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DCP-LETT-1340

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Spence Bate
Date:
13 June [1851]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 44
Summary:

Thanks CSB for drawings of [cirripede] larva and for permission to cite unpublished paper ["On the development of the cirripedes", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 2d ser. 8 (1851): 324–32]. Describes method of preserving specimens. Mentions Balanus common on tidal rocks at Tenby.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP1658

From:
Henry Walter Bates
To:
Mary Ann Wallace (née Greenell)
Date:
13 June 1851
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/22
Summary:

Henry W. Bates conveys to ARW’s mother news of the death of her son Edward (Herbert Edward), ARW’s younger brother, who reached camp while ARW was away upriver. He had contracted yellow fever; Bates was with him, obtained physician’s care, but after a few days Herbert perished from the “black vomit,” the most lethal form of the disease. Bates reports that Herbert was well looked after to the end.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1436

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Stewart Dismorr
Date:
13 June [1851]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 387
Summary:

Suggests that JD consult with Edward Forbes about dredging.

Delighted he will look for fossil bones.

Asks him to look for Australian cirripedes.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel13964

From:
Henry Drury Harness
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 June 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0256.6; Reel 1087
Summary:

Messrs. Rennie submitted estimate [for contract coinage work] yesterday that HH considers preposterous.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday2435a

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward Magrath
Date:
13 June 1851
Source of text:
RI MS
Summary:

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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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