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DCP-LETT-863

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[May 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 33
Summary:

Returns notes on Confervae.

Has had information from Ehrenberg on organic forms in Atlantic dust.

Thanks for sketch of Galapagos flora.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-860

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Brettingham Sowerby
Date:
[May 1845]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Asks for list of the Bahia Blanca fossil shells.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-865

From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 May 1845
Source of text:
DAR 39: 36–41
Summary:

Discusses the microscopic structure of rock samples from Chile and the Pampas. Describes organic remains found in the samples.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-866

From:
Edward Forbes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[9 May 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 43.1: 50
Summary:

Has marked probable depths of the specimens on CD’s list of S. American shells. Asks for details which would provide more precise conclusions. [See South America, p. 226.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-867

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Forbes
Date:
13 May [1845]
Source of text:
L. D. Edmondston (private collection)
Summary:

Fears he cannot supply additional data [on shells].

Makes suggestions for Thomas Edmondston, naturalist on board the Herald, of places to visit and geological data to collect on proposed California expedition.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-868

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
16 May [1845]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Is at work on second edition of Journal of researches.

Hopes to finish geology of the Beagle by autumn.

Hooker gives "a wonderful account" of Galapagos plants.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-869

From:
George Robert Waterhouse
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21[-2] May 1845
Source of text:
DAR 181: 16
Summary:

Discusses insects collected by CD on St Paul’s Island and the Galapagos.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-870

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Date:
21 May [1845]
Source of text:
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN/HBSB, N005 NL Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Nr. 43)
Summary:

CGE’s account of Pampas mud confirms CD’s view of its origin. Will send Patagonian specimens. Discusses dust-carrying winds in the Atlantic.

Was not referring to F. J. F. Meyen’s voyage.

Corrects error concerning samples.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-864A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Robert Waterhouse
Date:
[after 22 May 1845]
Source of text:
Bloomsbury Auctions (dealers) (1990)
Summary:

Thanks him for describing the niata ox.

He is delighted that GRW is grappling with Galápagos insects. Needs to know immediately whether any entomologists beside GRW, Walker and A. White have described his insects.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-871

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Paul Edmund de Strzelecki
Date:
[25 May 1845]
Source of text:
Yale University: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (GEN MSS MISC Group 1559 F-3)
Summary:

Thanks PEdeS for gift of his book [Physical description of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land (1845)].

Asks how much engravings of shells cost.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-872

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
[31 May 1845]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.24–25)
Summary:

Will send MS of first part [of Journal of researches] on Thursday morning, enclosing suggested title and dedication. Urges inclusion of map. Requests another £50 for copyright, as offer of £100 was made when only two parts were planned.

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