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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:
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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-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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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.]

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DCP-LETT-552

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
[24 Jan 1840]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A3–4
Summary:

Sends specimens from Indian Ocean atolls.

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DCP-LETT-555

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
[20 Feb 1840]
Source of text:
DAR 144: 117
Summary:

Poor health has made him give up all geological work.

Profits on their volumes [of Narrative] seem absurdly small.

Looks back on Beagle voyage as the most fortunate circumstance in his life.

Finds marriage a great happiness.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-564

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[5 Apr 1840]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 5
Summary:

An amusing description of his railway journey to Shrewsbury.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-565F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Kemp
Date:
1[1] May [1840]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/2) (gift of Ruth Cramond and David Cramond)
Summary:

CD has read WK’s abstract in the Scotsman, 15 February 1840, p. 3, and asks for further details.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-573

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
3 July [1840]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A5–6
Summary:

Describes an orange tree with curious "horned" fruit; sends specimen. Asks if the horns represent "metamorphoses of some organ into the fruit orange".

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DCP-LETT-631

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Allport Leighton
Date:
[1–23 July 1841]
Source of text:
DAR 146: 39
Summary:

Tells WAL where specimen of Cynoglossum sylvaticum may be seen growing.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-600

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[1 July 1841]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 16
Summary:

Family news. Mainly concerned about Doddy’s [W. E. Darwin’s] health.

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DCP-LETT-601

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[3 July 1841]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 17
Summary:

The happy family life at Shrewsbury. CD is looking so well his father would not have known there was anything the matter with him. The year’s accounts come to £1380.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-613A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Stokes
Date:
[Jan–Mar 1842]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 91
Summary:

Returns snuff box.

Sends a microscope for repair.

Makes appointment to discuss some corals that he is sending.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-618

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Thomas De la Beche
Date:
7 Feb 1842
Source of text:
National Museum of Wales, Department of Natural Sciences (De la Beche)
Summary:

Asks De la Beche about variation among domesticated animals in Jamaica.

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