| RefNo | HSF/1/3/15 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from C [Charles] Pritchard, Clapham, to Sir John [Frederick William Herschel] |
| Creator | Pritchard; Charles (1808-1893); British astronomer |
| Date | 3 May [1848] |
| Description | He returns thanks for the remembrance in Herschel's book. He purposely avoids an epithet, in case of impertinent assumptions, but he wonders at the laborious years it has cost Herschel. He was sure that Herschel would observe an amendment in his son's frame of mind. He has the blessing of a virtuous and well ordered home. Pritchard was compelled to get rid of young Hamilton, although a different home would have saved the boy. He was morally sick and his father knew it but the only remedy applied was Euclid and quaternions. Herschel's child [William James Herschel] will have a severe trial at Haileybury [College], not from the existence of gross vice, but from the absence of elevation. In a postscript, Pritchard states that he has been looking into Mrs [Mary] Somerville's Physical Geography, which as a nobility of tone. |
| Extent | 3p. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5459 | Pritchard; Charles (1808 - 1893) | 1808 - 1893 |