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DCP-LETT-1816

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
3 Jan [1856]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A106–A107
Summary:

Thanks for JSH’s letter, which has been of real use.

Complains of the trouble caused by reports to Government required of Benefit Clubs.

Interested in case of Canada geese with seed in crop, because means of distribution is now a great hobby.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-1823

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
22 Jan [1856]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A108–A109
Summary:

Alphonse de Candolle’s Géographie botanique [raisonnée (1855)] strikes him as a wonderful, admirable work.

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DCP-LETT-1903

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
16 June [1856]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A110–11
Summary:

Sends a cultivated specimen of Myosotis (first generation) grown from seed sent by JSH. Asks for a tuft of flower.

Hopes JSH will publish a book on teaching botany, because he has no idea how to begin with his children.

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DCP-LETT-1936

From:
John Stevens Henslow
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Aug 1856
Source of text:
DAR 166: 178
Summary:

One plant in self-sown patch of Aegilops has assumed a triticoidal character; JSH feels it may be an example of Aegilops passing to wheat.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1939

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
6 Aug [1856]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A55–A56
Summary:

Reports on results of forcing and other attempts to produce variations in plants. Asks for some seeds.

Is correcting his Linnean Society paper ["On the action of sea-water", Collected papers 1: 264–71].

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DCP-LETT-2006

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
[after 6 Dec 1856]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A115
Summary:

He is steadily and very hard at work on "Variation" [Natural selection] and finds the whole subject "deeply interesting but horribly perplexed".

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HENSLOW-1004

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Lord Belper
Date:
1st September 1856
Source of text:
British Library R.P.4738 (vii) 945c
Summary:

Makes arrangements for a visit to see potential archaeological sites in Derby area discussed by Belper in previous letter: potential Roman remains on the banks of the River Derwent opposite Little Chester; a barrow in Tugford that looks to be unopened. JSH states samian ware may be indicative of a Roman burial ground.

JSH also discusses son's curacy at Hitcham, local responsibilities including horticultural shows and recent ill health.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-1106

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Thomas Martin
Date:
30 April 1856
Source of text:
Bury St Edmunds Public Record Office FL586/13/1: 24
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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HENSLOW-1107

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Thomas Martin
Date:
26 July 1856
Source of text:
Bury St Edmunds Public Record Office FL586/13/1: 27
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-1182

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
John Gould
Date:
28 October 1856
Source of text:
Natural History Museum Library and Archives, London The Correspondence of John Gould (1804-1881) Z MSS GOU A (Box 5)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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HENSLOW-1242

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
J. E. Gray
Date:
21 March 1856
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society Library John Edward Gray Papers B:G784
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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HENSLOW-276

From:
Benjamin Maund
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
31 January 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 211
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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HENSLOW-277

From:
S. C. Hall
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
2 February 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 212
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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HENSLOW-278

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
William Whewell
Date:
6 May 1856
Source of text:
Trinity College Cambridge Whewell Add.Ms.a.65: 35-36
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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HENSLOW-279

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Leonard Jenyns
Date:
25 July 1856
Source of text:
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Jenyns Collection Letter 3027
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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HENSLOW-280

From:
W. H. Miller
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
28 February 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 102
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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HENSLOW-281

From:
R. G. Latham
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
6 April 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 119b
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-425

From:
C. G. B. Daubeny
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
2 January 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 133
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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HENSLOW-426

From:
Richard Owen
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
21 January 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 232
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-427

From:
William Colchester
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
26 January 1856
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 98(i) and(ii)
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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