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DCP-LETT-792

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[18 Nov 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 20
Summary:

Would like JDH to visit. Regrets he will not be fit to visit JDH.

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DCP-LETT-795

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Nov 1844
Source of text:
DAR 100: 28
Summary:

Would like to visit on the weekend of 7–8 December.

Differences in floras of St Helena and Ascension.

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DCP-LETT-796

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[2 Dec 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 21
Summary:

Instructions for JDH’s trip to Down.

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DCP-LETT-797

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[4 Dec 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 22
Summary:

Change in train times.

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DCP-LETT-797F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:
6 Dec [1844]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 114
Summary:

Asks WBC if he will examine a specimen of calcareous rock.

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DCP-LETT-798

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Dec 1844
Source of text:
DAR 100: 35–40
Summary:

[Notes on conversations with J. D. Hooker.] Geographical distribution; diffusion and distribution of species. Island and mountain floras; means of migration (high-roads, icebergs).

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-800

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
16 [Dec 1844]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 23
Summary:

Thanks for botanico-geographical remarks. CD greatly appreciates JDH’s valuable generalisations.

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DCP-LETT-802

From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Dec 1844
Source of text:
DAR 39: 33–5
Summary:

Discusses microscopic examination of rock specimens taken from Pampas deposit and from Chilean tuff. Says he finds organic remains only in the tuff.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-803

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
25 Dec [1844]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 24
Summary:

Questions on JDH’s sketch comparing floras of Australia, New Zealand, and western S. America; wishes to know botanical relations between other southern islands. Botanico-geographical discussions and comments on books sent by JDH.

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DCP-LETT-804

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Dec 1844
Source of text:
DAR 100: 32–4
Summary:

Thanks for CD’s comments on "sketch".

Lengthy discussion of geographical distribution and island floras.

Has been "delighted with" [Robert Chambers’] Vestiges [of creation (1844)].

Galapagos flora work goes on well.

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DCP-LETT-833

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
Date:
[27 Nov 1844?]
Source of text:
DAR 92: A9–10
Summary:

Sends thanks for money.

Comments on treatment prescribed by his father.

Encloses notes by John Higgins with investment advice. Discusses advisability of investing in farmland in Lincolnshire. Cites advice of Sir John Lubbock concerning purchase of land.

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