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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
May 1871
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1858-70, f. 37
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Charles Henry Brett
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 May 1871
Source of text:
DAR 90: 74
Summary:

Corrects Descent: snipes do breed in Ireland.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles William Peach
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 May 1871
Source of text:
DAR 89: 177–8
Summary:

Sends specimens of gulf-weed and cirripedes for CD to identify.

Various observations on Descent,

inherited deafness,

recognition of musical notes by dog, etc.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Francis Galton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 May 1871
Source of text:
DAR 105: 30
Summary:

Is sending his reply to Nature, justifying his misunderstanding as well as he can [see 7717].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Banks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 May 1871]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0042; Reel 1062
Summary:

JH's 25 Apr. 1871 reply encouraged JB to oppose introduction of French metric system. [Thomas] Brassey and Mr. Shuttleworth will vote against it [in House of Commons].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Herbert Spencer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 May 1871
Source of text:
DAR 177: 229
Summary:

Intends to answer Sir A. Grant’s article if CD does not. [A. Grant, "Philosophy and Mr Darwin", Contemp. Rev. 17 (1871): 274–81; H. Spencer, "Mental evolution", Contemp. Rev. 17 (1871): 461–2.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский)
Date:
3 May 1871
Source of text:
Institut Mittag-Leffler
Summary:

Asks VOK to translate a passage from Franz Körte, Die Streich-, Zug- oder Wander-Heuschrecke [1828], p. 33.

Deplores the "fearful piece of tyranny" that is obstructing publication of Descent in Russia.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Langstaff
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 May 1871
Source of text:
DAR 195.2 (letters): 37
Summary:

Contraction of platysma occurs during surgery under chloroform from touch of knife, independently of fear.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Lonsdale
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 May 1871
Source of text:
DAR 87: 47–8
Summary:

Credit for observation on supra-condyloid foramen in man is really due to Robert Knox, not John Struthers, as in Descent.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Lyell
Date:
3 May 1871
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society: The Darwin-Lyell Collection
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
Alexander J. B. Hope
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 May 1871]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0086; Reel 1087
Summary:

Philip Harwood, editor of Saturday Review, wants to use JH's letter as part of article on metric system on 13 May [1871] in anticipation of 16 May debate in House [of Commons]. Second reading of bill was postponed until 6 June.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Richard Jesse
Date:
4 May [1871]
Source of text:
Scripps College, Denison Library (Perkins Autograph Letter Collection)
Summary:

Asks for information about habits of a breed of terriers.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir John Hay Drummond-Hay
Date:
4 May 1871
Source of text:
JDH/1/9 f.578, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

JDH describes to Sir John Hay Drummond Hay the struggle his party has had with the authorities, to get suitable housing in Marocco [Marrakech]. He gives a detailed timeline of events from their reception in the city by a Mr Hunot, formerly of Messrs. Perry & Co. of Liverpool, to their finally getting assigned the house previously occupied by [Moses] Montifiore the following day. He gives the date they took up their quarters as 5 Aug but this should read 5 May. The initial date of the letter on page 1 has been corrected, in pencil, from 4 Aug to 4 May. The Montifiore house was only secured for JDH by the intervention of the Viceroy after Ben Daoud tried to make them stay in houses that were too small or dirty, against the instructions of the Sultan. They spent the night camping near the great mosque, under the protection of soldiers supplied by the more hospitable El Grauoi.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
James McCulloch
Date:
5 May 1871
Source of text:
Unit 54, VPRS 2599 original papers tabled in the Council, VA 471 Legislative Council, Public Record Office, Victoria.This letter was first registered in the Chief Secretary's Department (No. 5602, vol. 1871 Y, VPRS 1168, PROV). For a published copy of this letter see B71.05.01
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Frances Harriet Hooker (nee Henslow)
Date:
5 May 1871
Source of text:
JDH/1/9 f.582-584, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

JDH informs his wife Frances that he has arrived in Marocco [Marrakesh] after a 4 day journey from Mogadore [Essaouira]. He, John Ball & George Maw, are not good horsemen. The Argan forest they rode through was hilly with evergreen trees full of flowers & olive like fruit. They rode through a fertile hilly region then a vast stony plain. They saw Artemisia & Salicornia. Zizyphus & Withania frutescens. Springs from underground streams create oasis where some barley fields grow & straw & mud villages develop around them. JDH describes the wildlife. They saw the tower of the great mosque in Marocco from 20 miles away. They saw Atriplex, Zizyphus, Salicornia & Lycium barbarum, & Oleander. Irrigation wells mark subterranean streams but more of the city cannot be seen until it is reached, apart from some date palm groves & a few other mosque towers. Palm tree stems are used for lintels & rafters in mud houses, the leaves used for sweeping. It takes 3 hours to ride around the city walls which have figs, olives, poplars & palms & Celtis growing over them. JDH describes the tile-covered mosques. Inside of the city is mainly ruinous. JDH describes the population as poor, diseased & lame. JDH has been granted an audience with the Governor, El Graoui [El Glaoui], whom the Sultan has ordered to help JDH. JDH describes El Graoui & his palace. They are staying in Sir Moses Montefiore's on-time house, which has a garden with fruit trees. He lists the principal authorities as the Viceroy; El Graoui & Ben Daud, Governor of the City proper. JDH describes the Atlas mountains as lofty but not very rugged. The Sultan is opposed to Europeans, so the access that JDH has been given is unique. He describes the extent of the Sultan's authority & the government. The Sultan will not have the mountains worked for their copper, iron, lead etc. The party are well, although Edward Crump is variable in his work. JDH invites Daniel Oliver to share his letter with General Council.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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From:
William Odgers
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
5 May 1871
Source of text:
No. 1512, p. 700, unit 25, VPRS 1187/P, outward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Maxwell Tylden Masters
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 May 1871
Source of text:
DAR 171: 82
Summary:

After reading Descent, MTM sends report of a dog that woke its master at 7 a.m. on work days and 8 a.m. on Sunday.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Luigi Pomba
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 May 1871
Source of text:
DAR 174: 57
Summary:

Arrangements for Italian translation of Descent [1871].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Lady Maria Hooker (nee Turner)
Date:
6 May 1871
Source of text:
JDH/1/9 f.594, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

JDH sends belated birthday wishes to his mother, Lady Maria Hooker. He complains that the officials in Morocco are causing delays so the party's main excursion to the Atlas mountains has only just been organised. The trip will be facilitated by El Graoui, Governor of the Atlas Province, by order of the Sultan. The Sultan has guaranteed them supplies & safe passage, which is able to do in the third of his country that he actually has control over. JDH will spend two or three weeks in the Atlas with the mountain people before returning home to England via Mogadore [Essaouira]. He plans to ingratiate himself to the mountain people with gifts of knives, music boxes & other sundries. The sultan & his ministers are doing their best to 'improve' Morocco by making it more accessible & utilising their natural resources, such as copper, lead, iron, antimony & saltpetre. JDH describes the climate & local people as agreeable & has a good opinion of the local Governors but criticises the corrupt way that the Government is run & the squabbles between chiefs. JDH was received by Sir John Hay Drummond Hay at Tangier, he briefly describes the family; Lady Hay is related to Mr Carstensen [Cazytensen] the V[ice] Consul of Mogadore. JDH is pleased with his traveling companions, John Ball & George Maw. He explains that he could not miss the chance to go to the unexplored regions of the Greater Atlas mountains, especially when it took such diplomatic efforts to persuade the Sultan to give his permission. Hay had to tell the Sultana that JDH was the Queen of England's 'Hakeem & gardener' & that to refuse his request would offend her. JDH explains that they have travelled by mule & camels with additional animals to carry the baggage, and with an escort of black soldiers.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
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From:
William Odgers
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
6 May 1871
Source of text:
No. 1533, pp. 717-720, unit 25, VPRS 1187/P, outward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria.Copies of the circular were sent to heads of 12 of the subsidiary departments within the Chief Secretary’s Department
Summary:

No summary available.

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Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project