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DCP-LETT-488

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William John Broderip
Date:
19 Jan [1839]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D)
Summary:

Hopes Richard Owen will have time to do CD’s shells in spirits.

Doubts WJB’s suggestion that moles may play a part in formation of mould.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-593

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Jean Louis Rodolphe (Louis) Agassiz
Date:
1 Mar [1841]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Am 1419: 280)
Summary:

Has enjoyed reading LA’s book [Études sur les glaciers (1840)].

Hopes LA will pardon manner in which CD has alluded to his work on glaciers in his Journal of researches, of which he sends a copy.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-632

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Henry Fitton
Date:
23 June 1842
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Louis Agassiz correspondence and other papers, MS Am 1419: 239)
Summary:

[Excerpt copied from a letter CD wrote to WHF.]

CD’s gratefulness to William Buckland for his guidance on the glaciated terrain of N. Wales. "I am also convinced that the valleys of Glen Roy … have been occupied by arms of the Sea, & very likely, (for on that point I cannot of course doubt Agassiz & Buckland) by glaciers also."

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-926

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Brettingham Sowerby
Date:
12 [Nov 1845]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D)
Summary:

Asks for a meeting in order to go over the shells [which GBS was to describe in the appendix on Tertiary fossil shells in South America].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-694

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Admiralty
Date:
9 [May 1846]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D)
Summary:

Encloses letter and paper to be forwarded to B. J. Sulivan.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1167F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Richard Owen
Date:
[2 Apr 1848]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Hyde 77: 2. 82. 1)
Summary:

Apologises for length of notes of advice for microscopic work.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1200

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Augustus Addison Gould
Date:
3 Sept [1848]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Augustus A. Gould papers, 1831–66 MS Am 1210: 224)
Summary:

Describes his research on cirripedes. Asks to borrow specimens. Comments on previous work on the subject.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1204

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Unidentified
Date:
[15 or 22] Oct 1848
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D)
Summary:

Thanks for note and enclosure. Has written to [David?] Landsborough to say dried specimen was just what he wanted. Would like some more in spirits.

Very unwell.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1205

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Jean Louis Rodolphe (Louis) Agassiz
Date:
22 Oct 1848
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Am 1419: 274)
Summary:

Thanks LA and sends thanks to A. A. Gould for specimens. Describes principal findings of his research on cirripedes. Is obliged for information Joseph Leidy gave about cirripede eyes. Describes anatomical features and chief aspects of growth. Describes discovery of parasitic males and a species parasitic upon other cirripedes.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1089

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Richard Owen
Date:
[1849?]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D)
Summary:

CD proposes to call for tea if he is well enough on Thursday.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1251

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Augustus Addison Gould
Date:
20 Aug [1849]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Augustus A. Gould papers, 1831–66 MS Am 1210: 229)
Summary:

Thanks J. D. Dana for cirripede specimens. Describes his work. Comments on Ibla. Would like to see AAG’s notes and figures on Anatifa. Asks for references to cirripede descriptions by T. A. Conrad.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1320

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Augustus Addison Gould
Date:
8 Apr [1850]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Augustus A. Gould papers, 1831–66 MS Am 1210: 228)
Summary:

Parcel from AAG containing cirripede specimens has been received by CD from Hugh Cuming.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1341

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Jean Louis Rodolphe (Louis) Agassiz
Date:
15 June [1850]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Am 1419: 275)
Summary:

Thanks LA for presentation copy of his book, Lake Superior [1850].

Comments on species of cirripedes sent by LA and A. A. Gould.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1438

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Scott Bowerbank
Date:
25 June [1851]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D)
Summary:

Asks to re-examine specimen of Scalpellum. Discusses publication [of Fossil Cirripedia] by Palaeontographical Society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1475

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Augustus Addison Gould
Date:
29 Feb [1852]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Augustus A. Gould papers, 1831–66 MS Am 1210: 226)
Summary:

Sends presentation copy of Fossil Cirripedia.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13872

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Unidentified
Date:
31 Dec [1852-3]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D)
Summary:

Responds to correspondent’s request for information about shells from the Coquimbo beds in Chile. Difficulty in deciding on age of deposits and species. Notes views of Alcide d’Orbigny.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1591

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Augustus Addison Gould
Date:
9 Sept [1854]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Augustus A. Gould papers, 1831–66 MS Am 1210: 225)
Summary:

Returns cirripede specimens to AAG. Encloses specimens for Louis Agassiz in same box.

Since AAG is a member of the Ray Society, will not send him a copy of Living Cirripedia, vol. 2.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1724

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Augustus Addison Gould
Date:
21 July 1855
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Augustus A. Gould papers, 1831–66 MS Am 1210: 230)
Summary:

If AAG is no longer member of the Ray Society, CD would like to send copy of Living Cirripedia, vol. 2.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1796

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Gulliver
Date:
18 Dec [1855]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D)
Summary:

Sends blood of pigeons for examination. Discusses variation of blood in related animals.

Would like copy of book edited by GG [The works of W. Hewson (1846)].

Suggests investigation of blood in varieties of domesticated animals.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1451

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward William Vernon Harcourt
Date:
19 Aug [1856]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D)
Summary:

Asks to borrow C. L. Brehm’s book [Handbuch der Naturgeschichte aller Vögel Deutschlands (1831)]. Wants to see how far Brehm went in splitting species.

Took finches from Madeira to British Museum.

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