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DCP-LETT-459

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
21 [Dec 1838]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library Add 7652 IB: 175
Summary:

CD informs AS of the position of the Council of the Geological Society on recommending J. B. Jukes for a geological survey of Newfoundland. Feels Jukes’s application would have best chance of success if Sedgwick, his Professor at Cambridge, wrote a letter.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel1120

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wheatstone
Date:
[21 December 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.11.2
Summary:

Arranges a meeting with CW and Edward Sabine to prepare a report on magnetic proposals.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2086

From:
Charles Richardson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 December 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.335
Summary:

Long discussion of the sounds and etymologies of various words. [Probably in reference to the dictionary CR was preparing; see RS:HS 14.333].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4589

From:
Andries Stockenström
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 December 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.14
Summary:

Sends JH a letter from Lord Glenelg [concerning his position as Lieutenant Governor of the Eastern Province of the Cape Colony].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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