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Herschel3381

From:
J[ames] H[utchison] Stirling
To:
Rev. Hugh Martin
Date:
[11 January 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.238
Summary:

JS thanks HM for having copied out for JS a letter of JH's apparently regarding JS's paper. JS admits 'It never occurred to me even in dream to get the opinion of Sir John Herschel on my poor essay.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13899

From:
Joseph Alfred Hardcastle
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 January 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0245; Reel 1087
Summary:

Just received another copy of JH's 'Half a Dozen Propositions Respecting the Gold Coinage' from son Henry Hardcastle. These should create problems for Chancellor of Exchequer. Hopes to understand these before Parliamentary discussion on gold currency begins.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-7075

From:
Adolf Reuter
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Jan 1870
Source of text:
DAR 176: 127
Summary:

Sends monstrous oranges,

red grape leaves,

and a bean with blue fruits (a hybrid of Phaseolus vulgaris and a Dolichos species).

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel11927

From:
Russell Henry Manners
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 January 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.289
Summary:

Thanks for the note and communication sent to the Assistant Secretary.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-7076

From:
Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Jan 1870
Source of text:
DAR 162: 205
Summary:

Thanks CD for his support and for his cautionary advice.

Will send his work on embryology of arthropods as soon as it is finished [Bau und Entwicklung der Arthropoden (1870)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7077

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther
Date:
13 Jan [1870]
Source of text:
Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library
Summary:

Delighted with proofs of illustrations [for Descent]. Hopes AG is pleased with them, as they illustrate facts given on his authority.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel14057

From:
John Gellibrand Hubbard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 January 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0279; Reel 1087
Summary:

Wants to print JH's 'Half a Dozen Propositions Respecting the Gold Coinage' as conclusion to coinage controversy being published by governor of Bank of England. Asks for clarification on several points in Propositions. Hubbard is working to improve assay results at Bank.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6647

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Elizabeth Colling
Date:
[13 January 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.297
Summary:

Thanks for the volume of EC's verse; comments on various aspects of poetry.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11817

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 January 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.177
Summary:

Sending photographs and plans of the Feldhausen estate. Comments on the recent sale of this property. Is anxious about the safety of David Livingstone. Comments on Livingstone's plans and the observational work he has been doing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-7078

From:
Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 13 Jan 1870]
Source of text:
DAR 165: 244
Summary:

Is glad CD likes the proofs; looks forward to the appearance of his work.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel3417

From:
J[ames] H[utchison] Stirling
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 January 1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.239
Summary:

Thanks JH for favorable opinion of JS's paper, as expressed to Hugh Martin. Comments on JH's remarks on allotropy, and on connection between physics and life. Believes Germans preeminent in physiology.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-7079

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adolf Reuter
Date:
15 Jan [1870]
Source of text:
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 220–221)
Summary:

Thanks AR for specimens of fruit.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel12793

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Gellibrand Hubbard
Date:
[15 January 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0198; Reel 1054
Summary:

Has no objection to including JH's 'Half a Dozen Propositions Regarding the Gold Coinage' into Bank of England's publication about gold controversy. Offers revision to JH's original article. Responds to Hubbard's comments on six propositions. Remarks on minting by private individuals.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-7080

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther
Date:
16 Jan [1870]
Source of text:
Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library
Summary:

Invites AG to Down for a weekend with A. Newton, R. Swinhoe, and Hooker.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7081

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Linnean Society
Date:
16 Jan [1870-1]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Requests the return of some plates sent in error.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7082

From:
Henry Walter Bates
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Jan 1870
Source of text:
DAR 82: A44–5
Summary:

Returns CD’s MS [of entomological section of Descent] marked with suggested alterations.

Suggests qualifications about rudimentary horn in female Onitis furcifer [See Descent 1: 372].

Sends additional data on colour differences in sexes of longicorn Coleoptera [See Descent 1: 367–8].

Suggests a modification of CD’s view of female coloration that would bring him "nearly into harmony" with Wallace.

Contributor:
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Herschel13900

From:
Henry Hardcastle
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 January 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0246; Reel 1087
Summary:

Will put JH's paper ['Half Dozen Propositions on the Gold Coinage'] at Reform Club, [United] Oxford Club, and Cambridge [University] Club. Father [J. A. Hardcastle] will do same at Brooks's Club. Suggests that JH also send copy to Athenaeum.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14293

From:
Patrick Francis Robertson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 January 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0455; Reel 1093
Summary:

Enthusiastically approves of JH's 'Half Dozen Propositions Respecting Gold Coinage.' Will distribute copies at Carlton Club.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13892

From:
Thomson Hankey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 January 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0238; Reel 1087
Summary:

Agrees with JH's propositions regarding gold currency, but offers minor corrections.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14058

From:
John Gellibrand Hubbard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 January 1870]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0280; Reel 1087
Summary:

Suggests alterations to JH's 'Half a Dozen Propositions Respecting the Gold Coinage' before this is added to Bank of England's publication on coinage controversy. Pleased by testimony of U.S. assay master [W. E. Du Bois].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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