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Herschel2534

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 May 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.443
Summary:

Asks JH to consider Reginald Octavius Day for an appointment to the new mint in Australia. Sends regards of his nieces and self.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4159

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1854?]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (63)
Summary:

'Delighted' to hear that JH is in 'such good spirits.' Has been giving regular class lectures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2535

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 February 1854]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.444
Summary:

William Conybeare has asked AS to assist in the certification of George Wilson. Mentions William Whewell's book [Of the Plurality of Worlds: An Essay], but has been too ill to study it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2537

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 December 1855]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.446
Summary:

Has JH received the second or third of AS's Cambridge Paleozoic? Asks about William Whewell's pamphlets regarding the University. Describes trip to Scotland.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2541

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 May 1857]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.450
Summary:

JH's Essays [Essays Q.E.R.] has reached Lowestoft, but AS has been too ill to read them. Sends regards to family.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1369F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
11 Oct [1850]
Source of text:
Rensselaer Libraries, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Gerald and Sue Friedman manuscript collection MC 72 Box 1)
Summary:

Thanks AS for a copy of his book, Discourse [on the studies of the University, 5th ed.].

Thinking of not sending his eldest son [William] to a classical school.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2482

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
24 Aug [1859]
Source of text:
Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Summary:

Sorry to hear of AS’s poor health.

Would like to attend Aberdeen meeting [BAAS, 1859] but is unfit for so great an exertion. Has been told he has "suppressed gout".

Pleased that AS remembers their 1831 geological trip, which made CD appreciate the noble science of geology.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2525

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
11 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (13 December 2018, lot 235)
Summary:

Has told Murray to send AS a copy of Origin. CD’s conclusion is diametrically opposed to that which AS has often advocated, but he assures AS he does not send his book out of a spirit of bravado.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2555

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
26 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
The British Library (Egerton MS 3020: 1–3)
Summary:

CD expected AS’s "strong disapprobation" of his book [Origin] but is grieved "to have shocked a man whom I sincerely honour". Has worked "like a slave" on the subject for over 20 years and is not conscious that bad motives have influenced the conclusions at which he has arrived. CD does not think the book will be mischievous and "if I be wrong I shall soon be annihilated". CD may have written too confidently from feeling confident that no "false theory would explain so many classes of facts".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-984

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
28 May 1850
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library Add 7652.IIQ.35
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-978

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
27 November 1852
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library Add 7652.IIX.36e
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-973

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
27 December 1858
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library Add 7652.IIG.32
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-344

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
2 January 1850
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 283
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-345

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
1 February 1850
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 284
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-619

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
23 February 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 292
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-444

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
6 June 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 285
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-490

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
18 November 1857
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 286
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-620

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
20 November 1857
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 293
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-508

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
20 May 1858
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 287
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-1155

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
6 November 1858
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society Library The Scientists Collection I 509.L56
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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