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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

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

Herschel12881

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Treat Paine
Date:
[4 November 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0292; Reel 1054 (C: RS:HS 25.15.9)
Summary:

Just received RP's Dec. 1837 observations, forwarded from Cape of Good Hope. JH is now president of R.S.L. joint committee of Physics and Meteorology. Meteor shower of 10 Aug. 1839. Describes global magnetic survey conducted on Göttingen Mean Time. Hopes U.S. will join survey. [Enclosure: Printed notice of global magnetic survey, listing participating governments, purposes, and instruments.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1326

From:
William Henry Fox Talbot
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 November 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.298
Summary:

Transmits a message from J. B. Biot, comments on the Daguerreotype, although WT has not tried it.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel13514

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Agnes Baillie]
Date:
[13 November 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0749.2; Reel 1089
Summary:

Accepts invitation to party next Tuesday. Regrets not visiting more often at Cavendish Square or Hampstead. JH's wife and 'little one' are well.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14146

From:
Gilbert Elliot, Second Earl of Minto
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 November 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0373.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

[Marked 'Private.'] Encloses letter from Alexander von Humboldt containing suggestions to R.S.L. regarding J. C. Ross's expedition.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14147

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Gilbert Elliot, Second Earl of Minto
Date:
[24 November 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0373.2; Reel 1087
Summary:

Suggestions by Alexander von Humboldt will be added to R.S.L. report regarding J. C. Ross's expedition. Send copy of Humboldt's letter so that it too may be included.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel14205

From:
John Phillips
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 November 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0428.4.1; Reel 1093
Summary:

JH appointed to committee with G. B. Airy and Thomas Henderson to study the reductions of the calculations on N. L. Lacaille's stars. They will be granted £189.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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