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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
5 May 1876
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/19/188)
Summary:

Asking to borrow three wood blocks.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
27 Mar 1837
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/COM/P/4/2/216)
Summary:

Recommends David Williams’ paper on raised beaches of Devon [David Williams, "Letter … on the raised beaches of Barnstaple", Trans. Geol. Soc. Lond. 2d ser. 5 (1840): 287–8] be shortened and published immediately after Sedgwick’s and Murchison’s paper ["Description of a raised beach in Barnstaple", ibid., pp. 279–86] as chief point of paper is to support their conclusions.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
10 July 1837
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/COM/P/4/2/49)
Summary:

Referee’s report on "Elevation on the coast of Chili" [(1838), Collected papers 1: 41–3] and paper by Alexander Caldcleugh on same subject. Recommends printing CD’s in Transactions and shortening Caldcleugh’s. [W. Lonsdale’s note shows CD’s paper withdrawn 15 Nov 1837, Caldcleugh’s ordered not printed 15 Nov 1837.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
20 Oct 1837
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/COM/P/4/2/65)
Summary:

Report on J. G. Forchhammer’s communications on changes of levels of land in Denmark [Proc. Geol. Soc. Lond. 2 (1838): 554–6].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Buckland
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
9 Mar 1838
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/COM/P/4/2/47)
Summary:

Recommends CD’s paper on "Formation of mould" [Collected papers 1: 49–53; read 1 Nov 1837] be printed in Transactions. Praises it as establishing a new "geological power".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
[after 15 May 1838]
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/COM/P/4/2/48)
Summary:

Referee report on CD’s "Volcanic phenomena in South America" [Collected papers 1: 53–86]. Deductions incontrovertible, but theoretical remarks not clearly stated.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
7 Sept 1838
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/COM/P/4/2/8)
Summary:

Report on R. A. C. Austen’s paper on the origin of limestone in Devonshire [Proc. Geol. Soc. Lond. 2 (1838): 669–70]. CD deems it not worthy of publication in Transactions.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
[c. 28 Dec 1863]
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/F/1/6 No.2179)
Summary:

Recommendation of the admission of George Maw to the fellowship of the Geological Society of London.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
22 Jan 1840
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/COM/P/4/2/38)
Summary:

W. B. Clarke’s paper on ashes falling at sea off Cape Verde Islands [Proc. Geol. Soc. Lond. 3 (1839): 145–6] need not be published in Transactions.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
24 Mar 1840
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/5/8 )
Summary:

Regrets that state of his health forces him to resign as one of the Secretaries of the Society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
28 Mar [1840]
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/5/56)
Summary:

Feels he has no choice but to comply with the request of Council that he remain in office. Is reluctant to do so as his health has caused him to miss meetings and he has never once attended without suffering the next day. Cannot hold office beyond next anniversary meeting.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
18 Nov [1840]
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/COM/P/4/2/35)
Summary:

Recommends that Consul Chatfield’s communication on an earthquake in San Salvador [read 5 Feb 1840; Proc. Geol. Soc. Lond. 3 (1840): 179] not be published in Transactions.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin; Charles James Fox Bunbury, 8th baronet; Arthur Aikin; George Bellas Greenough
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
[before 6 Dec 1841]
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (CM1/5)
Summary:

Committee suggests Council resolve to have William Lonsdale pack away non-fossil specimens from S. America and volcanic islands of the Atlantic [signed G. B. Greenough, A. Aiken, C. Darwin, C. J. F. Bunbury].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
31 Jan [1842]
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/7/25)
Summary:

Hopes to meet with museum committee after 11 o’clock next day.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
4 Oct 1842
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/COM/P/4/2/130)
Summary:

Papers by T. J. Newbold [Proc. Geol. Soc. Lond. 3 (1842): 702–5], T. C. Hunt [3 (1842): 565–6] and J. Phillips [3 (1842): 705–6] need not be printed in Transactions of the Geological Society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
12 Mar [1843]
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/7/354)
Summary:

Asks how many copies of Proceedings are commonly sold.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
[3 Jan 1844]
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/8/92)
Summary:

Asks that A. d’Orbigny’s geological map of S. America be sent to him with a card of the Society’s evening meetings.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Samuel Pickworth Woodward; Geological Society of London
Date:
[14 Jan 1843]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Asks SPW to have obsidian specimens and book [Dieudonné de Gratet de Dolomieu, Voyage aux îles de Lipari (1783)] ready when he comes.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project