To [William Baxter or W. W. Baxter?] 8 December [1842–81]
Summary
Orders large pot of spermaceti ointment.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter |
Date: | 8 Dec [1842-81] |
Classmark: | University of Otago, Special Collections (MS 49) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11271F |
To [William Baxter or W. W. Baxter?] [1842–82?]
Summary
Orders pot of soft spermaceti ointment.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter |
Date: | [1842–82?] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.536) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11313 |
To [William Baxter or W. W. Baxter?] 10 [October 1842 – April 1882]
Summary
Orders distilled water, 2 oz of camphorated spirits, and perfume.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Baxter; William Walmisley Baxter |
Date: | 10 [Oct 1842 – Apr 1882] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13776 |
From Hugh Falconer [1842–3]
Summary
Has seen lately a true ruminant with the two central metacarpals distinct. It was the foot of an Anoplotherium in a recent ruminant.
Author: | Hugh Falconer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1842–3] |
Classmark: | DAR 205.5: 215 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13805 |
To Charles Edward and Mary Kingford Mudie 10 December [1842–5 or 1855–68]
Summary
Declines invitation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Edward Mudie; Mary Kingsford Pawling; Mary Kingsford Mudie |
Date: | 10 Dec [1842-5 or 1855-68] |
Classmark: | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Charles E. Mudie Collection, 1816–1897: Correspondence, B29) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13828 |
To ? [1842–82]
Summary
Will be glad to see recipient and Mr Morris at Down the following day.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | [1842–82] |
Classmark: | eBay (April 2001) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13867G |
To [William Baxter or W. W. Baxter?] 24 October [1842–5 or 1853 or 1855–68?]
Summary
Sends enclosed order for two bottles [of unspecified chemical].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter |
Date: | 24 Oct [1842-5, 1853 or 1855-68] |
Classmark: | University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library (BANC MSS 74/78 z) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1768 |
To John Price 29 November [1842–55]
Summary
Not able to assist JP as he knows no schoolmaster in the area.
Cannot answer zoological question but thinks the two Serpulae are distinct.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Price |
Date: | 29 Nov [1842-55] |
Classmark: | University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library (BANC MSS 74/78 z) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1786 |
To Charles Lyell [September–December 1842]
Summary
Discusses relationship of subsidence to the formation of coral reefs.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [Sept–Dec 1842] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.30) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-605 |
From Alexander Bridport Becher 1 September 1842
Summary
Francis Beaufort has instructed ABB to order three copies of Coral Reefs.
Author: | Alexander Bridport Becher |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Sept 1842 |
Classmark: | United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Archive (Letter Book no .10 (1841–2), p. 510) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-605F |
To William Yarrell [5 or 12 September 1842]
Summary
CD is too dull and languid to see Mr Bicheno but will be glad to answer his questions if he writes.
Asks WY to ask J. Sebright "whether the cross with white bantam brought back any of the ""secondary male characters"" to the hen–cock breed".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Yarrell |
Date: | [5 or 12] Sept 1842 |
Classmark: | Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand (Letters to Dr William Kitchen Parker and his sons, MS-Papers-1256-2) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-613 |
To Charles Stokes [January–March 1842]
Summary
Returns snuff box.
Sends a microscope for repair.
Makes appointment to discuss some corals that he is sending.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Stokes |
Date: | [Jan–Mar 1842] |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 91 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-613A |
To Leonard Jenyns [13? January 1842]
Summary
CD is pleased with LJ’s introduction [to Fish]. He rejoices that he persuaded LJ to undertake this work.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
Date: | [13? Jan 1842] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-614 |
To J. S. Henslow [26 January 1842]
Summary
CD relates that Robert Brown is anxious to have [C. M.] Leman[n] elected librarian of the Linnean Society and urges JSH to come to vote for him. CD joins in the request.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | [26 Jan 1842] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-615 |
To the Geological Society of London 31 January [1842]
Summary
Hopes to meet with museum committee after 11 o’clock next day.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Geological Society of London |
Date: | 31 Jan [1842] |
Classmark: | Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/7/25) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-616 |
To J. F. Royle [2 February 1842]
Summary
Asks JFR to support E. A. Darwin’s election to the Athenaeum.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Forbes Royle |
Date: | [2 Feb 1842] |
Classmark: | University of Rochester Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-617 |
To Francis Boott [3 February 1842]
Summary
"My Dear Sir, I have called on you, to solicit your vote & interest at the Athenaeum Club […] in favour of my brother, Erasmus Darwin".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Boott |
Date: | [3 Feb 1842] |
Classmark: | Christie’s (dealers) (13 December 2006, lot 34) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-617F |
To Richard Owen [4 February 1842]
Summary
Informs Owen of the fossil finds of F. J. Muñiz in south America.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | [4 Feb 1842] |
Classmark: | Enns Entomology Museum, University of Missouri |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-617G |
To H. T. De la Beche 7 February 1842
Summary
Asks De la Beche about variation among domesticated animals in Jamaica.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Thomas De la Beche |
Date: | 7 Feb 1842 |
Classmark: | National Museum of Wales, Department of Natural Sciences (De la Beche) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-618 |
To Hugh Edwin Strickland 17 February [1842]
Summary
CD approves of HES’s "laws" [of nomenclature]. Regrets that [J. E.?] Gray does not approve of the scheme. CD has sent the paper to William Ogilby and suggests that HES send it to G. R. Waterhouse, of whom he has a high opinion.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Hugh Edwin Strickland |
Date: | 17 Feb [1842] |
Classmark: | Museum of Zoology Archives, University of Cambridge (Strickland Papers) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-619 |
Darwin, C. R. | (50) |
Provis, John | (2) |
Becher, A. B. | (1) |
Blunt, Thomas | (1) |
Falconer, Hugh | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
Baxter, W. W. | (5) |
Baxter, William | (5) |
Lyell, Charles | (4) |
Strickland, H. E. | (4) |
Darwin, C. R. | (57) |
Baxter, W. W. | (5) |
Baxter, William | (5) |
Lyell, Charles | (4) |
Strickland, H. E. | (4) |