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DCP-LETT-13805

From:
Hugh Falconer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1842–3]
Source of text:
DAR 205.5: 215
Summary:

Has seen lately a true ruminant with the two central metacarpals distinct. It was the foot of an Anoplotherium in a recent ruminant.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-613A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Stokes
Date:
[Jan–Mar 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 91
Summary:

Returns snuff box.

Sends a microscope for repair.

Makes appointment to discuss some corals that he is sending.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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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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DCP-LETT-622

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[8 Mar 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 18
Summary:

Family news from Shrewsbury.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-623

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[13 Mar 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 19
Summary:

News of family and of his stay at Shrewsbury.

Calculates the newly instituted income tax will mean £30 per annum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-626

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[9 May 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 20
Summary:

Is "stomachy and be-blue-devilled" because of costs of publishing [Zoology and Coral reefs]. Wonders how the remainder [of the Zoology and Geology of "Beagle"] can be published without taking £200 or £300 out of their personal funds.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-633

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
Date:
[16 Sept 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 153: 6 (EH 88202298)
Summary:

Emma and Doddy [W. E. Darwin] like Down. CD has met, and plans to employ, the local surgeon. "I feel sure I shall become deeply attached to Down, with a few improvements".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-634

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
Date:
[late July–Aug 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 92: A16–17
Summary:

Has made an offer for house at Down, renting having been refused. Discusses price, risks involved, and Edward Cresy’s advice.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-635

From:
John Provis
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 July 1842
Source of text:
DAR 27.1: B23
Summary:

Discusses elevations along Holyhead Road [Anglesey].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-636

From:
John Provis
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 July 1842
Source of text:
DAR 27.1: B24
Summary:

Location of village of Bethesda [NW Wales].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-637

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
Date:
[24 July 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 153: 7 (EH 88202299)
Summary:

Describes the village of Down and the house they are thinking of buying.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-639

From:
Thomas Blunt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Aug 1842
Source of text:
DAR 5: B17–18
Summary:

Gives the height of Shrewsbury above sea-level.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-642

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
16 Sept [1842]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A7
Summary:

CD gives JSH Fuegian paints and spears and a Pacific dolphin hook for his museum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-648

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Anne Susanna Lloyd; Anne Susanna Horner
Date:
[4 Oct 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 261.11: 1 (EH 88206053)
Summary:

Emma recovering well from birth of third child, Mary Eleanor.

Sorry to hear Leonard Horner has been ill.

Has received high praise of Coral reefs from Lyell.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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KEMP14

From:
William Oliver
To:
William Kemp
Date:
31 Aug 1842
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/9)
Summary:

Sending some specimens of scales of the fossil Holoptychius Nobilissimus to William Kemp via WK’s brother in Hawick.

Contributor:
Ruth Cramond
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KEMP15

From:
William Buckland
To:
William Kemp
Date:
3 Oct 1842
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/10)
Summary:

WB will be arriving by the following morning’s coach and would like WK’s assistance examining the terraces.

Contributor:
Ruth Cramond
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KEMP16

From:
Andrew Johnston
To:
William Kemp
Date:
28 Oct 1842
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/11)
Summary:

The communication arrived too late for that day’s paper, but will appear next week.

Contributor:
Ruth Cramond
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KEMP18

From:
William Oliver
To:
William Kemp
Date:
26 Dec 1842
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/13)
Summary:

Thanks for Maclaren’s Sketch (Maclaren 1839 bibl_5120).

Has seen WK’s views on Rubers Law and commiserates with him on William Buckland’s disapproval.

David Milne (later David Milne Home) is preparing a paper on the geology of Roxburghshire. (Presumably Milne, David. 1842-3. Geological account of Roxburghshire. Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh (15) 1844, pp. 433-502.)

Contributor:
Ruth Cramond
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HENSLOW-214

From:
R. G. Latham
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
21 September 1842
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 120
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-316

From:
Leonard Jenyns
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
15 January 1842
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 186
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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