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Index to the correspondence of William Herschel: D-I

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 DACLIN, O.

1 May 1792, 13.D.1; 3 Aug. 1792, 13.D.3; 31 Aug. 1792, 13.D.4; 9 Oct. 1792, 13.D.5.

Note also a letter from Daclin to T. Baldwin, WH’s brother-in-law, 3 Aug. 1792, 13.D.2. 

DARQUIER DE PELLEPOIX, Augustin (1718–1802)

10 Nov. 1785, 13.D.6; 18 July 1788, 13.D.7. 

DASHKOVA, Ekaterina Romanovna, Princess (1744–1810)

25 Jan. 1790, 1, p. 184. 

DAUNEY, Alexander

24 March 1801, 13.D.8; 23 July 1801, 13.D.9; 8 Aug. 1801. 13.D.10; 22 Sept. 1801, 13.D.11; 17 Dec. 1801,

13.D.12. 

DAVIES, Rev.

19 March 1798, 1, pp. 228–33. (There is another copy at 5.4.) 

DAVY, Sir Humphry (1778–1829)

7 July 1811, 13.D.13. 

DELUC, Jean André (1727–1817)

31 Oct. [—], 13.L.60; n.d., 13.L.61; n.d., 13.L.62; 18 Feb. 1784, 13.L.63; 18 March 1784, 13.L.64; 9 June 1785, 13.L.65; 25 Aug. 1800, 13.L.66; 24 Oct. 1809, 13.L.67. 

DEMAINBRAY, Stephen Charles Triboudet (1710–82)

12 Aug. [—], 13.D.14. 

DRAKE, Sir Francis Henry (1722–94)

5 May 1789, 13.D.15; 10 May 1792, 13.D.16. 

DUNBAR, William (1749–1810)

8 Feb. 1801, 13.D.17.

 

ECKHARDT, Anton Georg (1740–1810)

Sept. 1807, 13.E.1; 29 Sept. [1807], 13.E.2. 

EDWARDS, George

10 Feb. 1793, 13.E.3; 27 Aug. 1794, 13.E.4; 27 April 1800, 13.E.5. 

EDWARDS, John (fl. 1781–1803)

2 April 1782, 13.E.6; 25 April 1782, 13E.7; 2 May 1782, 1, pp. 53–55; 4 July 1783, 13.E.8; n.d., 1, pp. 82–84 (with a note by WH: ‘NB this letter was not sent’). 

EINEM, J. von, Count

14 Aug. 1788, 13.E.26. 

ENGLEFIELD, Sir Henry Charles (1752–1822)

pm. 27 April [1787], 13.E.10; 14 Dec. 1788, 13.E.9; 28 Dec. 1788, 13.E.11; 5 Oct. 1789, 13.E.12; 22 Dec. 1789, 13.E.13; 29 Oct. 1789, 13.E.14; 18 Jan. 1790, 13.E.15; 26 Jan. 1790, 13.E.16; 20 Dec. 1791, 13.E.17; 21 Dec. 1791, 13.E.18; 9 Jan. 1792, 13.E.19; 17 Jan. 1793, 13.E.20; 19 June 1794, 13.E.21; 11 July 1794, 13.E.22; 18 Nov. 1795, 13.E.23; 17 Dec. 1795, 13.E.24; 14 July 1800, 13.E.25. 

ERNEST, Mr

20 May 1787, 1, p. 165. 

ERSKINE, David Steuart, eleventh Earl of Buchan (1742–1829)

23 Oct. 1798, 13.B.168; 8 March 1802, 13.B.169; 17 Feb. 1803, 13.B.170; 5 Dec. 1814, 1, p.294. 

EVANS, William

10 May 1800, 13.E.27. 

FABAREL, Abbé (1707–93)

24 July 1786, 1, p. 147; 18 May 1789, 13.F.1; 17 Sept. 1789, 13.F.2. 

FALCONER, William (1744–1824)

19 May 1804, 13.F.3. 

FAUJAS DE SAINT-FOND, Barthélemi (1741–1819)

30 May 1786, 13.F.4; 14 May 1788, 13.F.5. 

FITZCLARENCE, George Augustus Frederick, first Earl of Munster (1794–1842)

23 Sept. 1828 [sic], 13.F.6. 

FORMEY, Jean-Henri-Samuel (1711–97)

24 June 1791, 1, p. 190. 

FRANIS (? FRANCIS), Samuel

11 Nov. 1798, 1, p. 235. (There is another copy on the reverse side of a letter from Maskelyne, 13.M.59.) 

FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706–90)

18 Feb. 1787, 1, p. 158. 

FUSS, Nicolaus (1755–1826)

16 Oct. 1800, 13.F.8; 26 Nov. 1801, 13.F.9; 2/14 Feb. 1803, 13.F.10; 20 Oct. 1804, 13.F.11. 

GALLOIS, Jean-Antoine Gauvain (1755?–1828)

15 Feb. 1798, 13.G.1. 

GAULTIER DE CLAUBRY, Henri-François (1792–1878)

18 Oct. 1815, 13.G.2; 16 Jan. 1816, 1, p. 297; 16 Sept. 1816, 13.G.3. 

GAUSS, Carl Friedrich (1777–1855)

20 Feb. 1802, 13.G.4; 22 May 1802, 6.13 (see also 1, p. 249). 

GERNING, J. J.

4 Jan. 1793, 13.G.5. 

GERSTNER, Franz Joseph von (1756–1832)

6 March 1789, 13.G.6. 

GIBBES Sir George Smith (1771–1851)

25 Sept. [—], 13.G.7. 

GIESEWELL, William Ernest

9 April 1794, 13.G.8. 

GILPIN, George (d. 1810)

24 April 1802, 13.G.9; 19 Nov. 1804, 13.G.10.

Note also Herschel W. 7/5. 

GININGHAN, William

9 Nov. 1796, 13.G.11. 

GOODRICKE, John (1764–86)

7 Aug. 1784, 13.G.12; 15 Aug. 1784, 1, pp. 116–19; 2 Sept. 1784, 13.G.13; 17 Jan. 1785, 13.G.14 (with a note by Edward Pigott). 

GREATHEED, Bertie (1759–1826)

3 June 1798, 13.G.15; 1798, 5.5; 2 Nov. 1800, 13.G.16; 4 Jan. 1801, 13.G.17; 2 July 1801, 13.G.18; 6 Nov. 1801, 13.G.19. 

GREGORY, Edward

10 Jan. 1793, 13.G.20. 

GREGORY, Olinthus Gilbert (1774–1841)

12 Aug. 1806, 13.G.21. 

GROOMBRIDGE, Stephen (1755–1832)

29 Aug. 1808, 13.G.22; 6 Sept. 1808, 13.G.23; 7 Oct. 1808, 13.G.24; 24 May 1811, 13.G.25; 24 Oct. 1812, 13.G.29; 6 Nov. 1813, 13.G.30; 8 Feb. 1814, 13.G.31; 12 April 1817, 13.G.28; 4 Jun. 1817, 13.G.26; 26 July 1817, 13.G.27; 7 Sept. 1818, 13.G.32. 

GROSKOPFF, Charles

7 March 1820, 13.G.33. 

GRUBER

17 Oct. 1795, 13.G.34. 

HAHN, Friedrich von, Graf (1741–1805)

5 March 1792, 13.H.1; 16 Aug. 1793, 13.H.2; 8 Sept. 1793, 13.H.3; 20 July 1798, 13.H.4; 10 Oct. 1798, 13.H.5; 17 March 1799, 13.H.6; 15 May 1799, 13.H.7; 22 Dec. 1799, 13.H.8; 6 May 1800, 13.H.9; 6 July 1800, 13.H.10. 

HAMILTON, J. W. A.

17 Nov. 1793, 13.H.11; 27 Nov. 1793, 13.H.12; 21 Feb. 1795, 13.H.13; 2 Sept. 1795, 13.H.14. 

HAMILTON, Thomas

17 Dec. 1786, 1, pp. 153–54. 

HARRINGTON, H.

31 Aug. 1791, 13.H.15. 

HATCHETT, Charles (1765–1847)

2 July 1804, 13.H.16. 

HAWKINS, John

18 March [—], 13.H.17. 

HERRENSCHNEIDER, Johann Ludwig (or Jean-Louise-Alexandre) (1760–1843)

1 Nov. 1790, 13.H.18. 

HERSCHEL, Caroline Lucretia (1750–1848)

p.m. 21 March [?1774], 8.1; 1 Aug. 1777, 8.2; 4 Aug. 1777, 8.3; 11 Aug. 1777, 8.4; 22 Aug. 1777, 8.5; 25 May 1782, 8.6; 6 June 1782, 8.7; n.d., 8.8; 3 July 1782, 8.9; 5 July 1786, 8.10; 8 July 1786, 8.11; 14 July 1786, 8.12; [July 1786], 8.13; 1 Aug. 1786, 8.14; 21 Aug. 1797, 8.15; 7 Nov. 1800, 8.16; 11 Dec. 1800, 8.17; 25 Aug. 1801, 8.18; 15 July 1802, 8.19; 22/23 July 1802, 8.20; 2 Aug. 1802, 8.21; 15 Aug. 1802, 8.22; 9 Dec. 1805, 8.23; 8 Aug. 1806, 8.24; 23 Aug. 1806, 8.25; 29 Aug. 1806, 8.26; 1 Feb. 1807, 8.27; 23 July 1809, 8.28; 3 Aug. 1809, 8.29; 20/21 Aug. 1809, 8.30; 29/30 Aug. 1809, 8.31; 14 July 1810, 8.32; 24 July 1810, 8.33; 14 Aug. 1810, 8.34; 23 Aug. 1810, 8.35; 1 Aug. 1811, 8.36; 10/11 Sept. 1811, 8.37; 17 Aug. 1817, 8.38; 30 Aug. 1817, 8.39; 6 Sept. 1817, 8.40; 11 April 1819, 8.41; 20 April 1819, 8.42; 4 July 1819, 8.43.

There are also letters to CH from Olbers, 4 Oct. 1831, 13.O.3, from H. Sarjeant, 6 Dec. 1795, 13.S.4, and one signed ‘D’yhuis’, n.d., 13.D.18. 

HERSCHEL, Johann Alexander (1745–1821)

pm. 10 April [1782], 9.1; 10 March 1785, 9.2; 7 Feb. 1788, 9.3; n.d., 9.4; n.d., 9.5; 25 Oct. 1805, 13.H.19. There is also a letter from J. Palmer to J. A. Herschel, 6 Oct. 1783, 13.P.1. 

HERSCHEL, Johann Dietrich (1755–1825?)

3 Aug. 1809, 8.29. 

HERSCHEL, Sir John Frederick William (1792–1871)

10 Nov. 1813, 11.1; 14 Nov. 1813, 11.2 (11.3 is a typed copy of this letter); 26 May 1817, 11.4; 14 Feb. 1821, 11.5.

There are also letters to JH from N. Fuss, 24 July 1822, 13.F.12, and from Lady Mary Herschel, 14 Nov. 1813, 11.2, and a note from J. B. J. Fourier, 6 April 1824, 13.F.7. 

HERSCHEL, Lady Mary

29 May 1810, 10.1; 3 April 1814, 10.2; 3 Oct. 1815, 10.3; 17 Aug. 1816, 10.4; 24 Oct. 1819, 10.5; 7 April 1821, 10.6.

There is also a letter from Lady Herschel to JH, 14 Nov. 1813, 11.2, and letters to her from Miss Joanna Baillie, 4 Feb. 1813, 14.3, and from Mrs Etheldred Browning, 24 Jan. 1813, 14.5. 

HERVEY, Frederick Augustus, fourth Earl of Bristol (1730–1803)

17 Dec. 1790, 13.B.130. 

HODGSON, W.

23 Aug. 1799, 13.H.20; 1 Oct. 1799, 13.H.21; 2 Aug. 1805, 13.H.22. 

HORNSBY, Thomas (1733–1810)

22 Dec. 1774, 13.H.23; 26 July 1779, 13.H.24; 24 March 1781, 13.H.25; 31 March 1781, 13.H.26; 14 April 1781, 13.H.27; 22 May 1781, 1, p. 12; 14 Oct. 1781, 13.H.28; 1 Feb. 1782, 6.15 (with a list of double stars; another copy, without the list, is at 1, pp. 31–33); 26 Feb. 1782, 13.H.29; 16 April 1787, 13.H.30. 

HUDDART, Joseph (1741–1816)

12 Oct. 1801, 13.H.31; 15 Dec. 1801, 13.H.32. 

HUTH, Johann Sigismund Gottfried (1763–1818)

10 Sept. 1802, 13.H.33. 

HUTTON, Charles (1737–1823)

6 Feb. 1784, 13.H.35; 12 Nov. 1784, 13.H.36; 18 Nov. 1784, 13.H.37; 31 Jan. 1785, 13.H.38; 15 Feb. 1785, 13.H.39; 15 Jan. 1792, 13.H.34. 

HYNE

26 July 1786, 1, p. 148. 

IBBETSON, Agnes (1757–1823)

15 March [1801], 13.I.1; 23 March 1801, 13.I.2; n.d., 13.I.3. 

 

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