Letters from A.H. Haliday to H. T. Stainton 27 January, 1862 -1st February 1862

Letter from A.H. Haliday to H. T. Stainton 27 January, 1862 H.T. Stainton Esq. My dear sir, In drawing the cheque for £16 wh. I enclose to you this morn. I believe I forgot to designate the Union Bank Charing Cross. Will you however observe that it should be presented to that branch only. Yours truly Alex. H. Haliday 1862.1.27 Letter from A.H. Haliday to H.T. Stainton 28 January, 1862 My Dear Sir, Will you consider me ‘mobilior aqua’, if I ask you, after all, not to propose me the M.E.S. at present, if you have not already committed yourself which I rather suppose is not the case and would not be till February meeting. The fact is I came here quite ignorant of the antecedents and some subsequents have occurred ‘over which I had no control’ which make me think be as well to pause till I come home again. In any case if committed let it be, pray now as an Annual Member only I shall not forget your work if I hear of any leaf-mining or other micro-phili [ ] Dohrn has given me his list of Ent. Associates I hope to go to Tuscany by Turin and to [meet] Bellardi at least [ ] Ghiliani  etc. Yours very truly, A.H. Haliday 1 Buckland Crescent NW 1862.1.28 7 p.m. Letter from A.H. Haliday to H.T. Stainton 30 January, 1862 I am certainly rather disconcerted by your letter received this morning as it implies you are now doubtful of joining the Entomological Society. As I fancy you can hardly be acquainted either with the antecedents or subsequents — in all their learnings — I would suggest that you should allow me a discretionary power to propose you on Monday next as originally intended if Mr. Saunders should concur with me that such a course would really be the most beneficial for the interests of the Society I think you have sufficient confidence in the discretion of Mr. Saunders and myself to know that we would not place you in any false position. After your election I will defer any payment until I hear from you. Under these circumstances I ought to return your cheque but I have already paid it in to my bankers — shall I therefore send you a cheque for £16. 3.11 that is for £12. 9. — Please let me have a line in reply and I will look upon that as conclusive.

Letter from A.H. Haliday to H.T. Stainton 30. .1862

My Dear Sir, Your kind note obviates some of the difficulties which sprang up out of my imperfect information. I considered that you might be unwilling to suggest any further deliberation when I asked you to propose me unconditionally. But if you and Mr. Saunders will consent to judge for me on the grounds I state and decide on the affirmative I shall have no longer any apprehension of having happened on an unseasonable occasion for joining the society I wish to see an “United Italy” not to enter into a divided camp, if you and Mr. Saunders believe that there is good prospect of the Society now going on harmoniously in the main I put myself entirely in your hands and if proposed and elected I would wish at once to have the entrance fee and annual subscription paid. Perhaps you will be so good as to retain a few pounds besides in case of my again (as before) availing myself of the good offices of the Stettin Soct to procure books for instance — if in their list of separate impressions are Thomson’s Proctotrupinae of Sweden, 6 papers and of Swedish Academy “Ofversigt”. The German Ent. Societies seem rather controversially given, too, between (if no within) themselves; but after all one must consider that one or two angry wasps make more noise than a whole hive of sober, busy bees. I have looked over the list, I have got this morning some hints, which incline me to take the route by Toulon, Nice, Genoa and in preference either to the [Mo Cenis] or the longer sea from Marseille to Genoa. When I have oriented myself at the other side of the Eternal Hills [Rome] I will write to you, if I make any discoveries of Microphili. With my best regards to Mr. Saunders I remain, your faithfully, Alex. H. Haliday Did I give you my future address say from middle of February San Concordia Lucca — Toscania = 1 Buckland Crescent N.W. 1862.1.30 9 p.m.

Letter from A.H. Haliday to H.T. Stainton 1st February 1862 My Dear Sir, I have to thank you for your note enclosing a cheque for £8 (eight pounds). I have no doubt that when you and Mr. Saunders think the time convenient I shall be glad of it a I wish well to the Society. Dohrns relations were with Costa only — as Bellardi, Costa etc. Were among them — at all events I shall have a [nature] to look out for Micros Linnaeus I mean — the others I scarcely venture to handle. Believe me Yours sincerely, Obliged etc. Alex. H. Haliday 1 Buckland Crescent N.W. 1862.2.1 I shall be gland to get through Stettin Socty any of the separate impressions I ment[ioned] from Swedish Academy Transns and Proceedings viz Holmgren x Thomson