To T. H. Huxley 31 March [1855]
Summary
Thinks J. O. Westwood deserves Royal Society’s Gold Medal. Asks THH’s opinion of his nomination. Lyell deserves Copley Medal, but, since he has Royal Medal, it may be objectionable to propose him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 31 Mar [1855] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 29) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1659 |
From Edward Blyth 22–3 August 1855
Summary
Gives extracts from a letter by Thomas Hutton.
Rabbits are kept (generally by Europeans) in the NW. provinces and breed freely. Canaries are not well adapted to the climate. Reports on domestic cats and pigeons of the area. EB gives references to further information on cats, pigeons, and silkworms.
[CD’s notes are an abstract of this letter.]
| Author: | Edward Blyth |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22–3 Aug 1855 |
| Classmark: | DAR 98: A79–A84 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1746 |
To J. D. Hooker 15 [June 1855]
Summary
Thanks for Hedysarum.
Pleasure in identifying field plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 15 [June 1855] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 137 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1700 |
To W. D. Fox 19 March [1855]
Summary
Asks WDF to observe at what age pigeons have tail-feathers sufficiently developed to be counted.
CD is hard at work on his notes for a book with all the facts "for & versus" the immutability of species.
Asks for a young chicken and a nestling common pigeon.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 19 Mar [1855] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 87) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1651 |
| letter | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Blyth, Edward | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Blyth, Edward | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
