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From:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[25? Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 35
Summary:

Commiseration on the death of Anne.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[25 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 32
Summary:

Feels deeply for them at their "impossible loss" [of Anne].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[25 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 34
Summary:

Commiseration on the death of Anne.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Apr [1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 33
Summary:

Tells of the burial of Anne.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Elizabeth Mary Thorley
Date:
26 Apr [1851]
Source of text:
DAR 148: 73
Summary:

Expresses gratitude to Mrs T’s daughter for devotion to his daughter in final illness.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[27 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 36
Summary:

Thoughts on the death of Anne.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 [Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 37
Summary:

Thoughts after the death of Anne.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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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
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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
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Stewart Dismorr
Date:
6 May [1851]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 385
Summary:

Congratulates JD on discovery of fossil footsteps near Port Philip, Australia. Richard Owen would be glad to examine them. J. B. Jukes most likely to know geology of Port Philip.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Leonard Horner
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
10 May 1851
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 171
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Stewart Dismorr
Date:
15 May [1851]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 386
Summary:

Comments on concretionary bodies found by JD. Encourages him to continue geological study.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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
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
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Josiah (Jos) Wedgwood, III
Date:
[after 12 July 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.10: 16
Summary:

Inquires about the nature of some money recently paid to him.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[late Aug – early Sept 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 205.10: 98
Summary:

James Wilson reports case of salmon hybrids.

Herrings inhabit freshwater lake in Scotland during winter.

JDH will edit juror reports for the Great Exhibition.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Spence Bate
Date:
18 Aug [1851]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 45
Summary:

Thanks CSB for cirripede larvae.

Has been unwell.

Cannot see transverse articulation referred to and does not believe in it.

Sends species synonyms.

Discussion of Chthamalinae.

Suggests using asphalt to seal specimen containers.

Comments on mouth of larva.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
William Stevenson
To:
William Kemp
Date:
2 Sept 1851
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/74)
Summary:

Discusses Roderick Impey Murchison’s paper on the Silurian in the south of Scotland.

Contributor:
Ruth Cramond
Text Online
From:
G. R. Waterhouse
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
18 September 1851
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 348
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Richard Owen
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
19 September 1851
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 225
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project