From:
A. J. Simpson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.208
Summary:
Requests financial assistance in building a new church in JH's parish.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Requests financial assistance in building a new church in JH's parish.
Giving some lectures and asks JH for permission to quote from his writings
No summary available.
Protective coloration in butterflies.
[Alexander] Wallace’s suggestion that collecting larger larvae of females accounts for error in counting proportion of sexes.
Various facts about birds: pairing, finding new mates, protective coloration, polygamy, sexual differences.
States his intentions regarding Horace’s future education. CD thought he had made those intentions clear in an earlier letter.