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DCP-LETT-864A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Robert Waterhouse
Date:
[after 22 May 1845]
Source of text:
Bloomsbury Auctions (dealers) (1990)
Summary:

Thanks him for describing the niata ox.

He is delighted that GRW is grappling with Galápagos insects. Needs to know immediately whether any entomologists beside GRW, Walker and A. White have described his insects.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel9898

From:
Thomas Graham
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
22 May [1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.232
Summary:

Delayed answering his letter until he had carried out the observations upon pure Colophene. Gives the results of his experiments. H. E. Sainte-Claire Deville's original account is in Annales de chimie, vol. 75. Council of the R.S.L. recommended Edward Sabine to be the new Foreign Secretary.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP1268

From:
Frances ("Fanny") Sims (née Wallace)
To:
Mary Ann Wallace (née Greenell)
Date:
22 May 1845
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/93/3
Summary:

After bumpy, rough 200-mile carriage ride to Montgomery, Alabama, was graciously received by hosts. Later visited the Jackson’s plantation in countryside. First Episcopal Bishop of Georgia wrote letters of introduction. Good Library at house. “Servants” [slaves] live well here and are “well regulated” without using “harsh words to the poor things. I never do,” and they respond readily to kindness.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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