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DCP-LETT-617

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Forbes Royle
Date:
[2 Feb 1842]
Source of text:
University of Rochester Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation
Summary:

Asks JFR to support E. A. Darwin’s election to the Athenaeum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-617F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Boott
Date:
[3 Feb 1842]
Source of text:
Christie’s (dealers) (13 December 2006, lot 34)
Summary:

"My Dear Sir, I have called on you, to solicit your vote & interest at the Athenaeum Club […] in favour of my brother, Erasmus Darwin".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-617G

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Richard Owen
Date:
[4 Feb 1842]
Source of text:
Enns Entomology Museum, University of Missouri
Summary:

Informs Owen of the fossil finds of F. J. Muñiz in south America.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-618

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Thomas De la Beche
Date:
7 Feb 1842
Source of text:
National Museum of Wales, Department of Natural Sciences (De la Beche)
Summary:

Asks De la Beche about variation among domesticated animals in Jamaica.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-619

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugh Edwin Strickland
Date:
17 Feb [1842]
Source of text:
Museum of Zoology Archives, University of Cambridge (Strickland Papers)
Summary:

CD approves of HES’s "laws" [of nomenclature]. Regrets that [J. E.?] Gray does not approve of the scheme. CD has sent the paper to William Ogilby and suggests that HES send it to G. R. Waterhouse, of whom he has a high opinion.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-620

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugh Edwin Strickland
Date:
[19 Feb 1842]
Source of text:
Museum of Zoology Archives, University of Cambridge (Strickland Papers)
Summary:

CD saw Andrew Smith, who is interested in the subject [of zoological nomenclature], but CD thinks he differs from HES on some points. Sends Smith’s address.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-621

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
Date:
[22 Feb 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 10
Summary:

Comments on birth [of Catherine Elizabeth Sophia Wedgwood].

Plans to visit Shrewsbury.

Describes behaviour of William Darwin.

Discusses speculation losses of acquaintances, including T. Carlyle’s. Mentions his own loss on Journal of researches.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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RS-MM-000471

From:
Edward Joshua Cooper
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
12 February 1842
Source of text:
MM/9/51, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000662

From:
Humphrey Lloyd
To:
John Frederick William Herschel
Date:
1 February 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/169, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000663

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Humphrey Lloyd
Date:
8 February 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/170, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000664

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
Physical Committee
Date:
9 February 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/171, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000665

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
John Frederick William Herschel
Date:
16 February 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/172, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000666

From:
John Frederick William Herschel
To:
unknown
Date:
17 February 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/173, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000667

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
19 February 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/174, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-000668

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
23 February 1842
Source of text:
MM/11/175, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

RS-MM-001793

From:
Samuel Hunter Christie, the Royal Society, Somerset Place
To:
Honorable East India Company
Date:
11 February 1842
Source of text:
MM/25/13, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel10417

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Henderson
Date:
[4 February 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.298 & 22.112
Summary:

Congratulates him on his discovery of the parallax of Alpha Centauri. Comments on this and makes suggestions for further examination.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10418

From:
Thomas Henderson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 February 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.299
Summary:

Thanks for letter and printed address and for the favorable notice of his investigations into Alpha Centauri. Comments on these and some of his observations on other stars. Encloses a note of the position of seven circumpolar stars.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11322

From:
John Lindley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.227
Summary:

Not much is known about the circumstances that affect the color of plants. JH's researches will be valuable if they throw any light on the subject. Comments on the various theories affecting the color of plants.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1874

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:
[2 February 1842]
Source of text:
WT 67597.2
Summary:

Declines to review WC's recent work, and then JH justifies his position for the rest of the letter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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