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From:
John Tyndall
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
7 February [1873]
Source of text:
Dibner Library, Smithsonian Institution: MSS 001486 A
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Apr [1873]
Source of text:
DAR 106: C10
Summary:
William Spottiswoode was not at home, but JT sought out Herbert Spencer. Spencer will come with JT to see CD [about the Huxley fund].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
9 Apr [1873]
Source of text:
DAR 106: C11
Summary:
Is convinced that the "brotherly spirit of the transaction" will cause Huxley not to raise objections.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Apr 1873
Source of text:
DAR 106: C12
Summary:
W. G. Armstrong and T. H. Farrer have both contributed [to the Huxley fund].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Apr 1873
Source of text:
DAR 106: C13–14
Summary:
It is Huxley’s "duty to do what we wish him to do – his duty to his wife and children, his duty to us and to the world". Shares CD’s wish that Mrs [Henry] L[yell?] had not subscribed – it suggests the idea of an effort.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Apr 1873
Source of text:
DAR 106: C15
Summary:
[Sir Joseph?] Whitworth’s contribution brings total to over £2000. Wishes CD could be persuaded to come to lunch with Huxley and Emerson.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
