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DCP-LETT-13816A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
22 [Jan 1844 - Mar 1882]
Source of text:
Sotheby’s (dealers) (14 and 28 May 1983)
Summary:

Discusses books returned

and invites him to Down for a few days.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-728

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
[3 Jan 1844]
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/8/92)
Summary:

Asks that A. d’Orbigny’s geological map of S. America be sent to him with a card of the Society’s evening meetings.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-729

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[11 Jan 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 3
Summary:

Queries on ratios of species to genera on southern islands. CD’s observations on distribution of Galapagos organisms, and on S. American fossils, and facts he has gathered since, lead him to conclusion that species are not immutable; "it is like confessing a murder".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-731

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Denny
Date:
20 Jan [1844]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.37)
Summary:

Discusses sending HD lice specimens. Asks him to check with G. R. Waterhouse.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-732

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Ernst Dieffenbach
Date:
25 Jan 1844
Source of text:
J. A. Stargardt (dealers) (Catalogue 574 11–13 November 1965)
Summary:

Delighted to be able to contribute Infusoria to ED’s "great countryman Ehrenberg". Includes a list of eight substances from his collection described in detail, which Ehrenberg might find useful in his researches.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-733

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[27 Jan 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 4
Summary:

C. G. Ehrenberg would like some earth from Galapagos, Tierra del Fuego, and the Falklands; wishes to hunt for Infusoria.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-734

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Jan 1844
Source of text:
DAR 100: 5–7
Summary:

Remarks on geographical divisions of the flora of the Southern Hemisphere.

JDH beginning Galapagos plants. Value of studying insular floras with respect to inquiries about adaptation of species.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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KEMP49

From:
Thomas Walker
To:
William Kemp
Date:
[before 11 Jan 1844?]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/28)
Summary:

Longing for a letter from WK. Describes various excurions through Fife.

Contributor:
Ruth Cramond
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KEMP50

From:
John Younger
To:
William Kemp
Date:
11 Jan 1844
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/30)
Summary:

Responds to WK’s article ‘The latest Geological changes in the south of Scotland’ (Kemp 1843).

Contributor:
Ruth Cramond
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KEMP51

From:
Thomas Walker
To:
William Kemp
Date:
20 Jan 1844
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/31)
Summary:

Describes the fire at the gas works in Cupar.

Has been on visit with Hugh Miller to Dura Den.

Contributor:
Ruth Cramond
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Faraday1544

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Richard Owen
Date:
January 1844
Source of text:
Owen (1894), 1: 258-9
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1545

From:
Richard Owen
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 January 1844
Source of text:
RI MS F1 K32
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1546

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
11 January 1844
Source of text:
RGO 6/701, f.259
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1547

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
13 January 1844
Source of text:
RGO 6/701, f.260-2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1548

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Jacob Herbert
Date:
20 January 1844
Source of text:
GL MS 30108/1/28
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1549

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Jacob Herbert
Date:
26 January 1844
Source of text:
GL MS 30108A/1, p.186
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1550

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Thomas Phillips
Date:
27 January 1844
Source of text:
WIHM MS FALF
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1551

From:
William Boggett
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
31 January 1844
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday4688u

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Augusta Ada Lovelace
Date:
Between 1844 and 1852
Source of text:
Bod MS dep Lovelace-Byron 171, f.52-3
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel10369

From:
William Henry Harvey
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 January 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.249
Summary:

Delayed thanking him for the testimonials until he could give news of the outcome of his application. Position is still undecided, but he cannot be made professor as he does not possess an M.D.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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