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DCP-LETT-8132

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

DCP-LETT-647

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Geological Society of London
Date:
4 Oct 1842
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/COM/P/4/2/130)
Summary:

Papers by T. J. Newbold [Proc. Geol. Soc. Lond. 3 (1842): 702–5], T. C. Hunt [3 (1842): 565–6] and J. Phillips [3 (1842): 705–6] need not be printed in Transactions of the Geological Society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-648

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Anne Susanna Lloyd; Anne Susanna Horner
Date:
[4 Oct 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 261.11: 1 (EH 88206053)
Summary:

Emma recovering well from birth of third child, Mary Eleanor.

Sorry to hear Leonard Horner has been ill.

Has received high praise of Coral reefs from Lyell.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-649

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
5 and 7 Oct 1842
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.28)
Summary:

Discusses growth of various species of coral. Explains significance of dead reefs.

Describes meeting of the Council of the Geological Society; the controversy involving Edward Charlesworth.

Mentions conversations with William Lonsdale about Lonsdale’s work on corals and the financial support for his work.

Murchison’s views on glaciation in Wales.

Agassiz’s observations at Glen Roy.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13776

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

DCP-LETT-650

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Julian Jackson
Date:
13 Oct [1842]
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society
Summary:

Discusses JJ’s proposed review of his volume [Coral reefs].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-651

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Hallowes Miller
Date:
[16 Oct – 27 Nov 1842]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.29)
Summary:

Mentions preparing geological notes for press. Asks whether WHM still has some geological specimens he had examined for CD.

Urges WHM to attend important meeting of Geological Society on 3 December.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1768

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
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