From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Unidentified
Date:
1 Oct 1844
Source of text:
V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 977)
Summary:
CD and Emma request transfer of some shares to E. A. Darwin.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
CD and Emma request transfer of some shares to E. A. Darwin.
Mr Matheson will set out for London on 8 July [presumably 1844]. It would give the writer much pleasure to see Mr M and the addressee [presumably William Kemp].
[Form letter] Asks recipients to consider value of magnetical research supported by British government and submit opinions on whether B.A.A.S. should seek continuation of this support after present agreement with government expires at end of 1845.
Refers to 17 July 1827 communication from W. J. Burchell in Brazil to J. S. Duncan, brother of Phillip Duncan, noting increased brightness of Eta Navis, and that Alpha Centauri and Alpha Crucis are double stars.