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DCP-LETT-1384

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
[8 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
Kinnordy MS (private collection)
Summary:

Detailed critique of CL’s A manual of elementary geology [3d ed. (1851), used in editing 4th ed. (1852)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel14120

From:
Sir Charles Lyell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 December 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0344; Reel 1087
Summary:

JH should speak privately to Archbishop [J. B. Sumner] on behalf of G. R. Waterhouse. Richard Owen's supporters are strong, but as governor of British Museum, [Sumner] is obliged to speak favorably for staff members who expect promotion. Will tell [Sumner] that Waterhouse is JH's relative.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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