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DCP-LETT-610

From:
John Abberley; Robert Waring Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Oct 1841
Source of text:
DAR 162: 78
Summary:

The family gardener reports on seeds he has gathered. RWD transmits the letter.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-577

From:
Frances (Fanny) Allen
To:
Gilbert Nicholas Smith
Date:
19 Aug [1840]
Source of text:
Tenby Museum
Summary:

Forwards list of questions from CD relating to GNS’s paper on Caldy [see 576].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-708

From:
Charles Cardale Babington
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 Oct 1843
Source of text:
DAR 50: A28
Summary:

Identifies Atriplex raised from seeds found by W. Kemp as A. angustifolia.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-587F

From:
George Edmundson Bearpark
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 Feb 1841
Source of text:
Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/6/126)
Summary:

Requesting information about membership of the Geological Society of London.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-605F

From:
Alexander Bridport Becher
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Sept 1842
Source of text:
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Archive (Letter Book no .10 (1841–2), p. 510)
Summary:

Francis Beaufort has instructed ABB to order three copies of Coral Reefs.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-639

From:
Thomas Blunt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Aug 1842
Source of text:
DAR 5: B17–18
Summary:

Gives the height of Shrewsbury above sea-level.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1190

From:
William Buckland
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 July [1848]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 4
Summary:

Will forward recommendation of Edward Cresy to Edwin Chadwick, but thinks there will be no further need of engineers.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-802

From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Dec 1844
Source of text:
DAR 39: 33–5
Summary:

Discusses microscopic examination of rock specimens taken from Pampas deposit and from Chilean tuff. Says he finds organic remains only in the tuff.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-813

From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Jan [1845]
Source of text:
DAR 39: 31–2
Summary:

Says tuff collected by CD in Pampas and Chile contains organic remains. Wants to examine specimens further and hopes for Government support in doing so.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-865

From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 May 1845
Source of text:
DAR 39: 36–41
Summary:

Discusses the microscopic structure of rock samples from Chile and the Pampas. Describes organic remains found in the samples.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1115

From:
Robert Chambers
To:
David Milne Home
Date:
7 Sept 1847
Source of text:
DAR 143: 5, DAR 146: 1
Summary:

Has letter from CD asking for copy of DM-H’s paper ["On the parallel roads of Lochaber" (1847), Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh 16 (1849): 395–418]. RC still has suspicions and looks forward to further testing of Glen Roy mystery.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1124

From:
Robert Chambers
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Oct 1847
Source of text:
DAR 161: 131
Summary:

Supposition that glaciers made Glen Roy is a dream. Has received three letters from CD on river terraces. Reports on trip to terraces at Belleville. Comparison with Glen Roy.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-897

From:
Hugh Cuming
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 July 1845
Source of text:
DAR 205.3: 267, 268
Summary:

Discusses names and distributions of Pacific shells. [Lists by CD and Edward Forbes record names and ranges of shells collected by HC in the Galapagos.]

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-13770H

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Allport Leighton
Date:
[1840–77?]
Source of text:
Estate of the late Mr D. Evans (private collection)
Summary:

Valediction only of a letter stuck into a writing case.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-548A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walton
Date:
[1840–2]
Source of text:
Walton 1844 , pp. 43–4
Summary:

Comments on the quality of the meat of the guanaco.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-548B

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walton
Date:
[1840–2]
Source of text:
Walton 1844 , pp. 50–1
Summary:

Describes the range of conditions under which the guanaco thrives and the ease with which it can be tamed.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-548C

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Edward Gray
Date:
1 Jan [1840]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Library, J. E. Gray Miscellaneous papers vol. 1: f.118)
Summary:

Testimonial in behalf of JEG’s application for the position of keeper of the zoological department of the British Museum from which John George Children was about to resign.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-549

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Campbell Eyton
Date:
[6 Jan 1840]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.20)
Summary:

Has been unwell.

Thanks TCE for his descriptions [of specimens for Birds]. Has already expended a high proportion of Government grant on birds, but if TCE thinks engravings are needed, he shall have them. He may keep the bones.

CD has become a father.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-550

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Basil Hall
Date:
[7 Jan 1840]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

CD regrets inconvenience caused by his having Royal Geographical Society’s copy of Krusenstern’s Atlas [de l’océan Pacifique (1824–7)]. Locates Sulphur Island from it.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-550A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet
Date:
16 Jan 1840
Source of text:
The National Archives (TNA) (T1/4524 paper 25824)
Summary:

Presents the Smith, Elder & Co. account for the first number of the fourth part (now published) of the Zoology.

Contributor:
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