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DCP-LETT-7127A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
7 Mar [1870?]
Source of text:
David Schulson (dealer) (Catalogue 46, June 1988)
Summary:

Would like to call at 10 o’clock on Wednesday morning.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP6726

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
John Hampden
Date:
7 March 1870
Source of text:
Anon. (1876). Hampden vs Walsh. The Law Times : 33 : 852-858 [p. 853]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Herschel12263

From:
E. S. Newall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 March 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.120
Summary:

Is grateful for the two portraits. Is sure that her brother would be pleased to show Professor Herschel his telescope. Let him know when in Gateshead.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-7128

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
8 Mar [1870]
Source of text:
DAR 94: 167–8
Summary:

Would like to see JDH become Sir J. H. Does not think JDH owes his position in science to his father.

Sends questions on Round Island – if JDH should write [to Henry Barkly?].

Has he read Federico Delpino on Marantaceae [Nuovo G. Bot. Ital. 1 (1869): 293–206]?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel2486

From:
James Samuelson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[8 March 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.340a
Summary:

Asks JH to write to Earl de Grey [G. F. S. Robinson] stating JS's qualifications for position on Royal Commission 'for inquiring into the question of the Extension of State Aid to Sciences.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-7129

From:
St George Jackson Mivart
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Mar [1870]
Source of text:
DAR 171: 183
Summary:

Will not be returning to London for a week; writes to save CD’s calling.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7130

From:
Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Mar 1870
Source of text:
DAR 171: 296
Summary:

HM intends studying bees to find evidence supporting CD’s theories. His work has shown him there are problems in separating species from varieties, and has also revealed many surprising instances of variation in habits.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel10725

From:
H. Temple Humphreys
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[9 March 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.78
Summary:

May be interested in seeing the enclosed [probably RS:HS 19.229]. Outlines his proposals, which he hopes to get adopted in Ireland. Trusts the east winds are not affecting him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP4995

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
John Hampden
Date:
9 March 1870
Source of text:
Hampden, J. (1870). In: Is Water Level or Convex After All? The Bedford Canal Swindle Detected & Exposed, Etc . Swindon: Alfred Bull. [p. 16]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Herschel7311

From:
Henry Denny
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 March 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.490
Summary:

Inviting him to donate any copies of his works on astronomy, etc.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-6650

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Woolner
Date:
10 Mar [1870]
Source of text:
Bodleian Libraries, Oxford (MS. Eng. lett. d. 292, fol. 77)
Summary:

Thanks for drawing. ‘The "Woolnerian tip" is worth anything to me.’

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP6751

From:
John Hampden
To:
John Henry Walsh
Date:
12 March 1870
Source of text:
Anon. (1876). Hampden vs Walsh. The Law Times : 33 : 852-858 [p. 854]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Herschel8133

From:
R. S. White
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1870-3-[13 or earlie
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.400
Summary:

Sports event set for first week in April. May JH's name be added to subscription list for prizes?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8134

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
R. S. White
Date:
[13 March 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.401 (C: RS:HS 24.300)
Summary:

JH will not join subscribers for prizes. Objects to so much emphasis on exhibitions of competitive sports, to the detriment of serious education. Feels young people benefit more from spontaneous exercise.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP669

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Henry Tibbats Stainton
Date:
13 March 1870
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM Catkey-418320
Summary:

Invites Stainton to a meeting with the Council of the Entomological Society.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13857

From:
Charles Wicksted
To:
Georgina Tollet
Date:
13 Mar [1870?]
Source of text:
DAR 181: 97
Summary:

Jury of fox-hunters report on hounds’ behaviour when catching fox. Fox never behaves like frightened dog.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FL-1110

From:
Darwin, H. E.
To:
Darwin, Emma
Date:
14 and 15 Mar 1870
Source of text:
DAR 245: 37
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters

DCP-LETT-7131

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller
Date:
14 Mar 1870
Source of text:
DAR 146: 432; Krause 1884 , pp. 19–20
Summary:

Interested that HM is studying structure of insects in relation to flowers.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP3353

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
James Croll
Date:
14 March 1870
Source of text:
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 41077 ff. 46-47
  • Irons, J. C. (1896). In: Autobiographical Sketch of James Croll LL.D., F.R.S., Etc. London: E. Stanford. [p. 247]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7134

From:
James Crichton-Browne
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 Mar 1870
Source of text:
DAR 161: 310, DAR 161: 323/2–5
Summary:

Thanks CD for copy of Origin.

Encloses extensive, but incomplete, notes on expression among the insane, dealing specifically with blushing and the actions of the platysma and grief muscles.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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