To Charles Lyell   [15 or 22 September 1843]

Summary

Mentions expected birth of child [Henrietta Emma].

BAAS meeting.

Comments on letters from G. R. Waterhouse and William Lonsdale.

Describes survival of apparently "fossil" seeds sent by W. Kemp.

Is at work on MS [of Volcanic islands].

Letter details

Record number

DCP-LETT-696

From

Charles Robert Darwin

To

Charles Lyell, 1st baronet

Date

15 Sept 1843

Date

22 Sept 1843

Sent from

Down

Source of text

American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.32)

Physical description

8pp

Contributor

Darwin Correspondence Project[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2.

• Darwin, C. R.
• Lyell, Charles