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GP has been asked to recommend a naturalist to sail with Capt. Robert FitzRoy to Tierra del Fuego and the South Sea Islands. If Leonard Jenyns is not available, whom would JSH recommend?
P.S. Urges JHS not to lose this opportunity to have collections made for "our museum".
Details about FitzRoy and proposed voyage of Beagle. CD invited to go on the voyage as naturalist.
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Forwards to JH letters sent by Humphrey Lloyd and G. B. Airy to William Whewell. Concurs with Lloyd's recommendations [for Canada survey] and with Airy's suggestion of photographic registers to determine simultaneity of distant observations. [JH note: Routing list for letter among committee members.]
A note accompanying a letter from Augustus Frederick (Duke of Sussex) asking JH to reconsider his refusal of the offer of a baronetcy [see JH's 1838-6 to AF].
A further letter saying Augustus Frederick (Duke of Sussex) can wait an extra day for a response from JH.
GP informs JH how gratified Augustus Frederick (Duke of Sussex) was by JH's letter [see JH's 1838-6-19].