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Herschel13847

From:
Henry W. Field
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 January 1869]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0195; Reel 1087
Summary:

Asks JH to confirm that JH appointed Charles Sterry as HF's assistant assayer on 25 Apr. 1851 after Henry Bingley declined position. Original letter of appointment is lost, and HF is accused of falsifying records.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-6550

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
13 Jan 1869
Source of text:
DAR 94: 110–11
Summary:

Sends MS of 13 pages in answer to Nägeli, for new edition of Origin [5th ed., p. 151].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6552

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Maw
Date:
13 Jan 1869
Source of text:
Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (MAW/1/14)
Summary:

Thanks GM for offer of observations. Would be interested to know when the horns of merino rams first appear,

and has long wished for living specimens of Drosophyllum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel18

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[13 January 1869]
Source of text:
RGO 6.381.451
Summary:

Has received GA's paper on spectral lines and is amazed that it is possible to see a spectrum in the light from faint nebulae.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-000937

From:
unknown
To:
Royal Society
Date:
14 January 1869
Source of text:
MM/14/213, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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FVM-69-01-14

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
14 January 1869
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70. f.369
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel1459

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 January 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.74
Summary:

Information about the distribution of papers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-5729

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 [Jan] 1869
Source of text:
DAR 48: A78, DAR 103: 3
Summary:

Oliver overlooked CD’s request about rutaceous flowers. Of precisely which points about the ovules does CD want illustrations?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-69-01-14a

From:
Joseph Hooker
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
14 January 1869
Source of text:
Box 6, item 4, Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Melbourne.Letter not found
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-6553

From:
George Maw
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Jan 1869
Source of text:
DAR 171: 103
Summary:

In Gibraltar he will make notes on merino lambs and Drosophyllum as CD requests.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel2986

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adolphe Quetelet
Date:
[14? January 1869]
Source of text:
Académie belgique: #55
Summary:

Was going to write in French, but switched languages. Honored by AQ's insertion of JH's review of AQ's Physique sociale as introduction. Has been very ill and has no strength for attention to anything beyond bodily sufferings. Lists works received.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-6555

From:
George Cupples
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 Jan 1869
Source of text:
DAR 161: 289
Summary:

Forwards A. McNeill’s letter on deer horns. McNeill wrote portion on deerhounds in William Scrope’s book [The art of deer-stalking (1838)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6556

From:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 Jan 1869
Source of text:
DAR 164: 51
Summary:

Red tape leaves no time for botany.

New ministry laudably attempting economies.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-69-01-15

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Joseph Hooker
Date:
15 January 1869
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, ff. 296-9
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-6554

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 Jan 1869
Source of text:
DAR 103: 1–2
Summary:

Criticisms of and suggestions for CD’s draft MS on Nägeli [for Origin, 5th ed.].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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RS-MM-000938

From:
unknown
To:
Royal Society
Date:
16 January 1869
Source of text:
MM/14/214, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

DCP-LETT-6557

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
16 Jan [1869]
Source of text:
DAR 94: 112–13
Summary:

Finds JDH’s comments of utmost value. Answers some questions, and asks new ones. Transmission of variations. Relation of uniformity of structure to natural selection.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

SOMERVILLE363

From:
Hooker
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
16 Jan 1869
Source of text:
MSH 5 / 346, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel12737

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry W. Field
Date:
[16 January 1869]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0152; Reel 1054
Summary:

Cannot recall details or find documents regarding promotion of Charles Sterry to HF's assistant assayer in 1851. Remembers that Henry Bingley declined that position; it was then proper for HF to recommend someone.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP2216

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
17 January 1869
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46435 ff. 95-96
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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