From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Spottiswoode
Date:
[8 Apr 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 96: 169–70
Summary:
Discusses the arrangements being made to present a gift to Huxley [see 8872].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Spottiswoode
Date:
7 July [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 202: 83
Summary:
Has been approached by [H. R. Hope-]Pinker who wishes to sculpt him for the Royal Institution; asks whether WS has any knowledge of the matter.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Spottiswoode
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 July 1878
Source of text:
DAR 177: 237
Summary:
Writes about [H. R. Hope-]Pinker, who tried to approach CD via the Royal Institution in order to sculpt a bust of him. WS advises against agreeing to sit for him.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Spottiswoode
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 May 1880
Source of text:
DAR 177: 238
Summary:
S. M. Hersfeld [Herzfeld] has applied to WS for financial assistance in order to retrieve some books and apparatus from a carrier. He has previously been aided by CD, so WS seeks his advice.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Spottiswoode
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 May 1880
Source of text:
DAR 177: 239
Summary:
Since CD supplied Herzfeld with money to retrieve his goods from the carrier, but he did not use it for that purpose, WS sees no way of helping him except to send him home as "a distressed Austrian subject".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project