Janus: Papers of John Couch Adams

St John's Library/Adams contains:
<-- See earlier
Box 24-26	Papers given by Mrs Horne, in 1990, including correspondence, early diaries, correspondence post mortem etc.
Box 27	Papers relating to the Newton Manuscripts Syndicate
Box 28	Correspondence, mostly to and from Eliza Adams, after J.C. Adams's death
Box 29	Correspondence, mostly to and from Eliza Adams and Donald MacAlister, after J.C. Adams's death
Box 30-32	Correspondence and papers of the Adams Memorial Committee
Box 33	Transcripts of papers and letters from the Royal Greenwich Observatory, made for Donald MacAlister
Box 34	Transcripts of letters from the Royal Greenwich Observatory, made for Donald MacAlister
Box 35-38	Transcripts of letters from J.C. Adams, A-Z by recipient, and transcripts of miscellaneous correspondence, made for Donald MacAlister
Box 39	Transcripts of J.C. Adams's diary and scientific papers, made for Donald MacAlister
Box 40	Transcripts of articles about J.C. Adams, made for Donald MacAlister
Box 41	Text of Donald MacAlister's biography of J.C. Adams, and correspondence relating to it
See later -->

Papers of John Couch Adams

Title	Transcripts of papers and letters from the Royal Greenwich Observatory, made for Donald MacAlister
Reference	Box 33
Creator	Various
Covering Dates	12 July 1846–29 Jan. 1847
Extent and Medium	48 items; paper

Index Terms

MacAlister, Sir Donald (1854-1934) 1st Baronet, physician and medical administrator

St John's Library/Adams/Box 33 contains:

List of correspondence about Neptune. Copied from Airy's files in the RGO Archives for D. MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Unknown.
1p; paper.

1893–1894

1/fol.1-2

Copy of paper to James Challis. "Suggestions for the examination of a portion of the heavens in search of the external planet which is presumed to exist and to produce disturbances in the motion of Uranus". [Neptune]. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.1-4, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
4p; paper.

12 July 1846

1/fol.3-4

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.5-8, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: James Challis, 1803-1882.
4p; paper.

18 July 1846

1/fol.5

Copy of letter to Robert Main. Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.9, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
1p; paper.

7 Sep. 1846

2/fol.6-8

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. In German, with English translation. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.10-15, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Johann Franz Encke, 1791-1865.
4p; paper.

25 Sep. 1846

2/fol.9

Copy of letter to J.F.W. Herschel. Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.16-17, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
2p; paper.

13 Oct. 1846

2/fol.10-11

Copy of letter to James Challis. Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.23-24, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
2p; paper.

14 Oct. 1846

3/fol.12-13

Copy of letter to U.J.J. Le Verrier. Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.21-22, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
2p; paper.

14 Oct. 1846

3/fol.14-15

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.18-20, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1792-1871.
3p; paper.

14 Oct. 1846

3/fol.16-17

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.25-26, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2p; paper.

15 Oct. 1846

4/fol.18-19

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.27-28, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: James Challis, 1803-1882.
2p; paper.

16 Oct. 1846

4/fol.20-24

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. In French. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.29-33, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, 1811-1877.
5p; paper.

16 Oct. 1846

5/fol.25-28

Copy of letter to U.J.J. Le Verrier. Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.34-37, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
4p; paper.

19 Oct. 1846

5/fol.29-30

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. In French. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.38-39, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, 1811-1877.
2p; paper.

19 Oct. 1846

6/fol.31-32

Copy of letter to U.J.J. Le Verrier. Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.40-41, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
2p; paper.

21 Oct. 1846

6/fol.33

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. In French. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.42, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Dominique François Jean Arago, 1786-1853.
1p; paper.

23 Oct. 1846

6/fol.34-36

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. In French. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.43-45, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, 1811-1877.
3p; paper.

23 Oct. 1846

7/fol.37-39

Copy of letter to D.F.J. Arago. Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.46-48, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
3p; paper.

26 Oct. 1846

7/fol.40

Copy of letter to J.F.W. Herschel. Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.49, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p; paper.

30 Oct. 1846

7/fol.41

Copy of letter to J.F.W. Herschel. Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.50, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p; paper.

30 Oct. 1846

7/fol.42

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. In French. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.51, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, 1811-1877.
1p; paper.

29 Oct. 1846

8/fol.43

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript of RGO Archives 7/247 fol.52, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1792-1871.
1p; paper.

2 Nov. 1846

8/fol.44-45

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: James Challis, 1803-1882.
2p; paper.

3 Nov. 1846

8/fol.46-47

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Richard Sheepshanks, 1794-1855.
2p; paper.

10 Nov. 1846

8/fol.48-50

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1890.
3p; paper.

18 Nov. 1846

9/fol.51

Copy of letter to R. Sheepshanks. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p; paper.

23 Nov. 1846

9/fol.52-55

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Adam Sedgwick, 1785-1873.
4p; paper.

3 Dec. 1846

10/fol.56-60

Copy of letter to Mrs Airy. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Adam Sedgwick, 1785-1873.
5p, foolscap; paper.

6 Dec. 1846

10/fol.61-63

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Adam Sedgwick, 1785-1873.
3p, foolscap; paper.

9 Dec. 1846

11/fol.1-3

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Richard Sheepshanks, 1794-1855.
3p, foolscap; paper.

16 Dec. 1846

11/fol.4-5

Copy of letter to R. Sheepshanks. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
2p, foolscap; paper.

17 Dec. 1846

11/fol.6-7

Copy of letter to James Challis. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
2p, foolscap; paper.

18 Dec. 1846

12/fol.8-11

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Heinrich Christian Schumacher, 1780-1850.
4p, foolscap; paper.

18 Dec. 1846

12/fol.12-14

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: James Challis, 1803-1882.
3p, foolscap; paper.

19 Dec. 1846

13/fol.15-17

21 Dec. 1846

13/fol.18-19

Copy of letter to U.J.J. Le Verrier. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
2p, foolscap; paper.

21 Dec. 1846

13/fol.20-21

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Augustus De Morgan, 1806-1871.
2p, foolscap; paper.

1 Jan. 1847

14/fol.22-24

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir John Frederick William Herschel.
3p, foolscap; paper.

7 Jan. 1847

14/fol.25-26

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. In French. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, 1811-1877.
2p, foolscap; paper.

7 Jan. 1847

14/fol.27-28

Copy of letter to unknown recipient. Neptune. Letter from some members (unspecified) of the Royal Astronomical Society, asking for support against the name "LeVerrier" for the new planet. Marked as "not sent". Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Members of the Royal Astronomical Society.
2p, foolscap; paper.

8 Jan. 1847

15/fol.29-31

12 Jan. 1847

15/fol.32-34

Extract from 'Le National'. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Unknown.
3p, foolscap; paper.

8 Oct. 1846

16/fol.35

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. In Italian. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Giovanni Santini, 1787-1877.
1p, foolscap; paper.

13 Jan. 1847

16/fol.36-37

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Lee, 1783-1866.
2p, foolscap; paper.

21 Jan. 1847

16/fol.38

Copy of letter to J.C. Adams. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
1p, foolscap; paper.

25 Jan. 1847

16/fol.39-40

Copy of letter to P. Hansen. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892.
2p, foolscap; paper.

25 Jan. 1847

17/fol.41-44

29 Jan. 1847

17/fol.45-47

Copy of letter to G.B. Airy. Neptune. Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
3p, foolscap; paper.

29 Jan. 1847