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DCP-LETT-289

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Date:
27 Dec 1835
Source of text:
DAR 223
Summary:

At sea 25 days from Galapagos to Tahiti, where they stayed ten days. It was delightful. Then three weeks to New Zealand, where they will be for ten days.

Convinced of high merit of missionaries.

Dislikes Augustus Earle’s book.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-289F

From:
James Busby
To:
Alexander Berry
Date:
29 Dec 1835
Source of text:
Mitchell Library, Sydney (MLMSS 315/51 Item 6, pp. 1–4)
Summary:

Introduces CD to Alexander Berry of Sydney.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-290

From:
Robert Waring Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
28 Dec 1835
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 28 DAR/1/1/28)
Summary:

Thanks JSH for copies of "Extracts from letters addressed to Professor Henslow by C. Darwin, Esq." [privately printed for Cambridge Philosophical Society; Collected papers 1: 3–16].

The family is sensible how much CD owes to JSH, and RWD is highly gratified by CD’s success.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-291

From:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood; Charlotte Wedgwood; Charlotte Langton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Dec [1835]
Source of text:
DAR 97 (ser. 2): 26–7
Summary:

CD’s fame is spreading: she quotes Henslow ["Letters to Professor Henslow" (1835), Collected papers 1: 3–16], and a passage in the Athenæum.

Adds news of family and friends.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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RS-MM-000010

From:
John Dalton
To:
Major Emmet
Date:
15 December 1835
Source of text:
MM/1/10, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000607

From:
unknown
To:
unknown
Date:
14 December 1835
Source of text:
MM/11/73, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000813

From:
unknown
To:
P M Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society
Date:
2 December 1835
Source of text:
MM/13/119, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000814

From:
unknown
To:
P M Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society
Date:
19 December 1835
Source of text:
MM/13/120, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

SOMERVILLE124

From:
Ada Byron (King)
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
13 Dec 1835
Source of text:
MSBY 3 / 52, Dep. c. 367, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE125

From:
Ada Byron (King)
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
16 Dec 1835
Source of text:
MSBY 3 / 51, Dep. c. 367, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE404

From:
John Gibson Lockhart
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
14 Dec 1835
Source of text:
MSL 4 / 113, Dep. c. 371, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE616

From:
William Henry Smyth
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
5 Dec 1835
Source of text:
MSS 6 / 84, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE627

From:
William Stratford
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
6 Dec 1835
Source of text:
MSS 9 / 131, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel1057

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Augustus Lloyd
Date:
[5 December 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.4.18
Summary:

Comments on the possible loss of some mail going to England, the longitude of Mauritius, and the tides at the Cape. Wonders if anyone was able to observe Halley's Comet during the recent solar eclipse.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11716

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 December 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.78
Summary:

N. L. Lacaille's quadrant appears to have been shipped to England and landed at Portsmouth Dockyard. Will put the ball on the new flagstaff to be erected. Has spoken to George Eden (1st Earl of Auckland) about the Simon's Bay tide machine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11718

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1835-12
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.80
Summary:

JH cannot lay on too much of this kind of work, the closer in AR [Right Ascension] the better. Comments on the list of stars. The comet should be preceded by certain stars, some of which he cannot identify. If JH cannot see the comet for the trees come to the Observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11845

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
15] December [1835
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.204
Summary:

Captain [F. W.?] Grey has just been to the Observatory as he wished to ascertain the error of his chronometers. Outlines the signalling devices adopted. Fine definition last evening. Will call on Saturday if convenient.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11855

From:
Thomas Maclear
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
31 December [1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.214
Summary:

Will retain JH's observations for a day to make a copy. Only knew of the arrival of the Governor [?] yesterday by the sound of the artillery. Intends to visit Cape Town, leave his card, and call back on JH. Expects new outburst of party spirit.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel12181

From:
Alfred Miles
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 December 1835]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.39
Summary:

Understands from Francis Baily that JH has received the first 88 pages of the Parramatta Catalogue. The remainder has been sent and now encloses the final part.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14810

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Francis Beaufort]
Date:
[25 December 1835]
Source of text:
Hydrographic Office Misc 566
Summary:

Tells FB what JH has been able to find out as to the status of N. L. Lacaille's quadrant. JH comments on his own astronomical activity, and comments on the family's delight in [Charles] Piazzi Smyth.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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