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Choice of Headmaster of Wellington College rests with Governors, not a Committee; a testimonial from Sedgwick would carry great weight with Blomfield

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Thanks for pleasure of a long visit

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Sends Bishop of St David's letter; he heard Sedgwick's lecture at Philosophical Society on geology of North Pole; he will consult Sedgwick about dining in Hall

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Canon Heaviside, the Master of Catharine, and Goulburn think Yool's amended proposal, about property in the Close, agreeable

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Invitation to dinner to meet [Rancke]

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He has accepted an invitation; he thanks the Prince for a platform ticket

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He can keep an appointment

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Looking forward to seeing him

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Thanks for reference for Livesey, candidate for an Assistant Curator's post in the Department of Minerals, British Museum; he has not seen the work alluded to; he would soon be out of his depth 'in the wider sea of Geology'; 'Such inquiries, when arguments are based upon them, will be found to lead to very uncertain, if not dangerous, conclusions.'

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Sends enclosure: seeks help of Sedgwick's 'archaeological neighbours'; his book will contain much new material; he needs support for publication

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Thanks for contribution to Blomfield Monument Fund; they raised about £1300; the monument will be a recumbent figure in St Paul's on a site chosen by the Bishops of London and Oxford and Mr Beresford Hope; eminent sculptors are invited to send models

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Thanks for condolences

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Glad to act on Sedgwick's recommendation for the son of a North Lancashire friend; he must consider proper conduct of Post Office business, and residents' convenience

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His rheumatism has subsided - by mesmerism; it worked also for bilious headaches

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He accepts Sedgwick's invitation for the Norwich Assizes

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When can he start making a bust of Sedgwick?

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Glad Taylor's translations from Breton are approved; attractions of 'the old world Armorican race'; Kingsley is staying with them: he and Taylor's wife share an interest in music

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Congratulations on his 82nd birthday; Selwyn in recovering at Guilford

Scope and Contents ATKINSON, AMY ELIZABETH (b.1829) (wife of Michael Angelo Atkinson, clergyman). Letter to Margaret Isabella Sedgwick (n.d.) Add.9807/1 BANNISTER, JAMES DAWSON (1799-1883) (clergyman). Letter to Margaret Isabella Sedgwick (1873) Add.9807/2 BIRKBECK, M.E. (Carnforth, Lancs). Letter to Margaret Isabella Sedgwick (1873) Add.9807/3 BUMPSTED, MARGARET LOUISA YOURSTON (b.1828) (wife of Thomas Brooks Bumpsted). Letter to Margaret Isabella Sedgwick (1873) Add.9807/4 CLARKE, HENRY MATTHEW (1808-89)...

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1-2. Adam Sedgwick (Autumn 1860, January 1862); 3. Duke of Devonshire, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1862); 4. Otto Struve, St Petersburg (1875); 5-7. Dr Whewell (pre-1866); 8. J. Russell Lowell (undated, c.1860-1880); 9. Robert Ransome of Ipswich (undated, c.1855-1864); 10. Baron Gorell of Brampton (Gorell Barnes) (undated, c.1870-1900).