From:
George Robert Waterhouse
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21[-2] May 1845
Source of text:
DAR 181: 16
Summary:
Discusses insects collected by CD on St Paul’s Island and the Galapagos.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[May 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 33
Summary:
Returns notes on Confervae.
Has had information from Ehrenberg on organic forms in Atlantic dust.
Thanks for sketch of Galapagos flora.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 May 1845
Source of text:
DAR 39: 36–41
Summary:
Discusses the microscopic structure of rock samples from Chile and the Pampas. Describes organic remains found in the samples.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Edward Forbes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[9 May 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 43.1: 50
Summary:
Has marked probable depths of the specimens on CD’s list of S. American shells. Asks for details which would provide more precise conclusions. [See South America, p. 226.]
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project