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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter
Date:
[1842–82?]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.536)
Summary:

Orders pot of soft spermaceti ointment.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter
Date:
2 [Oct 1842 - Mar 1882]
Source of text:
University of Rochester Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation (tipped into a copy of Insectivorous plants (QH 9.9 I59m))
Summary:

Requests some carbonate of ammonia.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Baxter; William Walmisley Baxter
Date:
10 [Oct 1842 – Apr 1882]
Source of text:
Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Summary:

Orders distilled water, 2 oz of camphorated spirits, and perfume.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter
Date:
24 Oct [1842-5, 1853 or 1855-68]
Source of text:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library (BANC MSS 74/78 z)
Summary:

Sends enclosed order for two bottles [of unspecified chemical].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter
Date:
8 Dec [1842-81]
Source of text:
University of Otago, Special Collections (MS 49)
Summary:

Orders large pot of spermaceti ointment.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter
Date:
16 Mar [1843-82]
Source of text:
Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (144/1)
Summary:

Asks for a bottle to be filled with spirits of wine.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter
Date:
21 Mar [1843-82]
Source of text:
Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (Baxter Collection, 1136/1)
Summary:

Requests a mixture of verdigris, sal ammoniac, and lamp-black.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walmisley Baxter
Date:
[after June 1857]
Source of text:
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation (Archives, Autograph Letters and Manuscripts Collection)
Summary:

Requests a quart of distilled water for photography to be sent in a clean bottle via the postman on the following day.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walmisley Baxter
Date:
23 Sept [1857-9]
Source of text:
Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh (dealers) (4 February 2009)
Summary:

The returned gloves are similar to some he has already, and he would prefer a pair with stiffer bristles.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walmisley Baxter
Date:
22 Jan 1861
Source of text:
Auckland Public Library (MS 29)
Summary:

Orders one pint of tincture of henbane.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walmisley Baxter
Date:
26 Jan [1862]
Source of text:
University of Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
Summary:

Discusses deduction from bill for medicine.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Jenner
To:
William Walmisley Baxter
Date:
[after 7 May 1864?]
Source of text:
DAR 168: 47
Summary:

Prescribes "Sod. exsic." with the podophyllin for CD.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walmisley Baxter
Date:
[early July 1871]
Source of text:
The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
Summary:

Orders nitrate of ammonia for experiment on plants.

Are measuring glasses accurate?

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walmisley Baxter
Date:
8 Aug [1871]
Source of text:
Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32 item 26)
Summary:

Asks WWB to send 8 grains of acetate of strychnine by post.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Walmisley Baxter
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Nov 1871
Source of text:
DAR 160: 98
Summary:

Sends CD a measure with capacity of 20 oz or 34.65925 cubic inches.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walmisley Baxter
Date:
14 Nov [1871]
Source of text:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division (Breckenridge Long Box 224 – Autograph Collection)
Summary:

Thanks for loan of measure.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walmisley Baxter
Date:
17 Jan [1872-4]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D)
Summary:

Requests a prescribed physic [not specified].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walmisley Baxter
Date:
16 July [1872?]
Source of text:
Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (Baxter Collection, 1136/1)
Summary:

Orders a very small pot of "purest & best Extract of Hyosciamus for experimental purposes".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Walmisley Baxter
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 23 Aug 1872?]
Source of text:
DAR 60.2: 86
Summary:

Informs CD that he has forwarded some oils and opium.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walmisley Baxter
Date:
4 Sept [1872?]
Source of text:
McGill University Library, Department of Rare Books
Summary:

Orders some salts for plant experiments.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project