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From:
Joseph Bullar
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 November 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.340
Summary:

Thanks for referring him to one of his essays.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Joseph Baxendell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 November 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.310
Summary:

Is sending the proofs of his recent communication for his correction.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Andrew Scott Waugh
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1865-11-20 or earli
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.126
Summary:

Requests JH sign certificate to R.S.L. attesting to Indian historian J. W. Kaye. Recalls 1861 visit with JH at Greenwich Observatory. Hopes JH's sons are doing well in India.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Stanley Jevons
Date:
[23 November 1865]
Source of text:
John Rylands University Library of Manchester (C: RS:HS 10.321 & 24.129)
Summary:

Is grateful for his valuable work on the Coal question. Such a work has been long wanted. Used to have a theory himself that the tides might be utilized, but working it out found it was not economic.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 November 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.219
Summary:

Delighted by visit from JH's daughter Maria and her new husband. Looks forward to meeting Mr. Prescott [see JH's 1865-10-22].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[3 November 1865]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207119 (C: RS:HS 24.127)
Summary:

Sends Book XXIV of JH's Iliad translation. Pleased with his translation, but worries whether a publisher will take it. JH's daughter Maria enjoyed visiting WW; daughter Amelia arriving soon.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 November 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.220
Summary:

Is returning Book XXIV of JH's Iliad translation. Asks him about his plans for publication. Has written letter of introduction for JH's daughter Maria.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1865-11]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207122 (C: RS:HS 24.130)
Summary:

Thanks WW for and comments on his suggestions on JH's translation of Book XXIV of Homer's Iliad.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Isaac Fletcher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 November 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.273
Summary:

Is engaged drawing up a memoir of the late Admiral W. H. Smyth for the R.A.S. Would be glad of any of JH's observations on his work as an astronomer and as a member of the Board of Visitors of Greenwich.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Dr Thomas Anderson
Date:
17 November 1865
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/1 f.86-87, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Robert Oliver Cunningham
Date:
29 November 1865
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/3 f.114, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
John Gilbert Baker
Date:
20 November 1865
Source of text:
BAK/1 f.41, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Mrs Susan Emma Smith
Date:
6 November 1865
Source of text:
JDH/2/23/2 f.1, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
the Linnean Society of London
Date:
2 November 1865
Source of text:
Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Associates 1865-70
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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From:
Friedrich Franz, Grand-Duke of Mecklenburg
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
9 November 1865
Source of text:
RB MSS M200a.35, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online
From:
Jasper von Oertzen
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
9 November 1865
Source of text:
Mecklenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv, Schwerin
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Joseph Hooker
Date:
12 November 1865
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 180
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online
From:
George Bentham
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
19 November 1865
Source of text:
RB MSS M4, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Alexander Braun
Date:
23 November 1865
Source of text:
Dokumentensammlung Darmstaedter (Australien), Handschriftenabteilung, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Joseph Hooker
Date:
25 November 1865
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 181
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project