From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Josiah (Jos) Wedgwood, III
Date:
[after 12 July 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.10: 16
Summary:
Inquires about the nature of some money recently paid to him.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Smith of Jordanhill
Date:
4 July [1851]
Source of text:
Glasgow City Archives (396/TD1)
Summary:
Discusses the Jura blocks.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Scott Bowerbank; Palaeontographical Society
Date:
7 July [1851]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.99)
Summary:
Asks to borrow woodcut from Palaeontographical Society for use in Living Cirripedia, vol. 1.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
17 July [1851]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 2)
Summary:
Thanks for report [on echinoderms, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 2d ser. 8 (1851): 1–19]. Wanted to learn about metamorphosis of the class. Agrees with THH’s distinction between individuals and zooids, but thinks zooids will never cease to be called individuals.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edwin Lankester; Ray Society
Date:
19 July [1851]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
Finds he needs four woodcuts for the introduction [to vol. 1 of Living Cirripedia], which calls for quick action. Will send entire MS by the end of the month.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edwin Lankester; Ray Society
Date:
22 July [1851]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
Will bring MS [of vol. 1 of Living Cirripedia] on the last day of July, and proofs of the eight plates now engraved will be sent soon. CD has failed to get materials for the one coloured plate he wanted, so none will be in colour. There will be ten altogether. He will ask later whether he must pay for the extra one. G. B. Sowerby Jr comes next day to complete drawings for two not yet engraved.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Newport
Date:
24 July [1851]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Asks to borrow an old pair of GN’s dissecting scissors so that Weiss & Co. can use it as a model.
Health has been poor.
Has finished MS on pedunculated cirripedes for Ray Society [Living Cirripedia, vol. 1 (1851)].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edwin Lankester; Ray Society
Date:
26 July [1851]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
Asks EL whether he should use both Latin and English descriptions of specific characters [in vol. 1 of Living Cirripedia].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edwin Lankester; Ray Society
Date:
30 July [1851]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
Sends completed MS [vol. 1 of Living Cirripedia] with instructions for the printers; reviews number of plates and woodcuts, and offers to pay for extras and for excess corrections, if they occur. Hopes the Council [of the Ray Society] will print his second volume at the end of the ensuing year.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley
To:
George Clerk
Date:
18 July 1851
Source of text:
MM/21/36, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Henry Anthony Jeffreys
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 July 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.293
Summary:
Regarding the Tithe question. Thinks there are some in the parish who would sign a document for JH. Would he let him know the form to adopt.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Jasper Atkinson
Date:
[12 July 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0045; Reel 1054
Summary:
Accuses JA and Moneyers of ignoring agreement by refusing to vacate rooms and relinquish tools at Mint, and of purposely slowing down Mint officers' preparation to resume coining money. [Memorandum on verso: Edward Enfield and H. D. Harness were present at time of agreement.]
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Rich
Date:
[2 July 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0333; Reel 1054
Summary:
Wants to release records of Mint salaries as public documents. Discusses pensions.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Wood
Date:
[10 July 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0507; Reel 1055
Summary:
Henry Finch and F. R. Brande declined offices of junior clerks at Mint. JH needs to fill these positions quickly with qualified young men.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[8 July 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0750.2; Reel 1089
Summary:
Anxiously awaiting reply to JH's letter of 4 July requesting [?]'s recommendation of a London firm that can quickly evaluate Moneyers' equipment.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[25 July 1851]
Source of text:
Return, 39
Summary:
Submits JH's reformed organizational plan for Mint and new personnel assignments [see JH's 1851-7-26] for approval by Treasury commissioners.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mint Staff
Date:
[26 July 1851]
Source of text:
Return, 39-40
Summary:
[Formal notice] Promulgation of positions and duties within reorganized Mint establishment.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 July 1851]
Source of text:
Return, 40
Summary:
Treasury commissioners have approved JH's new organizational plan and assignments for Mint.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 July 1851]
Source of text:
Return, 46
Summary:
Encloses minutes of Treasury commissioners, approving compensation by Paymaster-general to company of Moneyers for loss of earnings due to reform at Mint.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
[A. J. F.] Yvon Villarceau
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 July 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.421
Summary:
Appears to be presenting YV's calculations for the orbits of double stars. [Much of this letter is illegible.]
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Author
- Atkinson, Jasper3
- Bateson, William Henry1
- Bingley, Henry1
- Darwin, C. R.9
- Field, Joshua1
- Harness, Henry Drury5
- Herschel, John10
- Jeffreys, Henry Anthony1
- Medwell, Mr.1
- Reslhuber, Augustin1
- Rich, Henry2
- Russell, Lord John1
- Ryan, Edward3
- Ryan, [Sir] Edward1
- Spiers, A[lexander]1
- Sykes, William Henry1
- Trevelyan, Charles Edward6
- Villarceau, [A. J. F.] Yvon1
- Wrottesley, John1
- FEWER