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DCP-LETT-618

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Thomas De la Beche
Date:
7 Feb 1842
Source of text:
National Museum of Wales, Department of Natural Sciences (De la Beche)
Summary:

Asks De la Beche about variation among domesticated animals in Jamaica.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-621

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
Date:
[22 Feb 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 10
Summary:

Comments on birth [of Catherine Elizabeth Sophia Wedgwood].

Plans to visit Shrewsbury.

Describes behaviour of William Darwin.

Discusses speculation losses of acquaintances, including T. Carlyle’s. Mentions his own loss on Journal of researches.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-622

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[8 Mar 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 18
Summary:

Family news from Shrewsbury.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-623

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[13 Mar 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 19
Summary:

News of family and of his stay at Shrewsbury.

Calculates the newly instituted income tax will mean £30 per annum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-317

From:
Joseph Allen (Bishop of Ely)
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
5 April 1842
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-626

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[9 May 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 20
Summary:

Is "stomachy and be-blue-devilled" because of costs of publishing [Zoology and Coral reefs]. Wonders how the remainder [of the Zoology and Geology of "Beagle"] can be published without taking £200 or £300 out of their personal funds.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-318

From:
Richard Whately
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
27 June 1842
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 371
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-634

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
Date:
[late July–Aug 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 92: A16–17
Summary:

Has made an offer for house at Down, renting having been refused. Discusses price, risks involved, and Edward Cresy’s advice.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-635

From:
John Provis
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 July 1842
Source of text:
DAR 27.1: B23
Summary:

Discusses elevations along Holyhead Road [Anglesey].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-636

From:
John Provis
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 July 1842
Source of text:
DAR 27.1: B24
Summary:

Location of village of Bethesda [NW Wales].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-637

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
Date:
[24 July 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 153: 7 (EH 88202299)
Summary:

Describes the village of Down and the house they are thinking of buying.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-639

From:
Thomas Blunt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Aug 1842
Source of text:
DAR 5: B17–18
Summary:

Gives the height of Shrewsbury above sea-level.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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KEMP14

From:
William Oliver
To:
William Kemp
Date:
31 Aug 1842
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/9)
Summary:

Sending some specimens of scales of the fossil Holoptychius Nobilissimus to William Kemp via WK’s brother in Hawick.

Contributor:
Ruth Cramond

DCP-LETT-633

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
Date:
[16 Sept 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 153: 6 (EH 88202298)
Summary:

Emma and Doddy [W. E. Darwin] like Down. CD has met, and plans to employ, the local surgeon. "I feel sure I shall become deeply attached to Down, with a few improvements".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-642

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
16 Sept [1842]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A7
Summary:

CD gives JSH Fuegian paints and spears and a Pacific dolphin hook for his museum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-214

From:
R. G. Latham
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
21 September 1842
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 120
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-319

From:
Richard Owen
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
22 September 1842
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 224
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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KEMP15

From:
William Buckland
To:
William Kemp
Date:
3 Oct 1842
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/10)
Summary:

WB will be arriving by the following morning’s coach and would like WK’s assistance examining the terraces.

Contributor:
Ruth Cramond

DCP-LETT-648

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Anne Susanna Lloyd; Anne Susanna Horner
Date:
[4 Oct 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 261.11: 1 (EH 88206053)
Summary:

Emma recovering well from birth of third child, Mary Eleanor.

Sorry to hear Leonard Horner has been ill.

Has received high praise of Coral reefs from Lyell.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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KEMP16

From:
Andrew Johnston
To:
William Kemp
Date:
28 Oct 1842
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/11)
Summary:

The communication arrived too late for that day’s paper, but will appear next week.

Contributor:
Ruth Cramond
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