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DCP-LETT-318

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
[1 Nov 1836]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 33 DAR/1/1/33)
Summary:

Alerts JSH to boxes of specimens and letter of 30 Oct on the way by wagon.

Thomas Bell has expressed interest in CD’s Crustacea and reptiles.

CD’s ignorance about his botanical specimens embarrasses him.

Asks whether JSH is disappointed with Galapagos plants.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel4187

From:
James Prinsep
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.71
Summary:

Sends Journal of the Asiatic Society. Calcutta Museum wants a hippopotamus skeleton; asks JH for leads.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7828

From:
Nathaniel Wallich
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.31
Summary:

Completed tour of Upper Assam searching for [wild tea shrub]. Wife and seriously ill children leaving for England. Lord Auckland [governor-general of India] urges sending consignments of plants and seeds to JH and Baron C. F. H. Ludwig.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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