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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Forbes
Date:
[1 May – 5 June 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 144: 131
Summary:

Comments on MS by C. S. Bate. Bate not aware of other work on Cirripedia; cites Bate’s errors. Would Bate allow CD to use his drawings in Living Cirripedia? [See Living Cirripedia 1: 9–16.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Adolphus Seymour Seymour, 12th duke of Somerset
Date:
May 1851
Source of text:
Julian Browning (dealer) (Catalogue 10, ‘Historical Manuscripts and Documents’)
Summary:

Testimonial on behalf of J. D. Hooker, addressed to Lord Seymour as Chief Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Woods and Forests, signed by CD and many other scientists.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Darwin, Catherine
To:
Darwin, Emma
Date:
1 May [1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 41
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
Text Online
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/1012, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Novello
Date:
1 May 1851
Source of text:
Knox College Galesburg MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1851-5 or later]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0609; Reel 1089
Summary:

P.S.: Henry Bingley asks Treasury for further clarification on compensation for Bingley's son.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-5-1851
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.51-52, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-5-1851
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.53, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

3 page letter over 1 folio.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Sir Robert Harry Inglis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 May 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0290; Reel 1087
Summary:

Asks JH to pay brief call at RI's home on way to London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hensleigh Wedgwood; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood
Date:
1 May [1851]
Source of text:
V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 310)
Summary:

Thanks HW for the trouble he has taken; sends a cheque [to cover expenses of Anne’s funeral?]. Emma Darwin adds a note to FMW.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Thomas Brande
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1851-5 to 1851-10]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0116.3; Reel 1087
Summary:

Grateful for JH's reply. Will wait for [Henry] Rich's answer to JH's references.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Buckle
Date:
[2 May 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0115; Reel 1054
Summary:

After their contract expires on 13 May, Moneyers will continue their operations at Mint until importation of bullion ceases, at which time WB's duties as assistant Coiner will commence. Living accommodations are not yet available at Mint.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[5 May 1851]
Source of text:
Return, 49-50
Summary:

Forwards Henry Bingley's appeal to Treasury for compensation for loss of Bingley's office as Queen's assay master. Notes previous offers that Bingley declined, including position as resident assayer in reorganized Mint. Points out that Bingley's son worked in Mint for past two years without pay in preparation for succeeding his father. Compliments Bingley's past work in raising Mint standards for purity of gold.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Jasper Atkinson
Date:
[5 May 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0041; Reel 1054
Summary:

JH received request for employment from workman employed by JA. Forwards this to JA.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Stewart Dismorr
Date:
6 May [1851]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 385
Summary:

Congratulates JD on discovery of fossil footsteps near Port Philip, Australia. Richard Owen would be glad to examine them. J. B. Jukes most likely to know geology of Port Philip.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Edward Forbes
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
6 May 1851
Source of text:
John Innes Centre, Library and Archives W. H. Flower Collection 11/1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
George Maule
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 May 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0349; Reel 1087
Summary:

Returns copy of JH's letter to Queen, with suggested alterations. Sign and return this, so GM can officially present matter to Privy Council tomorrow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Henry Thomas De La Beche
Date:
6 May 1851
Source of text:
British Geological Survey MS GSM1/507
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[6 May 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 2.320
Summary:

Would like a reference from him regarding a candidate for a position at the Mint. Would like him and David Brewster to dine with him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[6 May 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0542.2; Reel 1053
Summary:

Describes JH's day at Mint and at home. Reading H. V. Regnault's 'Chemistry.' Met with Richard Grenville about 'miserably knotty affair' with Benedetto Pistrucci. Inspected [W. A.] Miller's improved assay process at R.S.L. Arranged with Sir [Charles] Fremantle to employ twenty Custom House clerks at Mint temporarily. Arranged lease of refinery to Rothschild. Too busy to join daughters and Miss Stewart for dinner and opera. Dined at Duke of Somerset's with Charles Babbage, [Holland?], and David Brewster.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project