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From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
William Hutton
Date:
30 January 1840
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society Library William Hutton Papers B:H978
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Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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Writing as the recently appointed Superintendent of Government Schools at Cape Colony, JI recounts his findings from a tour of the schools at the Cape, reporting many problems.
Declines the invitation to the annual Hunterian Oration and dinner. Now that JH is moving even farther away from London, he feels he must reluctantly resign as a member of the Trustees of the Hunterian Collection.