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Series 1E - Scientific and general correspondence: ECHO - EYTON
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Date Rangec. 1845 - c. 1895
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1  Scientific and general correspondence c. 1845 - c. 1895

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• Letter from T H Huxley to "ECHO", Editor of the, 30 December 1879
Sent from London

Corrects two mis-statements concerning himself and the City and Guilds Institute [See HOWELL, G, No 1]
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.152
Date range 30 December 1879
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.152 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EDWARDS, Amelia Blanford (1831-1892), 28 July 1886
Sent from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset

Wants Huxley to join Egypt Exploration Fund; recent explorations in Egypt

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.154
Date range 28 July 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.154 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EDWARDS, Amelia Blanford (1831-1892), 11 September 1886
Sent from Westbury-on-Trym [Gloucestershire]

Thanks for letter and for his joining the Society

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.156
Date range 11 September 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.156 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EDWARDS, Amelia Blanford (1831-1892), 30 April 1889
Sent from Westbury-on-Trym [?Wiltshire]

Achievements of the Society; antiquities given to museums

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.158
Date range 30 April 1889
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.158 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EDWARDS, Amelia Blanford (1831-1892), 30 June 1890
Sent from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset

Thanks for his continued support; the portrait by Collier

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.160
Date range 30 June 1890
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.160 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EDWARDS, (Sir) Fleetwood Isham, GCVO (1842-1910), 18 February 1880
Sent from Osborne [Isle of Wight]

Thanks Huxley for letter giving information to the Queen on skulls brought home by Stanley

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.162
Date range 18 February 1880
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.162 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EGERTON, (Sir) Philip Malpas Grey, FRS (1806-1881), 25 October 1861
Sent from Bewley

Sending proofs of his articles which are dated, having been written before Huxley's new classification [Memoirs of the Geological Survey Decade x, 41; The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley ii, 461]

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.164
Date range 25 October 1861
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.164 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EGERTON, (Sir) Philip Malpas Grey, FRS (1806-1881), 12 January 1880
Sent from Tarporley, Cheshire

Will find it difficult to procure a fox as requested by Huxley

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.166
Date range 12 January 1880
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.166 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EGERTON, (Sir) Philip Malpas Grey, FRS (1806-1881), 13 January 1880
Sent from Tarporley, Cheshire

Has obtained two foxes and is sending them

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.168
Date range 13 January 1880
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.168 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EHLERS, Ernst Heinrich (1835-1925), 25 April 1861
Sent from Gottingen, Germany

Sends his Zoologische Beitrage and acknowledges on behalf of his collaborator Keperstein and himself great indebtedness to Huxley's works
Letter written in German

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.170
Date range 25 April 1861
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.170 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EHRENBERG, Christian Gottfried (1795-1876), 13 January 1873
Sent from Berlin

Is in doubt as to the nature of Bathybius and asks for specimens for examination; on Balanus and other organisms
Letter written in German

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.172
Date range 13 January 1873
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.172 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EHRENBERG, Christian Gottfried (1795-1876), nd
Sent from [Berlin]

Invertebrate zoology
Letter written in German

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.173
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.173 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EICHTAL, Gustave de (1804-1886), 31 March 1871
Sent from the Athenaeum, London

Unable to accept Huxley's invitation as he is engaged for a dinner at the Crystal Palace
Letter written in French

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.174
Date range 31 March 1871
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.174 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from ELIOT, (Sir) Charles Norton Edgcumbe, GCMG (1862-1931), 25 August 1892
Sent from the British Embassy, St Petersburg, Russia

Congratulations on Huxley's being made Privy Councillor; Privy Council appealed to for a decision on a point of marriage law
[There are many letters from this writer to Mrs Huxley, in section IIB]

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.175
Date range 25 August 1892
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.175 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from ELLA, John (1802-1888), 28 April nd
Sent from [London]

Mrs Huxley to find a companion as good music cannot be enjoyed alone

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.179
Date range 28 April
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.179 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from ELLIS, Charles (1824-1889), 1872
Sent from South Street [London]

Backshish to Arab servants

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.180
Date range 1872
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.180 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from ELLIS, George Henry (1844-1889), 20 November 1886
Sent from Leicester

A present of £100 in gratitude for Huxley's attention to a sick relative (Hutchinson) on the Continent

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.182
Date range 20 November 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.182 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter from T H Huxley to ELLIS, George Henry (1844-1889), 21 November 1886
Sent from London

Does not desire any reward and returns cheque. Would prefer a donation to the widow of a colleague [Guthrie]
Draft or copy letter by Huxley

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.184
Date range 21 November 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.184 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from ELLIS, George Henry (1844-1889), 24 November 1886
Sent from Leicester

Has sent a donation to the Guthrie fund

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.186
Date range 24 November 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.186 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from ELLIS, Henry and Sons, Ship Brokers, 17 May 1879
Sent from London

Has received cases of specimens addressed to Huxley and Professor Newton at Cambridge [cf NEWTON, A, No 3]

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.187
Date range 17 May 1879
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.187 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from ELLIS, Rachel Evans (wife of George Henry Ellis), 13 September 1886
Sent from Leicester

Gratitude for Huxley's attention to her brother (Hutchinson) at Arolla [See HUTCHINSON, L]

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.189
Date range 13 September 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.189 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from ELLIS, Rachel Evans (wife of George Henry Ellis), 15 September 1886
Sent from Leicester

Thanks for sending a full account of the circumstances

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.191
Date range 15 September 1886
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.191 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from ELWIN, (Rev) Whitwell (1816-1900), 27 January 1859
Sent from Booton, Norwich

Will consider the question of the Natural History Museum; asks Huxley to write on Cuvier [Elwin was editor of Quarterly Review]

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.193
Date range 27 January 1859
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.193 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from ENGLAND, (Rev) Richard A, 7 March 1874
Sent from Penge [London]

Asks for a working-men's ticket for Huxley's lectures. Is a curate and greatly admires Huxley's works

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.194
Date range 7 March 1874
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.194 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from ENGLAND, (Rev) Thomas, FGS (Died 1881), 31 August 1869
Sent from North Lew, Devon

The Exeter meeting of the British Association; veneration of Aristotle

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.196
Date range 31 August 1869
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.196 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from ERSKINE, David (1816-1903), 26 March 1894
Sent from Chelsea, London

Intelligence of Crustacea in Australia; remarks suggested by reading Huxley's Crayfish

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.198
Date range 26 March 1894
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.198 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EVANS, (Sir) John FRS (1823-1908), 31 July 1868
Sent from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

Encloses a letter complaining of irregular practices in usury by member of the staff and suggests that it should be investigated by the Council [of the Royal Society]

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.202
Date range 31 July 1868
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.202 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EVANS, (Sir) John FRS (1823-1908), 9 December 1877
Sent from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

Thanks for gift of Physiography; discovery of royal human remains at King's Langley

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.206
Date range 9 December 1877
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.206 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EVANS, (Sir) John FRS (1823-1908), 12 July 1883
Sent from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

The Darwin Memorial Fund

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.208
Date range 12 July 1883
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.208 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EVANS, (Sir) John FRS (1823-1908), 30 October 1884
Sent from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

Huxley's letter of resignation read to Council of Royal Society, but they cannot accept it

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.210
Date range 30 October 1884
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.210 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EVANS, (Sir) John FRS (1823-1908), 4 December 1884
Sent from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

Account of Royal Society Anniversary meeting and dinner

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.212
Date range 4 December 1884
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.212 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EVANS, (Sir) John FRS (1823-1908), 25 December 1884
Sent from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

New Vice-Presidents of Royal Society; White [Assistant Secretary] retiring; Collier's portrait of Spottiswoode

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.214
Date range 25 December 1884
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.214 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EVANS, (Sir) John FRS (1823-1908), 8 March 1885
Sent from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

Changes in staff at Royal Society; a bequest of £30,000 to the Society frustrated by a rascally solicitor; Counsel's opinion to be taken

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.216
Date range 8 March 1885
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.216 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EVANS, (Sir) John, FRS (1823-1908), 19 June 1887
Sent from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire

A difficulty with Lankester and the Marine Biological Association; urges Huxley to continue the Presidency of it until matters can be settled

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.218
Date range 19 June 1887
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.218 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EVANS, Sebastian, LLD (1830-1909), 31 December 1881
Sent from London

A fraudulent artist [Roden, qv], who painted a portrait of Huxley, sold the original and sent him a copy

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.220
Date range 31 December 1881
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.220 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EVANS, Sebastian, LLD (1830-1909), 4 January 1882
Sent from London

Agrees with Huxley's method of settling the matter and regrets the trouble it has caused

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.222
Date range 4 January 1881
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.222 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EWENS, John, 19 September 1876
Sent from Troy, New York, USA

Asks Huxley to lecture in Troy to the Scientific Association and Polytechnic Institute

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.223
Date range 19 September 1876
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.223 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EYCK, Henry J, 18 September 1876
Sent from Yale, USA

Asks for Huxley's autograph

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.224
Date range 18 September 1876
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.224 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EYTON, Thomas Campbell (1809-1880), 17 January [1867]
Sent from Wellington [?Shropshire]

Osteology of Birds

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.225
Date range 17 January 1867
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.225 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EYTON, Thomas Campbell (1809-1880), 18 December [1867]
Sent from Wellington [?Shropshire]

Invitation to Huxley to visit his collection

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.226
Date range 18 December 1867
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.226 Box Number 15 Series 1e
• Letter to T H Huxley from EYTON, Thomas Campbell (1809-1880),21 December 1867
Sent from Wellington [?Shropshire]

Will lend him a specimen of Opistocomus. Thanks for his paper [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867, 413; The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley iii, 239]

 Creator Huxley, Thomas Henry
Control 15.722
Date range 21 December 1867
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier 15.722 Box Number 15 Series 1e
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