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DCP-LETT-1463

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
11 Dec [1851]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A85–A88
Summary:

Sends cirripede specimens for Ipswich Museum.

Asks how much a village fireworks display would cost.

Comments on the need in education for good habits of expression and accurate observation instead of making "wretched Latin verses".

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DCP-LETT-1465

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Christian Ferdinand Friedrich von Krauss
Date:
21 Dec [1851]
Source of text:
Wellcome Collection
Summary:

Asks to borrow FK’s specimen of Conia rosea. Would like to know if FK collected it himself [in S. Africa] or was given it, because CD has a closely allied species from Australia, which surprises him. [See Living Cirripedia 2: 335.]

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1465F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Salt
Date:
24 Dec 1851
Source of text:
Rachel Salt (private collection); sold by Spink’s (dealers), July 2018
Summary:

Asking Thomas Salt to inform the Executors of Captain Muckleston that he wishes to foreclose the mortgage.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1466G

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Salt
Date:
26 Dec [1851]
Source of text:
Rachel Salt (private collection); sold by Spink’s (dealers), July 2018
Summary:

Asks Thomas Salt to accept the repayment of a mortgage from Captain Muckleston’s executors, if Josiah Wedgwood agrees.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1466

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam White
Date:
26 Dec 1851
Source of text:
Testimonials of Adam White, F.L.S., Assistant in the Zoological Department, British Museum [1854], p. 15 (National Library of Scotland, 3.2043(6))
Summary:

Testimonial letter expressing CD’s high opinion of AW’s zoological attainments.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1466H

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Richardson
Date:
30 Dec [1851]
Source of text:
Louisiana State University Libraries, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections (James E. Murdoch Papers, Mss. 667)
Summary:

Will send JR’s box of cirripedes on Thursday.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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