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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Nicholson
Date:
December 1859
Source of text:
L59/12109, unit 747, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

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Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Nicholson
Date:
December 1859
Source of text:
N59/12710, unit 747, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
James Francis
Date:
1 December 1859
Source of text:
No. 6915, unit 5, VPRS 963 register of correspondence, VA 669 Department of Public Works, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
John Henry Dallmeyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Informs JH that he is taking over the optical workshop of his late father-in-law, Andrew Ross.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Kingsley
Date:
1 Dec [1859]
Source of text:
University of Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library (MSS gen 30.058)
Summary:

Is very glad CK wrote the article My Winter Garden (Kingsley 1858), which CD enjoyed.

Thinks CK should read abstracts of Living Cirripedia (1851) and Living Cirripedia (1854), and then, if he is particularly interested, borrow the actual volumes, rather than purchase them.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Richard Christopher Carrington
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.208
Summary:

[Frederick] Howlett's additional drawings have been revised and placed with the first ones. Reminded editor they should be noticed. Perhaps JH would inform S. B. Howlett that the Society appreciates the drawings. Is about to examine C. J. G. Pastorff's manuscript.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Richard Griffin & Co.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1859-12
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.141
Summary:

Is thinking of publishing a biographical dictionary and encloses an article on JH, which they would like him to revise if necessary.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Thomas Grubb
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 December 1859]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (48)
Summary:

Discusses his efforts making reflecting telescopes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project