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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

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

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

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

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

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

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
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HENSLOW-1167

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
W. H. Smyth
Date:
22 December 1848
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society Library William Henry Smyth Papers B Sm98
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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Tyndall0367

From:
John Tyndall
To:
William Ginty
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/5/13a, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Tyndall0368

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/HTYP/19, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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Faraday2145

From:
Lambert-Adolphe-Jacques Quetelet
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
29 December 1848
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday2132

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Richard Wellesley Rothman
Date:
7 December 1848
Source of text:
Minutes of the University of London Senate, 13 December 1848, p.28
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday2133

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Whewell
Date:
8 December 1848
Source of text:
TCC MS O.15.49, f.24
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday2134

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Misses Hawes
Date:
10 December 1848
Source of text:
Mr and Mrs Aida
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday2135

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward William Brayley
Date:
13 December 1848
Source of text:
Elizabeth Faraday Baird
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday2136

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Julius Plücker
Date:
14 December 1848
Source of text:
NRCC ISTI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday2138

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Christian Friedrich Schoenbein
Date:
15 December 1848
Source of text:
UB MS NS 388
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday2137

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
James Walker
Date:
15 December 1848
Source of text:
CITA
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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