Hitcham, Bildeston, Suffolk
29 Dec 1855
My dear Knights,
The enclosed P.O. order has been accidentally made out to the name of James instead of John & therefore I have so signed it. Perhaps you will be so good as to obtain the money for me & pay the I.J. [Ipswich Journal] bill enclosed. I see you have not printed the concluding Notice of No. 34 this week. I hope you got it back in safety. I must try & wind up the Wasps next week. The Chronicle last week gave the Ipswich Leaders a hard rap on the knuckles for preferring Stomach to Brains! I hope it did not offend any one. The French Exposition has sent me a bronze medal (2d Class) for my Fruits & Seeds. I have got specimens of the new Apatite from Mr Lawes. I told Owen to send the Museum fossils direct to Ipswich
Very truly yrs
J. S. Henslow
Please cite as “HENSLOW-1341,” in Ɛpsilon: The Correspondence of John Stevens Henslow accessed on