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DCP-LETT-485

From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[7 Jan 1839]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 159
Summary:

Still rejoices in having found the house they like.

Thinks he might enjoy Jenny [Jane Welsh] Carlyle’s company more away from Carlyle "as she must have her full swing in talking".

Says the wedding must be fixed for the 29th instead of the 24th.

Hopes he will look better than on his last visit.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-480

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
[c. 9 Jan 1839]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.15)
Summary:

Discusses his Glen Roy paper [(1839), Collected papers 1: 87–137], which he is sending to CL.

Remarks on Charles MacLaren’s treatment of alluvium. Comments on alluvial action in Lochaber.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-486

From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[9 Jan 1839]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 160
Summary:

Glad to have his letter; supposes she will receive only two or three more from him in her life.

Thinks he should leave the curtains for her.

Discusses Mungo Park and Sir Walter Scott’s Life.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday1129

From:
Charles William Pasley
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
12 January 1839
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel6022

From:
Francis Baily
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 January 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.147
Summary:

At the recent council meeting of the R.A.S., JH was nominated as president. Is returning the letters of F. W. Bessel.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11545

From:
Martha Langton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 January 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 11.462
Summary:

Please accept her heartfelt thanks for his kindness.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-487

From:
John Maurice Herbert
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Jan [1839]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 168
Summary:

Sends congratulations on CD’s engagement, with a gift.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday1129a

From:
James Walker
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
13 January 1839
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1130

From:
Charles William Pasley
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
14 January 1839
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel10098

From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 January 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.435
Summary:

Encourages JH to visit at Nantes.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6023

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Francis Baily
Date:
[14 January 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.148 (C: RS:HS 25.8.15)
Summary:

Is honored by being nominated as president but would prefer someone else as he is very busy and can ill spare the time.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

RS-MM-000724

From:
Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton
To:
Lord Northampton
Date:
15 January 1839
Source of text:
MM/12/41, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel13823

From:
H. Moreton Dyer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 January 1839]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0172.1; Reel 1087
Summary:

Sent wrong paper to JH in Nov. 1838. Now sends complete meteorological journal from Mr. Lees, HD's stepson. [JH annotation: Answered 18 Jan. 1839.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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HENSLOW-1044

From:
John Lindley
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
17 January 1839
Source of text:
British Library 37951c: 34-35
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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Faraday1131

From:
John Poole
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
18 January 1839
Source of text:
RI MS F1 H68
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Faraday1132

From:
Richard Owen
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
18 January 1839
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.09
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-488

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William John Broderip
Date:
19 Jan [1839]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D)
Summary:

Hopes Richard Owen will have time to do CD’s shells in spirits.

Doubts WJB’s suggestion that moles may play a part in formation of mould.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

RS-MM-000725

From:
Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton
To:
Lord Northampton
Date:
19 January 1839
Source of text:
MM/12/43, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel2891

From:
Heinrich Christian Schumacher
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 January 1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.382
Summary:

Forwards a request from C. F. Gauss for magnetic observations made in England.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday1133a

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
James Marsh
Date:
19 January 1839
Source of text:
RSA MS Transactions, volume 52
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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