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DCP-LETT-1214

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Forbes
Date:
[1 May – 5 June 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 144: 131
Summary:

Comments on MS by C. S. Bate. Bate not aware of other work on Cirripedia; cites Bate’s errors. Would Bate allow CD to use his drawings in Living Cirripedia? [See Living Cirripedia 1: 9–16.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1425F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Adolphus Seymour Seymour, 12th duke of Somerset
Date:
May 1851
Source of text:
Julian Browning (dealer) (Catalogue 10, ‘Historical Manuscripts and Documents’)
Summary:

Testimonial on behalf of J. D. Hooker, addressed to Lord Seymour as Chief Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Woods and Forests, signed by CD and many other scientists.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online

FL-0353

From:
Darwin, Catherine
To:
Darwin, Emma
Date:
1 May [1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 41
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
Text Online

Tyndall0481

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/1012, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
Text Online

Faraday2417

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Novello
Date:
1 May 1851
Source of text:
Knox College Galesburg MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel13377

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[1851-5 or later]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0609; Reel 1089
Summary:

P.S.: Henry Bingley asks Treasury for further clarification on compensation for Bingley's son.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1282

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-5-1851
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.51-52, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

JHC1283

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-5-1851
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.53, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

3 page letter over 1 folio.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

Herschel14069

From:
Sir Robert Harry Inglis
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 May 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0290; Reel 1087
Summary:

Asks JH to pay brief call at RI's home on way to London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1426

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hensleigh Wedgwood; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood
Date:
1 May [1851]
Source of text:
V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 310)
Summary:

Thanks HW for the trouble he has taken; sends a cheque [to cover expenses of Anne’s funeral?]. Emma Darwin adds a note to FMW.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel13765

From:
William Thomas Brande
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1851-5 to 1851-10]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0116.3; Reel 1087
Summary:

Grateful for JH's reply. Will wait for [Henry] Rich's answer to JH's references.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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