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- 7 Nov. 1859 (Production)
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Edinburgh - JDF thanks WW for all his support on the Council of the Royal Society, especially since it 'placed you in the always disagreeable position of being in a minority' [WW's attempts to obtain for JDF recognition of his scientific labours. See JDF to WW, 16 July 1859]. With regard to his dispute with Louis Agassiz - 'that would have been easily disposed of': LA's experiments 'were instigated in consequence of a suggestion made by me during our joint residence on the glacier in 1841, when I not only counseled him to make these observations but instructed him how to do so'. JDF thanks WW for writing to Sir George Lewis in support of his application to become the Principal of the United Colleges of St. Andrews [see JDF to WW, 29 October 1859].