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DCP-LETT-1041

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Harriet Hotham; Harriet Lubbock
Date:
[Dec 1848–9]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.70)
Summary:

Belittles the loss of a book borrowed from CD.

Acknowledges cheque in payment for purchase of microscope for John Lubbock.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1210

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John William Lubbock, 3d baronet
Date:
[Dec 1848–9]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Obliged for drawings and coins. Cannot tell what the stone is.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1212

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John William Lubbock, 3d baronet
Date:
[Dec 1848–9]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.77)
Summary:

Thanks JWL for the use of a schoolroom.

Arranges to meet JWL’s son [John] to discuss use of microscope.

Mentions illness.

Thanks JWL for his paper ["Shooting stars", London Edinburgh & Dublin Philos. Mag. 32 (1848): 81–8, 170–2; 35 (1849): 356–7].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel7634

From:
George Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 December 1848]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/6.1; Reel 9
Summary:

W. S. Williams visited Russian embassy and ascertained only that copies [of JH's Cape Results] were shipped. Suggests writing to [Russian ambassador F. I.] Brunnov for more exact information.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1897

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[3 December 1848]
Source of text:
WT 75871
Summary:

Writes to a lady at Slough to thank her for her kindness to JH's son [?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6818

From:
Henry T. De La Beche
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 December 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.134
Summary:

Returning the proofs of his article for the Admiralty Manual. 25 copies will be enough for him.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1211

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Higgins
Date:
6 Dec [1848]
Source of text:
Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/23)
Summary:

Discusses his account. Mentions death of his father and his own inheritance.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel3912

From:
Robert John Kane
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 December 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.3
Summary:

Some of his friends are wishing to put his name forward as a candidate for the fellowship of the R.S.L. Would JH sign his certificate?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9348

From:
Georg Adolph Erman
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 December 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.102
Summary:

Sending one of his own books, which he hopes JH will study.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9893

From:
Thomas Graham
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 December 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.227
Summary:

Sending a certificate for R. J. Kane and would be pleased if JH would put his name at the head of the list.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7563

From:
W. H. B. Webster
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 December 1848]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.80; Reel 9
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of JH's Cape Results donated to library of Ipswich Philosophical Society. Explains public features of library. Invites JH to lecture there. Note on 'lunar rainbow.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1209

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Maria Sarah (Maria) Turner; Maria Sarah (Maria) Hooker
Date:
[17 Dec 1848]
Source of text:
McGill University Library, Department of Rare Books
Summary:

Returns letters [from her son, J. D. Hooker, in India].

Asks that B. H. Hodgson’s zoological pamphlets be sent to him at Athenaeum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

JHC1524

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Brian Houghton Hodgson
Date:
18-12-[1848]
Source of text:
JDH/1/12 f.107-108, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Herschel3028

From:
Wilhelm Struve
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 December 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.138
Summary:

Acknowledges receipt of JH's Cape Results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7494

From:
H. B. Maskew
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 December 1848]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.11; Reel 9
Summary:

Grateful for Cape Results, received through Thomas Maclear.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7490

From:
Royal Bavarian Academy of Science
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 December 1848]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.7.1&2; Reel 9
Summary:

An official certificate and a note of appreciation for the gift of JH's Cape Results. Also comments on JH's Prelim Discourse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4992

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
F. W. A. Argelander
Date:
[23 December 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.54
Summary:

JH, president of R.A.S., is writing to FA to discover the quantity of results that FA wants to present for printing.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11782

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 December 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.142
Summary:

While TM was at Agulhas the large equatorial arrived, perfectly safe. Dome and railway have not arrived yet. Had a letter from W. R. Dawes. Found lighthouse at Agulhas well made and has sent sample of the material to Francis Beaufort. Not much news of the war in the Colony. Will take care over the mounting of the equatorial.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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