Has been requested by the relatives of the late W. R. Hamilton to write a memoir. Would be glad if JH would send him any suitable letters of Hamilton in his possession.
Many thanks for sending the seeds of Wellingtonia. Has two Cryptomerias also grown from seed. Was much interested in Alexander's lecture.
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Sends MS. Asks CD to recommend it to a scientific society.
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Librarian to the Board of Trade proposes a celebration of CD’s 60th birthday by the Vienna Free Press.
Returns a book on beavers borrowed from CD.
Honoured to be mentioned with Alexander von Humboldt, who was an inspiration to him.
Asks whether JL would be prepared to sign a petition on behalf of Miss Eliza Meteyard who is seeking a civil list pension.
Down School funds.
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Explains the point about gravitation and heat that CD does not understand in J. Croll’s letter [6218?].
Cambridge news.
Agrees with him about the impossibility of sending W. R. Hamilton's letters by post. Thinks the best plan would be to send them to his brother at the Athenaeum, who will bring them to Ireland.
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Comments on some incorrect attributions to JH.
Thanks for abstract of Moseley’s paper on motion of glaciers [see 6599]. Reading it convinced him that Tyndall’s received view is wrong. Has formed a new view, which he has sent to Philosophical Magazine [4th ser. 37 (1869): 201–6].
Sends abstract of an article by Carrière [J. Agric. Pratique 1 (1869): 159–67] on the improvement of wild radish by selection.
Habits of the fallow deer during the breeding season. [See Descent, 2d ed., p. 803.]
One of his students is interested in translating Orchids into French.
