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DCP-LETT-617

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Forbes Royle
Date:
[2 Feb 1842]
Source of text:
University of Rochester Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation
Summary:

Asks JFR to support E. A. Darwin’s election to the Athenaeum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-617F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Boott
Date:
[3 Feb 1842]
Source of text:
Christie’s (dealers) (13 December 2006, lot 34)
Summary:

"My Dear Sir, I have called on you, to solicit your vote & interest at the Athenaeum Club […] in favour of my brother, Erasmus Darwin".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-617G

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Richard Owen
Date:
[4 Feb 1842]
Source of text:
Enns Entomology Museum, University of Missouri
Summary:

Informs Owen of the fossil finds of F. J. Muñiz in south America.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

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-619

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugh Edwin Strickland
Date:
17 Feb [1842]
Source of text:
Museum of Zoology Archives, University of Cambridge (Strickland Papers)
Summary:

CD approves of HES’s "laws" [of nomenclature]. Regrets that [J. E.?] Gray does not approve of the scheme. CD has sent the paper to William Ogilby and suggests that HES send it to G. R. Waterhouse, of whom he has a high opinion.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-620

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugh Edwin Strickland
Date:
[19 Feb 1842]
Source of text:
Museum of Zoology Archives, University of Cambridge (Strickland Papers)
Summary:

CD saw Andrew Smith, who is interested in the subject [of zoological nomenclature], but CD thinks he differs from HES on some points. Sends Smith’s address.

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:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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