GS Caroline Lucre tia HerschcL [1786. 



With my respectful compliments to the ladies, your sisters, 

 I have the honour to be, 



Sir, 

 Your most obedient, humble servant, 



CAR. HERSCHEL. 



DR. BLAGDEN TO MISS HERSCHEL. 



GOWEE STREET, BEDFORD SQUARE, 



August 5, 1786. 

 MADAM, 



Mr. Aubert's letter, as well as that with which you 

 favoured me, both arrived safe. The evening was fine on 

 Thursday, but Mr. Aubert was prevented from going to 

 Loam Pit Hill, and I have no opportunity of making 

 astronomical observations here, so that I believe the comet 

 has not yet been seen by anyone in England but yourself. 

 Yesterday the visitation of the Royal Observatory at 

 Greenwich was held, where most of the principal astrono- 

 mers in and near London attended, which aiforded an 

 opportunity of spreading the news of your discovery, and I 

 doubt not but many of them will verify it the next clear 

 night. I also mentioned it in a letter to Paris, and in 

 another I had occasion to write to Munich, in Germany. 

 If the weather should be favourable on Sunday evening, it 

 is not impossible that Sir Joseph Banks and some friends 

 from his house may wait upon you to beg the favour of 

 viewing this phenomenon through your telescope. 



Accept my best thanks for your obliging attention in 

 communicating to me the news, and believe me to be, with 

 great esteem, 



Your obedient, humble servant, 



C. BLAGDEN. 



