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DCP-LETT-2404

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Jan 1859
Source of text:
DAR 100: 131–2
Summary:

Relieved by Wallace’s letter.

At work on introductory essay to Flora Tasmaniae.

European plants naturalised in Australia are almost all adapted to invading disturbed ground.

JDH supports Asa Gray against Alphonse de Candolle as foreign member of Royal Society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel6489

From:
Michel Chevalier
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[25 January 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.255
Summary:

Is working on a volume on the gold standard.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel6437

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Christopher Carrington
Date:
[25 January 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.205 & 23.254
Summary:

On the desirability of one good observatory in India. Thinks Poonah would be the best site. Time not suitable to press for this establishment.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2405

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
25 Jan [1859]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

Expresses pleasure and relief at ARW’s response to joint publication of their pieces about natural selection.

Plans for the "abstract" [Origin].

Birds’ nests as evidence of variation of instincts.

Their collection of bees’ combs.

Praises ARW’s article.

Lyell’s and Hooker’s views [of species issue].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall1585

From:
George Biddell Air
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
1859 January 26
Source of text:
MS.RGO 6/408.381-2, RGO
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

RS-MM-001488

From:
Benjamin Collins Brodie
To:
Benjamin Collins Brodie, President, Royal Society
Date:
27 January 1859
Source of text:
MM/19/88, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel4359

From:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 January 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.445
Summary:

Returns a letter from JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel5707

From:
James Booth
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 January 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 4.198
Summary:

Sending parts of his paper on the Lagocyclic curve.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2406

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
28 Jan [1859]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 4
Summary:

CD not convinced that naturalisation of European plants abroad is strictly dependent on creation by agriculture of disturbed ground.

More than half through his chapter on geographical distribution.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Tyndall1586

From:
John Tyndall
To:
George Biddell Airy
Date:
28th. Jan. 1859
Source of text:
MS.RGO 6/408.386, RGO
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel2220

From:
Sir Edward Ryan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 January 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.464
Summary:

Has shown JH's son's letter to [C. E.] Trevelyan and encloses his reply. Affairs in India may become more dangerous.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1587

From:
Thomas Archer Hirst
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Jan 20th 1859
Source of text:
MS JT/1/H/243, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

SOMERVILLE192

From:
Mary Somerville
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
1 Feb 1859
Source of text:
MS F1 I56
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel6302

From:
M. Felix Billet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 February 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.63
Summary:

Sending his work on optics. Comments on their mutual work in this field.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel4381

From:
Joseph Ellison Portlock
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 February 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.178
Summary:

Asks JH to sign a document relating to Col. Gelland [?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2407

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
4 Feb [1859]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Wants white breeds of poultry.

Poor health necessitates a trip to Moor Park, Farnham.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel12605

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
T. P. Anderson
Date:
[5 February 1859]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0029; Reel 1054
Summary:

JH's only knowledge of Hollier trust fund was explained in earlier letters. Signs and returns annual report for trust fund.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2408

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:
[6 Feb 1859]
Source of text:
DAR 263: 26 (EH 88206475)
Summary:

JL’s brother’s accident.

Thinks JL should tackle systematics of anomalous insects from studies of internal organs.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel6303

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
M. Felix Billet
Date:
[6 February 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.64 & 23.255
Summary:

Thanks for his book on optics. Comments on various points.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2409

From:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Feb 1859
Source of text:
DAR 48: A67
Summary:

Is sorry to hear of bad health of CD and his daughter.

Discusses, with an example, the difficulty of explaining structural differences between closely allied species.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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