From:
Thomas Bell
To:
John Frederick William Herschel
Date:
c. March 1853
Source of text:
MM/12/77, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
1 Mar [1853]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 5
Summary:
Discusses WED’s affairs and events at Down.
Writes of the benefits of reading.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Forbes Royle
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
1 March 1853
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.38
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[29 February 1853]
Source of text:
JHS 1.97
Summary:
About MH's continuing illness [see JH's 1853-2-21] and the illness of Mrs. Knowles; some of their children are spending the weekend with JH.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
-3-1853
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.86, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Hooker Project
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From:
John Wallace
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
March 1853
Source of text:
- Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/96/9
- Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
Summary:
Will answer some of your questions. ‘I’ve quite given up on making a fortune in California;” but am financially comfortable, will not return to live in England. Was just elected Superintendent and Chief Engineer of our water company, can have the job as long as I want it. Company has provided a horse, “frequently have to ride 25 or 50 miles per day on rough mountain roads” to maintain water system. Doing good business, will soon be out of debt and into profits. Gives specifications of five mile long water flume, and asks family to check his estimates of daily flow. . Will be able to pay back loans soon.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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From:
William Stevenson
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
1 March 1853
Source of text:
Proc.Roy.Soc., 1853, 6: 291
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project