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DCP-LETT-1369F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
11 Oct [1850]
Source of text:
Rensselaer Libraries, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Gerald and Sue Friedman manuscript collection MC 72 Box 1)
Summary:

Thanks AS for a copy of his book, Discourse [on the studies of the University, 5th ed.].

Thinking of not sending his eldest son [William] to a classical school.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2482

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
24 Aug [1859]
Source of text:
Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Summary:

Sorry to hear of AS’s poor health.

Would like to attend Aberdeen meeting [BAAS, 1859] but is unfit for so great an exertion. Has been told he has "suppressed gout".

Pleased that AS remembers their 1831 geological trip, which made CD appreciate the noble science of geology.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2525

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
11 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (13 December 2018, lot 235)
Summary:

Has told Murray to send AS a copy of Origin. CD’s conclusion is diametrically opposed to that which AS has often advocated, but he assures AS he does not send his book out of a spirit of bravado.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2555

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
26 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
The British Library (Egerton MS 3020: 1–3)
Summary:

CD expected AS’s "strong disapprobation" of his book [Origin] but is grieved "to have shocked a man whom I sincerely honour". Has worked "like a slave" on the subject for over 20 years and is not conscious that bad motives have influenced the conclusions at which he has arrived. CD does not think the book will be mischievous and "if I be wrong I shall soon be annihilated". CD may have written too confidently from feeling confident that no "false theory would explain so many classes of facts".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-459

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
21 [Dec 1838]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library Add 7652 IB: 175
Summary:

CD informs AS of the position of the Council of the Geological Society on recommending J. B. Jukes for a geological survey of Newfoundland. Feels Jukes’s application would have best chance of success if Sedgwick, his Professor at Cambridge, wrote a letter.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6418

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
13 Oct 1868
Source of text:
Mrs Romney Sedgwick (private collection)
Summary:

Thanks AS for congratulations on George Darwin’s Trinity fellowship.

Reminiscence of his geological tour of North Wales with AS and the encouraging messages received during the Beagle voyage.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7213F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
1 June [1870]
Source of text:
Stanford University Department of Special Collections (Stephen Jay Gould Collection, M1437, Box 958)
Summary:

Thanks AS for his kindness towards himself and his family. Looks back with great satisfaction to his last visit ("as it will probably prove") to Cambridge.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

SOMERVILLE291

From:
John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
7 Dec 1847
Source of text:
HS 15.431, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2510

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[9 October 1820]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.420 (C: RS:HS 20.101)
Summary:

Asks AS to send him plagiedral quartz for experimentation. Unable to commence Cornish expeditions with Charles Babbage. Requests AS discuss publication of their [JH's, George Peacock's, and Babbage's] book with Peacock.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2512

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[3 August 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.422 (C: RS:HS 21.144)
Summary:

Received £500 from J. C. Spencer (Lord Althorp) for reduction under the direction of G. B. Airy of earlier planetary observations. Althorp conferred with Lord Grey. Conjectures possible need of a larger grant.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2514

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[15 May 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.424 (C: RS:HS 22.195)
Summary:

Discusses the meeting of the B.A.A.S. and William Whewell's view of the proceeding. Will assume the chair and expects support from AS, George Peacock, and probably Whewell.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2516

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[15 April 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.427 (C: RS:HS 22.230 & draft: RS:HS 15.426)
Summary:

[Robert Chambers's] Vestiges of Creation is shallow and full of errors. Tells AS not to spare it when he reviews it. Discusses various topics including the nebular hypothesis, P. S. Laplace, central heat in gravitation, and the density of planets. Also, the 'nonsensical calculations' of Auguste Comte's astronomy.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2518

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[10 December 1845]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.428 (C: RS:HS 22.260)
Summary:

Invites AS to Collingwood for Christmas. JH has been ill.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2520

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[2 July 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.430 (C: RS:HS 22.323)
Summary:

States he must get to Cambridge to present his book [Cape Results] to the Queen and Prince. Seeks advice from AS on handling the matter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2521

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[7 December 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.431 (C: RS:HS 22.339)
Summary:

Invites AS to Collingwood for Christmas. The Somervilles and the Adamses will also be present.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2522

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[23 December 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.432
Summary:

Will edit a manual [Admiralty Manual] of Scientific Desiderata and Queries as requested by [George Eden,] Lord Auckland. Is AS preparing any material for this work? What is its content and when will it be ready?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2525

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[4 January 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.434 (C: RS:HS 23.1)
Summary:

Because AS cannot visit JH, JH has sent a circular. Assumes circular of [George Eden,] Lord Auckland will also be received. Will wait for response to query.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2527

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[23 January 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.436
Summary:

Accepts invitation to Norwich. For Geological Instructions, JH will wait to hear from [George Eden,] Lord Auckland. If necessary, he will consult [Charles] Darwin regarding the Instructions.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2529

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[5 April 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.438 (C: RS:HS 23.20)
Summary:

Family has been ill. Discusses possibilities for the formation of the sun and their effects on the law of area and the nebular hypothesis.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2531

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[25 April 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.440
Summary:

Says the family will arrive at Norwich on 16 or 17 May.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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