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
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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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
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
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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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
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
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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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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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Dec 1844
Source of text:
DAR 100: 35–40
Summary:
[Notes on conversations with J. D. Hooker.] Geographical distribution; diffusion and distribution of species. Island and mountain floras; means of migration (high-roads, icebergs).
Contributor:
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From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[May 1844 – 1 Oct 1846]
Source of text:
DAR 39: 28–30
Summary:
Sends calculations of angles of elevation [of sea-bottom, for South America?].
Swale has sent Lady Willoughby’s diary, which EAD will forward to CD.
Contributor:
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From:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[22 July 1840]
Source of text:
DAR 261.11: 24 (EH 88206076)
Summary:
Reference to W. Smellie’s Natural history [1791] requested by CD.
Contributor:
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From:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1848?]
Source of text:
DAR 205.10: 96
Summary:
[Valediction only.] CD note on verso: Athenaeum/48/p. 839 "E. Forbes on genera being continuous in time––good––fact".
Contributor:
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From:
Henry Denny
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Oct 1844
Source of text:
DAR 205.3: 273
Summary:
Has never heard of species of same genus [of parasites] being found on both birds and mammals, or different genera and species being found on animals in the domestic and wild states. Implications of this for relationship of aperea and guinea-pig.
Contributor:
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From:
Edmund Saul (Eugene Sebastian Delamer) Dixon
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[Sept–Oct 1848]
Source of text:
DAR 205.5: 214
Summary:
He can distinguish varieties of guinea-fowl as soon as birds are hatched.
Behaviour of Malay hens.
Contributor:
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From:
Edmund Saul (Eugene Sebastian Delamer) Dixon
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[Apr–June 1849]
Source of text:
DAR 84.1: 146
Summary:
On domestication of pigeons and hybrid geese.
Contributor:
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From:
Philip de Malpas Grey- Egerton, 10th baronet Egerton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 May [1844]
Source of text:
DAR 163: 6
Summary:
Sends Lord Enniskillen’s account of origin of the Irish yew: transplanted from the wild; propagated by cuttings thereafter. Offspring recently raised from seed are intermediate between common and Irish [weeping] yew.
Contributor:
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From:
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 June 1844
Source of text:
DAR 163: 10
Summary:
Thanks for earth samples. Discusses Infusoria in samples from Galapagos and Cape Verde Islands. Would like samples from other sites. Will send further results of investigations.
Contributor:
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From:
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 July 1844
Source of text:
DAR 163: 11
Summary:
Thanks for shipments of earth samples. Sends copy of article describing Infusoria in samples ["Einige vorläufige Resultate … über das Verhalten des kleinsten Lebens in den Oceanen", Ber. k. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1844): 182–207]. Asks for more information and samples, especially from the soundings of Ross’s expedition.
Contributor:
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From:
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Mar 1845
Source of text:
DAR 39: 59a–c
Summary:
Regrets J. D. Hooker did not visit Berlin.
Describes legal difficulties of Ernst Dieffenbach.
Lists species of Infusoria found in dust samples. Discusses origin of Atlantic dust. Discusses Infusoria in cosmetic paint from Tierra del Fuego and Patagonian earth. Thanks CD for samples. Would like samples from sea-bed.
Contributor:
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