From:
Archibald Campbell Tait
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1870-9
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.424
Summary:
Expresses concern over Church of England schools. Suggests appeal to raise funds.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Asa Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Sept 1870
Source of text:
DAR 159: 87
Summary:
Statement of sales of U. S. edition of Origin.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (Софья Васильевна Ковалевская)
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Sept 1870
Source of text:
DAR 169: 53
Summary:
Accepts CD’s offer to order books from the Royal Society Library.
VOK asks for information about W. B. Carpenter’s dredging expedition in the Porcupine.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
J. Peter Lesley
Date:
[1 September 1870]
Source of text:
APS (no i.d.)
Summary:
Has received, through the good offices of the Smithsonian Institution, a number of back issues as well as current issues of the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia. The best way to send these volumes is by way of the Smithsonian.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project