Description | Concerning the pony, he needs more information. Rose [Matilda Rose Herschel] must be well-mounted on something not much under 14 hands. With his riding horse, office pony, Rose's pony and two carriage horses they will have a full stable. If a pony is accepted for Rose, it must be on the undersanding that they would sell it without hesitation. He can always get a good ladies' horse, one used to the hills. W's offer [William James Herschel?] implies an inability to sell. He asks for details of the animal. He has spent Christmas and Sunday as an artisan, having acquired a grindstone. He is presently grinding the jaws of a spectroscope slit. He thinks that up to the 23rd, Mary was unaware of the arrival of the 'City of Lucknow'. If he had not been relying on borrowed newspapers he might have known three or four days earlier, and he thinks that Mary did not look.He is to exoect her at Saharampore at about 5 January and he will beg and borrow bedding. Bella [Isabella Herschel] has misinterpreted something he wrote about; the Survey is to be economised by reduction, but it will not affect John. He gives an account of a dull dinner at 'the Colonel's', where he sang. |
| Extent | 4p. |
| Format | Manuscript copy |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7955 | Herschel; John (1837 - 1921); Colonel; military engineer, surveyor and astronomer | 1837 - 1921 |