To George Robert Waterhouse [August 1838–40]
Summary
Determined to make GRW a geologist. Sends copy of C. Lyell [?Elements of geology (1838)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Robert Waterhouse |
| Date: | [Aug 1838–40] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-416 |
To William John Broderip [August–December 1838]
Summary
Would like to arrange a meeting about CD’s collection of shells [from the Beagle voyage].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William John Broderip |
| Date: | [Aug–Dec 1838] |
| Classmark: | Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (GEN/D/DARWIN (C)/3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-422 |
To Charles Lyell 9 August [1838]
Summary
Comments on receiving copy of Lyell’s Elements [of geology]. Much is new to CD, and he is copying out notes and references.
Criticises geological work of John Phillips.
Describes expedition to Glen Roy, about which he is writing a paper ["Parallel roads of Glen Roy" (1839), Collected papers 1: 87–137].
Enjoys the Athenaeum Club.
Criticises entomological work of F. W. Hope.
Asks Lyell to obtain for him a copy of barometric readings made at Leith.
Asks him to ascertain altitude of several Scottish lochs.
Comments on FitzRoy’s character.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 9 Aug [1838] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.10) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-424 |
To A. Y. Spearman 18 August 1838
Summary
Notification of submission of Smith, Elder & Co. accounts (enclosed) for first numbers of part II and part III of the Zoology, which are now published.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 18 Aug 1838 |
| Classmark: | The National Archives (TNA) (T1/4524 paper 25824) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-424A |
To Emma Wedgwood [7 August 1838]
Summary
His [first] railway journey was disappointing.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [7 Aug 1838] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-423 |
| Broderip, W. J. | (1) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
| Spearman, A. Y. | (1) |
| Waterhouse, G. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Broderip, W. J. | (1) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
| Spearman, A. Y. | (1) |
