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Herschel13360

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William James Herschel
Date:
[23 February 1869]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0562; Reel 1053
Summary:

Comments on WJH's appointment as judge in India. Contrasts legal practices in England and India. Reviews calamities WJH witnessed in India. Alexander Herschel is lecturing about eclipse at Royal Institution and Leamington. Family news. P.S.: Please write to W. E. Hearn in Melbourne regarding Hearn's book Government of England.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-6630

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Croll
Date:
24 Feb [1869]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.271)
Summary:

Thanks JC for his proofs of article on the movement of glaciers.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6632

From:
Henry Holland, 1st baronet
To:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Date:
24 Feb [1869]
Source of text:
DAR 86: A79–80
Summary:

References to works on probability;

statistics on proportion of sexes in births in England and Wales.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel10141

From:
Robert P. Graves
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 February 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.28
Summary:

Package of letters has arrived safely via the Globe Parcel Express Co., for which accept his best thanks. Would like a page or two of JH's recollections of W. R. Hamilton if possible. Has sent a pamphlet on William Wordsworth and the Lake Country.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-6631

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Chester Tait
Date:
24 Feb 1869
Source of text:
Alan R. Tait (private collection)
Summary:

Discusses method for shipping Drosophyllum specimens.

Asks about inheritance in tailless dogs;

the growth of horns in merino sheep.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6635

From:
Philip Gidley King
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Feb 1869
Source of text:
DAR 169: 28
Summary:

CD’s queries on expression of aborigines were difficult to answer because he encounters mainly those touched by civilisation. Hopes CD did get answers.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6633

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
25 Feb [1869]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Inquires about colour and development of plumage of poultry breeds. Is endeavouring to trace sexual differences throughout the animal kingdom.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6634

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugo Thiel
Date:
25 Feb 1869
Source of text:
DAR 148: 71
Summary:

Thanks for publication applying CD’s theory to moral and social questions.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP4877

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Lyell
Date:
25 February [1869]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society: The Darwin-Lyell Collection
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Herschel8403

From:
Mary Elizabeth Lyell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[26 February 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 19.289
Summary:

Does JH have any letters from H. C. Oersted to lend to Oersted's daughter for publication?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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FVM-69-02-27

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
27 February 1869
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, ff. 370-3
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-69-02-27a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Joseph Hooker
Date:
27 February 1869
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70. f. 365
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-69-02-28a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Ferdinand Krauss
Date:
28 February 1869
Source of text:
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-69-02-28

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Frederick Barlee
Date:
28 February 1869
Source of text:
Colonial Secretary's Office, letters received, acc. 36, vol. 632, ff. 199-201, State Records Office of Western Australia, Perth
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-69-02-28c

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Frederick Barlee
Date:
28 February 1869
Source of text:
Colonial Secretary's Office - letters received, acc. 36, vol. 632, ff. 174-5, State Records Office of Western Australia, Perth
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-69-02-28d

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Joseph Decaisne
Date:
28 February 1869
Source of text:
Bibliothèque de l'Institut de France, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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