| Description | He has disposed of the silly story of the desertion [of William Herschel from the army] and wonders if Hardcastle can find out anything about William Herschel living with a man named Miller after leaving the Durham Militia in the letters to Jacob [Herschel]. He thinks this is from Holden, whose source was 'The Doctor' by [Robert] Southey. He does not know what type of work this was, quoting from Byron on Southey, and thinks many such stories are apocryphal. |