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DCP-LETT-4605

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[1 Sept 1864]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 248
Summary:

CD continues to have trouble reconciling the Veitch’s names for Bignonia plants and Kew names.

Lyell and Falconer called on CD in London.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FL-0602

From:
Margaret
To:
Darwin, H. E.
Date:
[September 1864]
Source of text:
DAR 219.8: 1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters

Tyndall2132

From:
William Huber
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
10 Sept. /64
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/510, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel4175

From:
William Trant, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 September 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.373
Summary:

Thanks JH for advice on the pursuit of astronomy, especially concerning the importance of mathematics. Desires to know astronomy not just as a 'pleasurable companion' but as a 'bosom friend.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-4607

From:
Bernard Peirce Brent
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Sept 1864
Source of text:
DAR 160: 303
Summary:

Did not get appointment to poultry department of the Field; W. B. Tegetmeier has the position.

His lawsuit concluded well but expensive. Thanks CD for aid during his distress; encloses cheque.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-4606

From:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Sept 1864
Source of text:
DAR 170: 47
Summary:

Wishes to borrow volumes 1 and 3 of Narrative [vol. 1 by Capt. P. P. King, vol. 3 by CD].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-4607F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Antoine Auguste (Auguste) Laugel
Date:
4 Sept [1864]
Source of text:
Librairie du Manoir de Pron (dealers) (January 2016)
Summary:

Thanks for a copy of AAL’s Problèmes de la nature 1864 (Problems of Nature; Laugel 1864).

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel8943

From:
Capel H. Berger
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 September 1864]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1925 (Sept. 17, 1864), 375 & London Times (Sept. 20, 1864), p. 7, co
Summary:

Requests that JH join many other scientists in signing a declaration in support of scripture.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FL-0658

From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, H. E.
Date:
[5 September 1864]
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 19
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters

DCP-LETT-4608

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Sept 1864
Source of text:
DAR 101: 238–9
Summary:

R. I. Murchison’s address [see 4595] smashes Ramsay’s glacial theory.

JDH defends his view that CD should not answer Kölliker.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-4609

From:
Hermann Adolph Christian August (Hermann) Kindt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Sept 1864
Source of text:
DAR 169: 11
Summary:

Requests permission, for a friend, to publish extracts of Orchids in German translation.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel13045

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[James Calder] Stewart
Date:
[5 September 1864]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0458; Reel 1055
Summary:

JH's India [H.E.I.C.] investments. Looking forward to seeing John [Herschel; son of JH] when he returns on leave.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8656

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[John Benjamin Smith]
Date:
[5 September 1864]
Source of text:
Manchester Central Library
Summary:

Thanks JS for JS's speech. Discusses in detail JS's views on the introduction of a gold currency into India. Believes that this is a necessity and explains why. Notes problems and advantages involved in the circulation of money based on two standards, silver and gold.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-64-09-05

From:
W. G. Conn
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
5 September 1864
Source of text:
H 16498, Box13/6(b), La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel8944

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Capel H. Berger
Date:
[6 September 1864]
Source of text:
Athenaeum, #1925 (Sept. 17, 1864), 375 & London Times (Sept. 20, 1864), p. 7, co
Summary:

Gives his reasons for declining to join with over two hundred other scientists in signing the 'Declaration' regarding science and scripture [which was at that time being circulated].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1916

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
the Athenaeum
Date:
[6 September 1864]
Source of text:
WT B.14
Summary:

Sends a circular and JH's response to it for possible publication.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FL-0659

From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, H. E.
Date:
[7 September 1864]
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 20
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters

DCP-LETT-4609G

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hermann Adolph Christian August (Hermann) Kindt
Date:
7 Sept [1864]
Source of text:
Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig (Autographensammlung Kestner: Slg. Kestner/II/C/II/125/Nr. 1, Mappe 125, Blatt Nr1)
Summary:

Explains that Orchids has been translated into German (Bronn trans. 1862); and that Living Cirripedia can now be purchased at Hardwicke’s, 192 Piccadilly, London.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday4493

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward Vivian
Date:
7 September 1864
Source of text:
Torquay Natural History Society MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel8657

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
J[ohn] B[enjamin] Smith
Date:
[7 September 1864]
Source of text:
Manchester Central Library
Summary:

Since writing JH's 1864-9-5 on JS's ideas regarding the introduction of a gold standard for India, JH has learned that 'the Sovereign is to be circulated at 10 Rupees.' JH discusses what he foresees as the results of this action. Offers suggestions for the future.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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