Belittles the loss of a book borrowed from CD.
Acknowledges cheque in payment for purchase of microscope for John Lubbock.
Belittles the loss of a book borrowed from CD.
Acknowledges cheque in payment for purchase of microscope for John Lubbock.
Returns letters [from her son, J. D. Hooker, in India].
Asks that B. H. Hodgson’s zoological pamphlets be sent to him at Athenaeum.
Obliged for drawings and coins. Cannot tell what the stone is.
Discusses his account. Mentions death of his father and his own inheritance.
Thanks JWL for the use of a schoolroom.
Arranges to meet JWL’s son [John] to discuss use of microscope.
Mentions illness.
Thanks JWL for his paper ["Shooting stars", London Edinburgh & Dublin Philos. Mag. 32 (1848): 81–8, 170–2; 35 (1849): 356–7].
While TM was at Agulhas the large equatorial arrived, perfectly safe. Dome and railway have not arrived yet. Had a letter from W. R. Dawes. Found lighthouse at Agulhas well made and has sent sample of the material to Francis Beaufort. Not much news of the war in the Colony. Will take care over the mounting of the equatorial.
Writes to a lady at Slough to thank her for her kindness to JH's son [?].
Acknowledges receipt of JH's Cape Results.
Some of his friends are wishing to put his name forward as a candidate for the fellowship of the R.S.L. Would JH sign his certificate?
JH, president of R.A.S., is writing to FA to discover the quantity of results that FA wants to present for printing.
Returning the proofs of his article for the Admiralty Manual. 25 copies will be enough for him.
An official certificate and a note of appreciation for the gift of JH's Cape Results. Also comments on JH's Prelim Discourse.
Grateful for Cape Results, received through Thomas Maclear.
Acknowledges receipt of JH's Cape Results donated to library of Ipswich Philosophical Society. Explains public features of library. Invites JH to lecture there. Note on 'lunar rainbow.'
W. S. Williams visited Russian embassy and ascertained only that copies [of JH's Cape Results] were shipped. Suggests writing to [Russian ambassador F. I.] Brunnov for more exact information.
Sending one of his own books, which he hopes JH will study.
Sending a certificate for R. J. Kane and would be pleased if JH would put his name at the head of the list.
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