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DCP-LETT-1840

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Syms Covington
Date:
9 Mar 1856
Source of text:
Sydney Mail , 9 August 1884, p. 255
Summary:

Thanks SC for his interesting account of the state of the colony. SC was wise to settle there where his sons have much better prospects.

Has finished his book on barnacles [1854]. Royal Medal awarded him chiefly for this work.

Asks SC whether he has observed any odd imported breeds of poultry, for his work on variation of species.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall1203

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Archer Hirst
Date:
9th. March, 1856
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/876, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel8919

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Booth
Date:
[9 March 1856]
Source of text:
Journal of the Society of Arts, 4 (April 19, 1856), 342
Summary:

Declares his confidence in the certificates of proficiency about to be awarded by the Society of Arts.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1204

From:
John Tyndall
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
10th March 1856
Source of text:
MS 6/694, RGO
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-1841

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Herbert Spencer
Date:
11 Mar [1856]
Source of text:
DAR 147: 484a
Summary:

Thanks for copy of HS’s Principles of psychology [1855].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1841A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Samuel Birch
Date:
[12 Mar 1856]
Source of text:
British Museum (Department of the Middle East, correspondence 1826–67: 1489)
Summary:

Arranges an appointment.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel5705

From:
James Booth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 March 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.195
Summary:

Thanks for his support for their scheme of examinations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1843

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
15 Mar [1856]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 97)
Summary:

Believes WDF’s case of mongrel Scotch deerhound is very valuable for him.

Mentions his work on pigeons and chickens.

Fears sometimes he will break down: "My subject gets bigger and bigger".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel3245

From:
Roderick Impey Murchison
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 March 1856]
Source of text:
RS MM.16.129
Summary:

Discusses JH's resolution regarding distribution of government grants, which Committee adopted but R.S.L. Council opposed. Relays in great detail proceedings and decisions of meeting.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1842

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
15 Mar [1856]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Asks WBT to try to purchase some specific pigeons.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1843A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
18 Mar [1856]
Source of text:
Joseph R. Sakmyster, ADS Autographs (dealer) (no date)
Summary:

Thanks MJB for information which he is including in his article for the Linnean Society.

Refers to the peas "which produce the black or intensely purple pods". [See 1834 and 1836.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel3310

From:
G. R. Stevenson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 March 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.234
Summary:

Hopes JH will speak well of GS and help secure appointment that will not force GS to 'desert my flock,' as GS's current militia assignment will.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8588

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
James Booth
Date:
[19 March 1856]
Source of text:
Columbia Univ. Library (ACCS: RS:HS 4.196)
Summary:

Conveys his confidence in the appropriateness of the certificate of proficiency awarded by the Society of Arts to men who have done well on the Society's examination.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel11614

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John William Lubbock
Date:
[19 March 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.167
Summary:

Is sending a letter of support for a neighbor for the position of commander of constabulary about to be established in Kent.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-1844

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
20 Mar [1856]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Discusses various pigeons and would welcome receiving any odd breed. Some pigeons have died from overeating bag salt.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1845

From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. 22 Mar 1856]
Source of text:
DAR 98: 133–9
Summary:

Gives references to works on fowls and pigeons.

Observations on Gallinaceae.

Musk ox skull from southern England is additional evidence for Agassiz’s glacial period. Owen is mistaken in calling it a buffalo.

EB describes the buffalo proper.

Will send domestic pigeon specimens.

Believes pigeons were not bred in India before the Mohammedan conquest. Describes Indian breeds.

Believes the ass is an African rather than an Asian production. Discusses various species of ass and their distribution.

Wild horned cattle on borders of Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur.

[Notes received by CD on 6 May 1856.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Tyndall1205

From:
Mary Anne Coxe
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Sunday, March 23rd
Source of text:
MS JT/1/1/275, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-1845F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles John (Carl Johann) Andersson
Date:
25 Mar [1856]
Source of text:
National Library of South Africa, Cape Town
Summary:

Thanks for proof sheets of Lake Ngami: or, exploration and discoveries during four years’ wanderings in the wilds of South Western Africa (Andersson 1856).

Is very grateful for the information CJA has provided about cattle in South Africa, and wishes to ask further questions about native breeds.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel1715

From:
Harry George Wakelyn Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 March 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.202
Summary:

Note asking JH to patronize an artist's exhibition in London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7978

From:
Alexander Wight, Jr.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 March 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.245
Summary:

New method for constructing circular lenses up to 10-feet diameter for £50. Focusing power sufficient to melt metals. Wants to send 3-inch sample to JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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