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DCP-LETT-411

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Date:
[May 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 154: 53
Summary:

His books grow in size. Hopes to bring out work on volcanic islands and coral formations in the autumn or winter. The Journal of researches will not be published until autumn [actually not until 1839]. Whewell and Lyell flatter him about it. Has given up all society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel7400

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1838-5 or later]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 5/4.7 verso; Reel 8
Summary:

[Form Letter] Government committee appointed to replace standards of length and measure destroyed in Parliament fire. List of questions seeking recipients' opinion on subject.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

SOMERVILLE78

From:
Alex Young
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
3 May 1838
Source of text:
MSB 12 / 386, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE75

From:
Henry Ingersoll Bowditch
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
5 May 1838
Source of text:
MSB 12 / 380, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel3632

From:
Mary Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 May 1838]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.216
Summary:

Waxes poetic in reply to JH's note of sympathy for MS's husband's death. Hopes for JH's safe return from the Cape and that JH will visit when in town. Updates on family news.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1078a

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Nancy Clarke Bache
Date:
7 May 1838
Source of text:
RI MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

SOMERVILLE212

From:
Alfred Baring Garrod
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
8 May 1838
Source of text:
MSG 1 / 247, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

DCP-LETT-411A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Thomas Whitley
Date:
[8 May 1838]
Source of text:
Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library
Summary:

Treasures recollections of old friends but seldom sees any. Has turned "a complete scribbler".

His scientific activities.

No wife in sight so far.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday1079

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Elliotson
Date:
9 May 1838
Source of text:
WIHM MS FALF
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1081

From:
Macedonio Melloni
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
10 May 1838
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday1080

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Arthur-Auguste De La Rive
Date:
10 May 1838
Source of text:
BPUG MS 2316, f.52-3
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday1082

From:
John Landseer
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
11 May 1838
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.32
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel12752

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Grahame
Date:
[14 May 1838]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0169.1 & -0169.2; Reel 1054
Summary:

On John Stewart's marriage to JG's daughter Matilda. JH supports Stewart's suggestion that Matilda continue to live in France and that Stewart will spend time there without neglecting his London business [as partner in Murray's Printing Works]. JH offers to put £1000 into Murray's business if JG will consent to Stewart's proposal and give Matilda an annual income of £150.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-413

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
Date:
[15 May 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 223: 38
Summary:

Recounts dinner at Erasmus’ house with Harriet Martineau and others, and a visit to Cambridge to stay with Henslow and meet old friends again.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-412

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Lonsdale
Date:
[15 May 1838]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Returns his paper for publication ["Volcanic phenomena in South America" (1840), Collected papers 1: 53–86].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday1083

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
John Bostock
Date:
15 May 1838
Source of text:
WIHM MS FALF
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel5718

From:
Sarah Bowdich
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1838-5-15 or later]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.209
Summary:

An eleventh number of her series on fishes is to be published. Hopes he will subscribe to it. Congratulations on his return.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-414

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
[after 15 May 1838]
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/COM/P/4/2/48)
Summary:

Referee report on CD’s "Volcanic phenomena in South America" [Collected papers 1: 53–86]. Deductions incontrovertible, but theoretical remarks not clearly stated.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday1084

From:
John Bostock
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
17 May 1838
Source of text:
RI MS F1 H72
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1085

From:
John Taylor
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
17 May 1838
Source of text:
RI MS F1 I112
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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