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Letters concerning George Harris' A Philosophical Treatise on the Nature and Constitution of Man, 1873-1877
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Series 1. Barclay, Hugh, 1799-1884, Mr. Sheriff

 

Letter #143 1876

Note

judge, sheriff-substitute of Dunblane and Perthshire, author of legal works
 

Series 2. Beddoe, John, 1826-1911, Dr.

 

Letter #52 1875

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physician and anthropologist, author
 

Series 3. Blake, Charles Carter, 1840-1897, Dr.

 

Letters #134, 134a, 135-138 1873-1875

Scope and Content Note

the first page of letter #138 seems to be missing

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Lecturer on Comparative Anatomy and Zoology, Westminster Hospital
 

Series 4. Bloxam, John Rouse, 1807-1891, Rev. Dr.

 

Letters #35-37, 42 1875-1876

Scope and Content Note

in letters #35-37 Rev. Bloxam serves as an intermediary between Cardinal Newman and Mr. Harris; letter #42 is more directly personal, thanking Mr. Harris for the gift of his 2-vol. "Treatise on Man"

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Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, Doctor of Divinity
 

Series 5. Bogouschevsky, Nicolas Casimir de, Baron

 

Letters #146-152 1877-1878

Scope and Content Note

letters in English, written from Pskof, Russia

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Russian landholder
 

Series 6. Bray, Charles, 1811-1884, Mr.

 

Letters #144-145 1876

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a freethinker and social reformer interested in phrenology, mesmerism and spiritualism
 

Series 7. Chaplain of Hanwell Lunatic Asylum (William Grey?)

 

Letter #139 1874

Note

the letter's signature is hard to decipher - it might be William Grey; Harris quotes from the letter in his treatise but identifies the source only as "The chaplain of one of our largest lunatic asylums..."; in the handwritten contents list bound into the letters volume, the writer is listed as "the Chaplain of Hanwell Lunatic Asylum"
 

Series 8. Chapman, John, 1821-1894, Dr.

 

Letter #92-93 1874

Scope and Content Note

there is only one letter, which had two numbers assigned to it

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physician and publisher, known for "editorship of the leading intellectual journal of the period, "The Westminster Review", his medical activities, and championing of radical causes"
 

Series 9. Clarke, Hyde, 1815-1895, Dr.

 

Letter #133 undated

Scope and Content Note

the letter has no salutation or date, so the first page might be missing

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engineer, philologist, author, member of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
 

Series 10. Coleridge, Derwent, 1800-1883, Rev.

 

Letter #109 1875

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Rector of Hanwell and Prebendary of St. Paul
 

Series 11. Cox, Edward William, 1809-1880, Mr. Serjeant

 

Letters #75-79 1872-1875

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Serjeant-at-law, President of the Psychological Society
 

Series 12. Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882, Mr.

 

Letters #1-4 1874-1875

Scope and Content Note

letter #1 is listed in the handwritten contents list but seems to have been missing at the time the volume was bound: a folded blank sheet is included in its stead

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naturalist, geologist, and originator of the theory of natural selection
 

Series 13. Galton, Francis, 1822-1911, Sir

 

Letters #42a, 43-47 1874-1876

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biostatistician, human geneticist, eugenicist and author
 

Series 14. Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898, Rt. Hon.

 

Letters #33-34 1875-1876

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British prime minister and author
 

Series 15. Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895, Prof.

 

Letters #8-10 1874-1875

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biologist and science educationist
 

Series 16. Lubbock, John, 1834-1913, Sir

 

Letters #5-7 1875

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English banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist
 

Series 17. Maudsley, Henry, 1835-1918, Dr.

 

Letters #67-72 1874-1876

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medical psychologist and author
 

Series 18. Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890, Rev. Dr.

 

Letters #38-41 1875-1876

Scope and Content Note

letter #38 is addressed to John Bloxam; the others are addressed to Harris

Note

Anglican theologian who converted to Catholicism and was named a cardinal; author
 

Series 19. Plumptre, Charles John, 1818-1887, Prof.

 

Letters #94-107 1874-1876

Scope and Content Note

the numbers have been assigned to the letters somewhat erratically

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barrister and writer, edited two volumes of "The County Courts' Chronicle (1860–61)" with George Harris
 

Series 20. Quatrefages, A. de (Armand), 1810-1892, Prof.

 

Letters #64-66 1874-1876

Scope and Content Note

letters in French, sent from Paris

Note

Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, physician, professor of natural history, member of the French Academy of Sciences
 

Series 21. Richardson, Benjamin Ward, Sir, 1828-1896, Dr.

 

Letters #11-32, 32a, 32b, 32c 1873-1875

Scope and Content Note

includes some paragraphs of Harris' original printed proofs, with annotations

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British physician, physiologist, sanitarian and writer on medical history
 

Series 22. Rogers, Charles (1825-1890), Rev.

 

Letter #142 1876

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Church of Scotland minister and historian
 

Series 23. Sainte Croix, Le Roy de

 

Letters #114-121 undated-1877

Scope and Content Note

in French, sent from London

Note

in his volumes, Harris refers to this correspondent as Le Roy; in the handwritten contents list bound with the letters he is referred to as Dr. de Sainte Croix (Paris); the signature is L. R. de Sainte Croix; there are records of an author by that name with the appropriate years of 1834-1882, whose books concern French history
 

Series 24. Seager, Charles (possibly 1808-1878), Prof.

 

Letters #140-141 1874-1875

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orientalist, graduate of Magdalen College, converted to Catholicism, taught at Catholic University College, Kensington
 

Series 25. Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877, Mr.

 

Letters #48-51 1875

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chemist and surgeon, MCRS
 

Series 26. Sopwith, Thomas, 1803–1879, Mr.

 

Letters #53-63 1874-1875

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surveyor and civil engineer, fellow of the Royal Society
 

Series 27. Tagore, Ganendro Mohun, 1826 – 1890, Mr.

 

Letters #122-132 1874-1875

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first Asian to be called to the English bar, 1862, professor of Hindu Law, University College, London
 

Series 28. Vaughan, Charles John, 1816-1897, Rev. Dr.

 

Letter #108 1874

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headmaster of Harrow School, Master of the Temple, headmaster and dean of Llandaff
 

Series 29. Wake, C. Staniland (Charles Staniland), 1835-1910 , Mr.

 

Letters #80-91 1874-1875

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anthropologist, author
 

Series 30. Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913, Mr.

 

Letters #73-74 1874

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naturalist and evolutionary theorist
 

Series 31. Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889, Rev.

 

Letters #110-113 1874-1876

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natural historian and microscopist
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