- Hope Entomological Library, Oxford University Museum of Natural History: ARW 19
- Hope Entomological Library, Oxford University Museum of Natural History: ARW 19
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About offer of DCL, which he has declined. "I have a profound distaste for all public ceremonials." Details about ill health, house move, and his work. Wishes to be left "in peaceful obscurity." Doesn't like crowds.