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70_8 - Menzies, A [Archibald] [?cf_ C. F. [Charles Frederick] Newcombe, memorial of Menzies, in Archives of British Columbia, vol. [volume] 5. On May 2, 1793, menzies went ashore at Trinidad, says Newcombe. Menzies' own account of Triunidad is missing form his journal acc [account]. Newcombe. See p. [page] 142 - Hilgard, E. W. [Eugene Woldemar] did a great deal for botany which is why I include his name amongst botanists. This morning I had an interview with Miss Alice Hilgard, the daughter, at her request, in which she talked about Dr. Hilgard's autobiography and told me of many remarkable incidents |
70_9 of his life. Amongst other things she referred to Chas. [Charles] W. [William] Eliot, President of Harvard, and his visit to Berkeley when he delivered the address on Charter Day. I well remember Eliot on the day of his Charter Day address, especially the great birth mark on his face- the like of which (to that degree) I had never seen before. It seems, according to Miss Hilgard, that Eliot in a portion of his address waved his hand over the audience and interpolated: But that, of course, is something you common people would not understand!" Faculty persons were angered by so impolite a gesture, but |
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