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DCP-LETT-366F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Richardson
Date:
[24 July 1837]
Source of text:
Scott Polar Research Institute (MS 1503/16/1)
Summary:

Questions about woods in cold, northern climates; about JR’s reference to frozen sandstone; about how far out from the shore the sea may become frozen.

His petition for assistance from the government is in statu quo; he is working at his Journal [of researches].

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-370F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Richardson
Date:
[11 Aug 1837]
Source of text:
Scott Polar Research Institute (MS 1503/16/2)
Summary:

Chancellor of the Exchequer has ordered £1000 for the publication of the Zoology. Would like to meet JR to ask his advice on one or two points.

Thanks for his long account of the climate of North America.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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