To George Robert Gray [4 December 1838]
Summary
Sends GRG a few pages of proofs [of Birds]. Asks him to make any observations that might occur to him and to check passages in French and Latin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Robert Gray |
| Date: | [4 Dec 1838] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (14 December 1976) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-451 |
To Joseph Beete Jukes 6 December 1838
Summary
The Geological Society cannot recommend anyone to the Government of Newfoundland, but CD advises JBJ to get a recommendation from Sedgwick.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Beete Jukes |
| Date: | 6 Dec 1838 |
| Classmark: | University of Oklahoma Libraries History of Science Collections |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-453 |
To G. R. Gray [6 December 1838]
Summary
Sends proofs [of Birds, no. 2]. Asks GRG to check Latin accents.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Robert Gray |
| Date: | [6 Dec 1838] |
| Classmark: | Leiden University Libraries (BPL 885 / Darwin s.a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-454 |
To the Secretary of the American Philosophical Society 20 December 1838
Summary
As Secretary of the Geological Society of London, formally expresses his thanks for initial numbers of Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | American Philosophical Society. |
| Date: | 20 Dec 1838 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.13) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-458 |
To Adam Sedgwick 21 [December 1838]
Summary
CD informs AS of the position of the Council of the Geological Society on recommending J. B. Jukes for a geological survey of Newfoundland. Feels Jukes’s application would have best chance of success if Sedgwick, his Professor at Cambridge, wrote a letter.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Adam Sedgwick |
| Date: | 21 [Dec 1838] |
| Classmark: | Cambridge University Library Add 7652 IB: 175 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-459 |
To J. B. Jukes 25 December [1838]
Summary
Advises JBJ on preparing himself for geological work in Newfoundland.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Beete Jukes |
| Date: | 25 Dec [1838] |
| Classmark: | University of Oklahoma Libraries History of Science Collections |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-461 |
To Emma Wedgwood [29 December 1838]
Summary
The house at 12 Upper Gower Street is theirs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [29 Dec 1838] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-463 |
To Emma Wedgwood [31 December 1838 –] 1 January 1839
Summary
Has moved into the Gower Street house. Is pleased with it and its location.
Hopes to be able to finish his Glen Roy paper soon.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [31 Dec 1838 –] 1 Jan 1839 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-466 |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Gray, G. R. | (2) |
| Jukes, J. B. | (2) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (2) |
| American Philosophical Society. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Gray, G. R. | (2) |
| Jukes, J. B. | (2) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (2) |
