| Description | John received the enclosed letter 'from His Revce. J.C.W.' [Herschel] which he should read. He summarises his reply, giving references to the publications of William Herschel and authiring sending his letter on to [Thomas Jefferson Jackson] See. He came across an 'uninformed' letter from See, which he forwards, and asks if they should do anything, wondering if See's lack of information was typical or accidental. It would be easy to set him right by writing to the same journal, but John does not want to expose him in public, when he has corrected him privately. He thinks there are no unpublished papers of their grandfather's but it is not certain. It is to be regretted that the substance of the papers to the Royal Society are only accessible except through the extended pages of the journal, or scatteded in second-hand bookshops. He leaves this for his brother to think about. |