From J. S. Henslow 24 August 1831
Summary
JSH has been asked by Peacock to recommend a naturalist as companion to Capt. FitzRoy on Beagle voyage. CD the best qualified person; not a finished naturalist but amply qualified for collecting, observing, and noting.
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 Aug 1831 |
Classmark: | DAR 97(ser.2):4–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-105 |
From J. S. Henslow 25 October 1831
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 Oct 1831 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 108 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-143 |
From J. S. Henslow 20 November 1831
Summary
Is sending plates for R. T. Lowe’s paper [Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 4 (1833): 1–70].
Adds advice on working the surd.
Agrees with CD that Beagle voyage would have been wrong for Jenyns, but assures him he (CD) is the right man. Warns CD against his "foible" of taking offence at rudeness or ungentlemanlike behaviour.
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Nov 1831 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 109 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-150 |
From J. S. Henslow 6 February 1832
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Feb 1832 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 110 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-157 |
From J. S. Henslow 29 June 1855
Summary
Red and white campions: JSH regards them as races, not species; a flesh-coloured intermediate exists.
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 June 1855 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 177 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1706 |
From J. S. Henslow 2 August 1856
Summary
One plant in self-sown patch of Aegilops has assumed a triticoidal character; JSH feels it may be an example of Aegilops passing to wheat.
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Aug 1856 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 178 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1936 |
From J. S. Henslow 15–21 January 1833
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of two letters from CD and a box of specimens.
Mentions attendance at BAAS meeting and a gift to him of a small living near Oxford. Some political news.
Congratulates CD on the work he has done – the specimens are of great interest. Gives advice on packing, labelling, and future collecting and suggests that – as a precaution – CD send home a copy of his notes on the specimens.
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 and 21 Jan 1833 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 111 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-196 |
From J. S. Henslow 31 August 1833
Summary
The [Megatherium] fossils were extremely interesting and were shown at the Geological Section of the BAAS meeting at Cambridge [1833].
The plants delight him; will work them out with W. J. Hooker.
CD should send every fossil he can find; minute insects will be nearly all new. Delighted with descriptions of the few animals alluded to.
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 Aug 1833 |
Classmark: | DAR 97(ser. 2): 14–15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-213 |
From J. S. Henslow 22 July 1834
Summary
CD’s cargo is safe; the fossils have been sent to William Clift.
JSH asks for dried plants (those sent were all of greatest interest).
Sends news of Cambridge and mutual friends.
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22 July 1834 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 125 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-249 |
From J. S. Henslow 7 April 1860
Summary
Sketch and description of a [wasp’s] nest from Cuba. [Notes by CD on wasps’ nests and comb-building habits of hive-bees.]
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Apr 1860 |
Classmark: | DAR 166.1:180 [diagram here] |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2750 |
From J. S. Henslow 5 May 1860
Summary
Reports to CD on what he has found out about Elodea growing near Cambridge.
Sedgwick is speaking at [Cambridge] Philosophical Society on CD’s "supposed errors" [Camb. Herald & Huntingdonshire Gaz. 19 May 1860, pp. 3–4].
JSH wonders how Owen can be so savage toward CD’s views when his own are "to a certain extent of the same character".
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 May 1860 |
Classmark: | DAR 186: 47 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2783 |
From J. S. Henslow [5 November 1837 – March 1838]
Summary
Fragment glued to CD’s notes on rock specimens. The recto refers to one of CD’s specimens, the verso mentions his Keeling Island plants.
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [5 Nov 1837 – Mar 1838] |
Classmark: | DAR 39: 88a |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-338 |
From J. S. Henslow [after 3 November 1838]
Summary
Whilst a genus of plants is comon to two of three islands [in the Galápagos] the species are often different in different islands. [Text only known from Journal of researches; published in Correspondence vol. 13 supplement, p. 351, letter to John Stevens Henslow, 3 November 1838, n. 5.]
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 3 Nov 1838] |
Classmark: | Journal of researches, p. 629 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-431F |
From J. S. Henslow 16 December 1838
Summary
On his 15th wedding anniversary JSH writes to CD wishing him happiness as great as JSH has had in his marriage, and adds some advice.
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 Dec 1838 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 166 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-456 |
From J. S. Henslow 7 February 1839
Summary
Writes to CD as "Brother Benedick" and sends hearty good wishes for health and happiness in marriage. They are sending a little silver candlestick for a wax taper.
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Feb 1839 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 167 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-495 |
From J. S. Henslow [c. 14 April 1839]
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [c. 14 Apr 1839] |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 63v |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-505 |
From J. S. Henslow 2 November 1840
Summary
Would like further experimentation to confirm report about germination of wheat from Egyptian tombs. Sir G. Wilkinson may have been deceived by the Arabs.
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Nov 1840 |
Classmark: | DAR 205.2: 236 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-579 |
From J. S. Henslow 21 November 1840
Summary
Reports on abortive anthers in flowers of thyme sent by CD.
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 21 Nov 1840 |
Classmark: | DAR 109: A86 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-582 |
From J. S. Henslow 19 April 1841
Summary
Reports observations on the behaviour of captive harvest mouse and dormouse. When descending sticks mouse uses its tail like a prehensile-tailed monkey.
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 Apr 1841 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 176 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-598 |
From J. S. Henslow [5 August 1843]
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [5 Aug 1843] |
Classmark: | DAR 205.7: 282 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-687 |