From:
Alexander John Ellis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 February 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.40
Summary:
Would like JH's support for his candidature for the R.S.L.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.324
Summary:
Sends a riddle. Has added a stanza. Does not credit the story of [T. C.?] Jansen's children. Comments on Roger Bacon's telescope.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[24 February 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.325
Summary:
Hopes he is well as he has not heard from him for a long time. Sends his own theories regarding the composition of force.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Text Online
From:
W. B. Carpenter
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
11 February 1859
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 80
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Christian Friedrich Schoenbein
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
20 February 1859
Source of text:
UB MS NS 446
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
4 Feb [1859]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:
Wants white breeds of poultry.
Poor health necessitates a trip to Moor Park, Farnham.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:
[6 Feb 1859]
Source of text:
DAR 263: 26 (EH 88206475)
Summary:
JL’s brother’s accident.
Thinks JL should tackle systematics of anomalous insects from studies of internal organs.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Phillips
Date:
8 Feb [1859]
Source of text:
Oxford University Museum of Natural History Archive Collections (John Phillips collection))
Summary:
His doctor urges CD most strongly not to expose himself to the excitement and fatigue of receiving the [Wollaston] Medal. He will ask Lyell to receive it on his behalf.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:
9 Feb [1859]
Source of text:
DAR 263: 27 (EH 88206476)
Summary:
CD sees JL’s cases of same organs varying greatly in allied forms as a serious difficulty in regard to his own ideas.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
[12 Feb 1859]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 106)
Summary:
Undergoing hydropathic treatment for his old ailment.
The "Abstract" [Origin] is the cause. Only two chapters to do.
His satisfaction that he believes he has convinced Hooker and Huxley and staggered Lyell.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
[13 Feb 1859]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 35
Summary:
Discusses events at Moor Park and domestic matters.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Mary Butler
Date:
20 Feb [1859]
Source of text:
John Hay Library, Brown University (Albert E. Lownes Manuscript Collection, MS 84.2 (Box 3, Folder 37))
Summary:
Sends naturalists’ autographs.
Enjoyed fortnight at Moor Park.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Maria Sarah (Maria) Turner; Maria Sarah (Maria) Hooker
Date:
21 Feb [1859?]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D)
Summary:
Has given proxy according to James Paget’s request. Almost sure it is in favour of [J. A.?] Kingdon [for election to Athenaeum?].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
21 [Feb 1859]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:
Sends list of poultry breeds he would like.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
24 [Feb 1859]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 37
Summary:
Writes about their new billiard table.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, W. E.
Date:
[23 February 1859]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 36
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
Text Online
From:
Emilie Schoenbein
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 February 1859
Source of text:
UB MS NS 445
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John O'Shanassy
Date:
February 1859
Source of text:
J59/853, unit 747, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John O'Shanassy
Date:
February 1859
Source of text:
No. 1611, vol. 1859 K, VPRS 1168 inward correspondence registers, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
John O'Shanassy
Date:
February 1859
Source of text:
J59/1008, unit 747, VPRS 1189 inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project