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DCP-LETT-7

From:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. June 1823]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 1
Summary:

Writes, while visiting the Wedgwoods at Maer and Parkfields, to thank CD for his "entertaining letter".

She misses him and the laboratory.

Asks "how Mineralogy, Botany, Chemistry and Entomology go on".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-11

From:
Richard Twopeny
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
15 June 1823
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 13
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-14

From:
N. J. Winch
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
31 December 1823
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 16
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-15

From:
Revd J. T. Huntley
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
18 Feb 1824
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 18
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-16

From:
Bowyer Sparke (Bishop of Ely)
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
1 March 1824
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 19
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-17

From:
William Lyons
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
12 March 1824
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 17
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-18

From:
Justus Radius
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
28 May 1824
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 21
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-19

From:
J. F. Stephens
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
22 July 1824
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 22
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-20

From:
Leonard Jenyns
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
26 July 1824
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 23
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-8

From:
John Wood Warter
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Dec 1824
Source of text:
DAR 204: 188
Summary:

Warns CD against idleness.

Suggests readings in Xenophon and Horace.

Quotes Oliver Goldsmith to correct CD’s pronunciation of "sloth".

Contributor:
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HENSLOW-618

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
1842
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 280
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[10 Jan 1825]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 7
Summary:

Saw a mineral salesman, but he had nothing CD does not already have.

EAD has a piece of petrified sponge and some curious coal that John Price pulled out of his fire.

Griffith’s Animal kingdom [Griffith, Edward, et al. 1827–35. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, … with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed. 16 vols. London] just being published. He is sure CD would like it.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-10

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[17 Jan 1825]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 8
Summary:

Proposes a dry place for the apparatus for their laboratory and draws a plan for CD’s criticism.

Price has found black sediment in his tea, which was attracted to a magnet.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[24 Jan 1825]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 9
Summary:

Asks CD to do an experiment for him.

Has found a curious stone in his fire.

Price’s iron in tea measured 13 per cent.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1 Feb 1825]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 10
Summary:

Tells CD a bill is all right. Hopes his father will pay it and a wine merchant’s bill as well.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[24 Feb 1825]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 11
Summary:

EAD thinks it a pity if CD does not go to Cambridge, but it will be very pleasant for them to be together at Edinburgh, where they should go as soon as possible and read. EAD is getting "case-hardened" in anatomy.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-14

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[8 Mar 1825]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 12
Summary:

Asks CD to send him some books on physiology and natural history from the family library.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-21

From:
Justus Radius
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
15 March 1825
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 26
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-22

From:
John Curtis
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
3 April 1825
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8176: 27
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-15

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[June 1825]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 13
Summary:

Asks CD whether he is making any plans for Edinburgh.

Will be home in three weeks.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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