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DCP-LETT-543

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
[10 Nov 1839]
Source of text:
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York (Heineman Collection MA 7127)
Summary:

Urges JSH to describe Galapagos species in a paper on the flora of the islands.

Has been interested in geographical distribution and would be interested to have a paper by JSH on the general character of flora of Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia.

"I keep on steadily collecting every sort of fact which may throw light on the origin & variation of species."

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-544

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Washington; Royal Geographical Society
Date:
1 Nov [1839]
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society
Summary:

CD thinks report of a rock imbedded in an iceberg is remarkable; wants to write a note for the [Journal] about it. Asks for location of the sighting and a chart of the Antarctic Sea. [See "Rock seen on an iceberg", Collected papers 1: 137–9.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-545

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander (Alexander) von Humboldt
Date:
1 Nov 1839
Source of text:
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Nachl. Alexander von Humboldt, gr. Kasten 4, Nr. 22, Bl. 1–2)
Summary:

Gratified by AvH’s letter.

Sends data on temperature of the sea in the Galapagos, South Pacific, and the Abrolhos Islands.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-546

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Hallowes Miller
Date:
22 [Nov 1839]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Asks if WHM would be interested in the meteorological observations of the Falkland Islands made by B. J. Sulivan on a recent survey. Such observations are rare and appear to CD to have many points of interest.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-546A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet
Date:
27 Nov 1839
Source of text:
The National Archives (TNA) (T1/4524 paper 25824)
Summary:

Encloses the Smith, Elder & Co. account for the fourth number now published of the third part of the Zoology.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-547

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Campbell Eyton
Date:
[30 Nov 1839]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.17)
Summary:

Sends bird specimens for examination by TCE [for Birds].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-548

From:
John Grant Malcolmson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Nov 1839
Source of text:
DAR 39: 15–17
Summary:

Sends specimens of coralline with vermiform holes.

J. Allan’s observations of Aldabra and the Cormoros [see Coral reefs, p. 186] and news of his experiments on the growth of coral.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

RS-MM-000513

From:
Adolph Theodor Kupffer
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
14/26 November 1839
Source of text:
MM/10/37, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001676

From:
John Joseph Bennett
To:
Charles Hutton
Date:
16 November 1839
Source of text:
MM/22/10, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
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Faraday1215

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Abraham Follett Osler
Date:
4 November 1839
Source of text:
Birmingham Public Library MS 1237 / 40
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1216

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Swynfen Stevens Jervis
Date:
7 November 1839
Source of text:
Museum Boerhaave
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday1217

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Mrs Magrath
Date:
11 November 1839
Source of text:
RI MS F1 A14
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday1218

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Robert Grove
Date:
20 November 1839
Source of text:
RI MS G F1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday1219

From:
Jacob Herbert
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
22 November 1839
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

HENSLOW-1231

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
William Hutton
Date:
27 November 1839
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society Library William Hutton Papers B:H978
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel10320

From:
Marshall Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[21 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.202
Summary:

Some time ago he sent JH a parcel of books and letters. Wonders if they ever reached him. Now sends some letters that shows how his work is appreciated on the continent.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10321

From:
Marshall Hall
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.203
Summary:

Regrets his letter should have given offense but wrote it with the intention of claiming his rights at the R.S.L.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10336

From:
William Richard Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.219
Summary:

Received the enclosed in August from Teodoro Monticelli but did not know how to forward it to JH. Would he return the letter when finished with.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1185

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS B26.2
Summary:

Informs JH that the B.A.A.S. has again placed him on a committee to translate and publish foreign scientific memoirs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12348

From:
Sir Gore Ouseley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.205
Summary:

Hopes to hear a good account of Lady Herschel and their little boy. If JH comes to luncheon on the 22nd he will be able to see the drawings of the Caucasus.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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