| Ref No | DF/PAL/120/9 |
| Alt Ref No | DF120/9 |
| Acc No | 2001/31 |
| Title | Woodward, Henry to Hawkins, Herbert Leader: letter |
| Description | 1 letter from Henry Woodward to [?] Hoskins[?] re sending Hoskins's manuscripts of 'Girdle of Discides' to printers, and thanking him with a gift of a trilobite, found in Dudley (Wenlock limestone)
Transcribed as follows:
p.1
Dear HL Hawkins
I am committing your fifth-
MS ("Girdle of Discides") to the Printer,
-& have already sent the drawings
for plate XXV 1 to the Photo-Ingraver.
How I am to reward you for your great
industry & skill in delineating their very
beautiful structures, & describing them in
such eloquent & well-chosen sentences I
am at a loss to determine. Not being
in the fighting line, I cannot send
you a Hun's helmet or breastplate
but I think it should be decorative
1/ not "the gidle of Venus", but still very beautiful
p.2
& some form of armature of Nature.
Perhaps [C]alym[e]ne Blum[e]nbachii
from Dudley (Wenlock Limestone), which
I possess, & love very dearly, would best
express my thanks. So I send it
& beg you to accept it as a
"Mascot" from an old friend
& never to part with it.
& so I bid you hastily farewell
from Yours sincerely
Henry Woodward
Was previously DF5012/55 |
| Date | 3 Aug 1917 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM Archives |
| Extent | 1 |
| Level | File |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates | Source |
| PX6 | Woodward; Henry (1832-1921); Keeper of Geology | 1832-1921 | |
| PX11220 | Hawkins; Herbert Leader (1887-28 Dec 1968); Professor; Geologist | 1887-28 Dec 1968 | |