As Secretary of the Geological Society of London, CD formally expresses thanks for the American Philosophical Society’s Proceedings, vol. 1, no. 6.
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As Secretary of the Geological Society of London, CD formally expresses thanks for the American Philosophical Society’s Proceedings, vol. 1, no. 6.
Writes, as Secretary of the Geological Society, to thank GAM for his presents, a slab of anthracite with plant impressions (from Philadelphia) and some fossils from Cornwall.
Presents the account of Smith, Elder & Co. for the now published second and third numbers of the first part of the Zoology.
Introduces Syms Covington and recommends him for employment in Australia.
A letter of reference for Syms Covington.
CD’s servant [Syms Covington] will work his passage to Australia.
Returns a curious stone, of which he hopes to publish an account. [See Volcanic islands, p. 38.]
Invitation to dine at the Darwins’ with J. S. Henslow.