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DCP-LETT-1023

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Smith, Elder & Co
Date:
13 Nov [1845]
Source of text:
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Summary:

Sends corrections and suggestions for an advertisement for Zoology and Geology of "Beagle".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1839

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugh Falconer
Date:
8 Mar [1845?]
Source of text:
Raab Collection (dealer) (2 October 2013)
Summary:

Has written down what he gathered from HF on Tibetan dogs. Would welcome a few more details at any time, as he knows of nothing parallel to it.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2305

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugh Falconer
Date:
1845-7 or 1857-64
Source of text:
DAR 144: 21
Summary:

Arranges a time for visiting HF.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3359

From:
Principal inhabitants of Down
To:
Secretary of the Post Office
Date:
[1845–51?]
Source of text:
DAR 96: 6
Summary:

Complain about the postal service to Down and urgently request improvement.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-730

From:
Bartholomew James Sulivan
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Jan – 12 Feb 1845
Source of text:
DAR 46.1: 75–86
Summary:

Describes stratification of cliffs on south shore of Rio Gallegos; fossils found at base of cliffs. Speculates about geological past of the area. Discusses climate of southern Patagonia; navigation problems at the mouth of Rio Gallegos.

Gives results of soundings taken between Falkland Islands and South American mainland. Describes geology of Falklands, especially the dikes found on many islands. Comments on climate of Falklands. Discusses horses and cattle, health of his children in the Falklands. Mentions volutes found in the Falklands.

Passes on report of FitzRoy’s policies as governor of New Zealand.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-806

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Brettingham Sowerby
Date:
[1845?]
Source of text:
Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Bibliothèque de Botanique, Paris
Summary:

Arranges to call on correspondent and bring some shells.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-807

From:
George Robert Waterhouse
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. June 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 46.2: B3–5
Summary:

Notes on Galapagos Coleoptera.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-808

From:
Woodbine Parish
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1845?]
Source of text:
DAR 43.1: 56a–57
Summary:

Sends names of species found in banks of marine shells near Buenos Aires. Shells identified by G. B. Sowerby (elder). [See South America, pp. 2–3.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-809

From:
Edward Forbes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 14 Feb 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 43.1: 47–8
Summary:

Sends information on Gryphaea orientalis. [See South America, p. 212.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-810

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[7–8 Feb 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 22
Summary:

Mainly news of the three children.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-811

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
David Thomas Ansted
Date:
[c. Jan 1845]
Source of text:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (George P. Merrill photograph collection, Record Unit 7177, Image No. SIA2016-009765)
Summary:

Asks about Fuegian specimens stored at the Geological Society. CD needs them soon.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-813

From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Jan [1845]
Source of text:
DAR 39: 31–2
Summary:

Says tuff collected by CD in Pampas and Chile contains organic remains. Wants to examine specimens further and hopes for Government support in doing so.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-814

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[7 Jan 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 25
Summary:

Sends specimens of a Tertiary sandstone from Tierra del Fuego in which there are leaves; CD thought they were beech. What is JDH’s opinion?

Asks whether JDH can make sense of a note on silicified wood.

Has read Vestiges [of creation (1844)]; "his geology strikes me as bad, & his zoology far worse".

Would like to see lists [of plants] from Society and Sandwich Islands.

Doubts JDH’s information regarding imagination of mother affecting offspring.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-815

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Hamilton Smith
Date:
14 Jan [1845]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Has read CHS’s paper, "Original population of America" [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 38 (1844–5): 1–20], and is eager to know reference for the account of a "ruined city in the Caroline Group", indicating that the land has subsided. Refers to his own subsidence hypothesis in his work [Coral reefs].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-816

From:
Charles Hamilton Smith
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Jan 1845
Source of text:
DAR 177: 188 (fragile)
Summary:

Reports on an ancient town on Ascension, which is now at sea-level and approachable only by boat.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-817

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
22 [Jan 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 26
Summary:

Would like copy of "Galapagos flora" when published ["Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 20 (1851): 163–233].

Will keep JDH’s Pacific island notes till his return.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-818

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[22–30 Jan 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 104: 247–8
Summary:

Sends comparison of the floras of Society and Sandwich Islands.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-819

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Date:
23 Jan [1845]
Source of text:
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN/HBSB, N005 NL Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Nr. 43)
Summary:

Would like sketch returned [see 775].

Would be particularly thankful for result of CGE’s observations on earth of Pampas.

Asks that Ernst Dieffenbach return copperplate and woodcuts.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-820

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Hamilton Smith
Date:
26 Jan [1845]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.40)
Summary:

Discusses extract sent by CHS dealing with island of Pouynipéte. Agrees account of island by Lloghtsky [Johann Lhotsky] is suspect.

Comments on view that former migration of animals, plants, and man was by continental extensions now submerged.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-821

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[3–4 Feb 1845]
Source of text:
Sotheby’s (dealers) (28 March 1983)
Summary:

News of the children and books he is reading.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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