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DCP-LETT-1382

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 100: 164
Summary:

Wants catalogue of small islands that contain peculiar plants. Thinks complete floras of islands in various stages of depression [subsidence] would provide good data.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel4623

From:
John Couch Adams
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 April 1851]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.7
Summary:

Stating he has approached certain Government officials in order to obtain a pension for John Hind.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12673

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Bingley
Date:
1851-4
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0094; Reel 1054
Summary:

JH cannot give definite date for HB's termination in Assay Office. This will be delayed for as long as gold is being imported for coinage.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6342

From:
William Brockedon
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1851-4
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.106
Summary:

Will have some power punches made. Gives Mr. Hodges's notes on JH's points. Very busy at the moment with the exhibition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel208

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[2 April 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.248.6
Summary:

Encourages GA to write a letter in support of time off for John Hind.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel289

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[2 April 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.119.204
Summary:

Note to accompany return of printed text [see GA's 1851-3-31], with one annotation enclosed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel290

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 April 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.119.206
Summary:

Needs clarification of JH's annotation [see JH's 1851-4-2].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13947

From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 April 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0254.1.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

Encloses draft of proposed letter to Treasury.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1397

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Johannes Japetus Smith (Japetus) Steenstrup
Date:
3 Apr 1851
Source of text:
Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen (NKS 3460 4to)
Summary:

Fossil cirripedes specimens being returned. Will send a copy of monograph [Fossil Cirripedia]. Discusses work on recent cirripedes.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel13836

From:
Edward Enfield
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 April 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0184.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

Encloses official response by EE to offer from Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood]. Asks JH to see that memorial from EE [and Robert Rintoul] is read by [Henry Rich].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel291

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
[4 April 1851]
Source of text:
RGO 6.119.207
Summary:

Responds, clearing up the misunderstood instruction [see GA's 1851-4-3].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1398

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Wilhelm Bernhard Rudolph Hadrian (Wilhelm) Dunker
Date:
5 Apr [1851]
Source of text:
Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen
Summary:

Returns fossil cirripede specimens to WD, Friedrich Adolph Roemer, R. A. Philippi, and F. C. L. Koch.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel13074

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[5 April 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0481.5; Reel 1055
Summary:

Forwards letter from Edward Enfield, who feels that Enfield's compensation as terminated Moneyer should not be diminished for declining offer of position in new Mint establishment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13837

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Enfield
Date:
[5 April 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0184.2; Reel 1087
Summary:

Received EE's letters [see EE's 1851-4-4] and will forward these to Henry Rich.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12909

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Henry Rich
Date:
[5 April 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0322 & 0323; Reel 1054
Summary:

Sends proposals for HR's approval. Encloses excerpt from Edward Enfield's letter concerning salary raise.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14285

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Rintoul
Date:
[5 April 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0447.3; Reel 1093
Summary:

If RR still wishes, RR may now submit individual claim for compensation to JH and Henry Rich for consideration.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12930

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Parsons (Lord Rosse)
Date:
[5 April 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0342; Reel 1054 (C: RS:HS 25.15.15)
Summary:

[Extract] Appeals [to R.S.L.] for financial support to J. R. Hind, whose health is failing. Encloses letter and sketch from Hind, certificate for Dr. Hall, and letter from Richard Sheepshanks.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1279

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
5 April 1851
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.48, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Herschel964

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1851]
Source of text:
JHS 6.15
Summary:

Unhappy with matters at the Mint; JH talks about the activities of the children, and about his involvement with the Great Exhibition. [Most of the letter written on 1851-4-7.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14269

From:
Henry Rich
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
7 April [1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0443.5; Reel 1093
Summary:

Will take JH's memorandum to Chancellor of Exchequer [Charles Wood] for consideration.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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