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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[Oct 1839 – Aug 1842]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 37191: 296)
Summary:

Regrets he cannot accept invitation. "My health will not at present stand going out in the evenings."

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Marshall Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 October 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.198
Summary:

Regarding the attitude of the Council of the R.S.L., particularly that of P. M. Roget, to the publication of his papers, and the award of medals to other persons who have done similar work to his own.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Marshall Hall
Date:
[1839-10]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.201 & 22.28
Summary:

Pressure of business prevented him from replying earlier. Reserves his advice for matters that fall within his own researches. Thinks it would be advisable to obtain the opinions of several competent Fellows, not on the Council.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project