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DCP-LETT-257

From:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Sept 1834
Source of text:
DAR 204: 81
Summary:

News of family and friends.

Word that William Clift thinks CD’s latest fossils are of much value.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-265

From:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Dec [1834]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 82
Summary:

Has sent all of CD’s directions to William Clift.

Erasmus has been very ill, but is now quite safe and well again. Caroline and Susan are with him.

They have heard FitzRoy is promoted and the Beagle is coming home.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-236

From:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27–30 Jan 1834
Source of text:
DAR 204: 91
Summary:

News of family and friends: W. D. Fox will marry in the spring; private theatricals at Eaton house-party.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-260

From:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Oct 1834
Source of text:
DAR 204: 92
Summary:

Family and local news. Tom Eyton will marry. Tells of the great fire of the Houses of Parliament.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-237

From:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12[–28] Feb 1834
Source of text:
DAR 204: 102
Summary:

Writes on CD’s 25th birthday.

Points out "errors in orthography" in his journal.

News of family and friends, visits, and other social events.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-246

From:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[23] May 1834
Source of text:
DAR 204: 103
Summary:

News of family and friends.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-264

From:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[24] Nov 1834
Source of text:
DAR 204: 104
Summary:

The Langtons will go to Madeira for the winter. E. A. Darwin and the Hensleigh Wedgwoods enjoyed a stay in Cambridge, where they saw Professors Whewell and Sedgwick. Colonel Leighton has died. The King has dismissed the Whig Ministry; Wellington is Premier, and the country is in a strange state.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-142

From:
C. G. B. Daubeny
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
18 January 1834
Source of text:
Trinity College Cambridge DT2/PP3/61c
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

SOMERVILLE68

From:
David Brewster
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
10 Jan 1834
Source of text:
MSB 11 / 355, Dep. c. 369, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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Faraday0694

From:
Dionysius Lardner
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 January 1834
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday0739

From:
Dionysius Lardner
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
5 October 1834
Source of text:
IEE MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

L1122

From:
Dupré
To:
André-Marie Ampère
Date:
14 avril 1834
Source of text:
Fonds André-Marie Ampère chemise 298, f.156-157, Archives de l'Académie des sciences, Paris
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
La Correspondance d’André-Marie Ampère

DCP-LETT-256

From:
Frederick Andrew Eck
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 13 Oct 1834]
Source of text:
DAR 35: 232
Summary:

Heights of various places in Chile.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel6523

From:
Edward Joshua Cooper
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 April 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.279
Summary:

Should have written earlier to thank him for the useful catalogue of stars. Weather has been fine, but he is still waiting for his eye tube from William Simms. Remarks on Orion's nebulae.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday0741

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
14 October 1834
Source of text:
MU MS 173
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday0724

From:
Eilhard Mitscherlich
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
29 May 1834
Source of text:
RI MS F3 B233c
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
Text Online

Faraday0699

From:
Faraday report
To:
Faraday report
Date:
10 and 11 February 1834
Source of text:
RS MS 788
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel3554

From:
Feliciano Scarpellini
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 April 1834]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.170
Summary:

Has heard from Charles Babbage about JH, JH's father, and their telescopes. Describes telescope commission. Hopes to get to know JH better.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-252

From:
Henry Stephen Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 July 1834
Source of text:
DAR 204: 123
Summary:

Thanks CD for letter of 5 April and specimens; did not know the Falklands and Patagonia were so interesting geologically.

Will answer CD’s queries about S. Brazil in another letter. Names Friedrich Sellow, A. Saint-Hilaire, and Andrew Mathews as naturalists who travelled there. Directs CD to Alexander Caldcleugh in Santiago.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-261

From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Nov 1834
Source of text:
DAR 204: 124
Summary:

WDF sends news of his activities and of his family.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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