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DCP-LETT-578F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Gould
Date:
[after 1 Dec 1840]
Source of text:
Profiles in History (dealers) (12 December 2012)
Summary:

Feels he cannot keep the gift of Gould’s "magnificent work" or take out a subscription now that he is a married man.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-584

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Allport Leighton
Date:
1 Dec 1840
Source of text:
Shropshire Archives (SA 6001/133/57)
Summary:

Acknowledges election as Honorary Member of Shropshire and North Wales Natural History and Antiquarian Society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel1148

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[1840-12?]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.14.5
Summary:

Has not had time to work on the constellations paper because of interference due to tithe surveys and land re-assessments, which JH fears may involve a lawsuit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12594

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
S. I. Osborne
Date:
[1 December 1840]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.6.7
Summary:

About the desirability of closing a restricted public footpath across JH's property at Slough.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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