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Autograph letter signed 'Rd. Owen', 1 November 1858, to [William] Whewell, 'Your time will be much better bestowed than in criticisng the accompanying "idyllium": but if you know of any idle "fellow" given that way, his comments, a la Bentley, and as sharp as the old Masters', would be a great favor, if retained, with a copy of my friend's effusion, at the critic's perfect leisure', 2 pages, a little creased, together with Sedgwick (Adam, 1785-1873) , Autograph letter signed 'A. Sedgwick', Trinity College, 27 November 1865, to Mrs Pryme, 'I mean this letter for your Brother Charles as much as for yourself and my dear God daughter... ', sending his love and saying that he had started Charles's book "Life of Christ: An Eclectic Gospel" but put it aside and never went back, discussing his health and his failing eyesight, etc., 4 pages, 8vo, plus an autograph note in the third person from Sedgwick to Mr Brunskill, Norwich, 5 January 1862, thanking him for the photograph of Mr Evans, a little creased, small 8vo, plus an autograph postscript from the end of a letter by Robert Stephenson (1803-1859), 'Weallans will now of course proceed vigorously with the alteration of the Bridge... ', initialled 'R.S.' and identified as Robert Stephenson in a slightly later hand beneath, red pencil date 12 August 1852 at head, 1 page, minor creases and marks, 8vo, plus autograph letters from Douglas Galton (1822-1899, engineer), Dr John Conolly (1794-1866, psychiatrist), plus specimen autographs of David Brewster (1781-1868), Michael Faraday (1791-1867) and Francis Galton (1822-1911) (9)