From J. S. Henslow 6 February 1832
Summary
News of Cambridge: the recent examinations; memorial tablet for Marmaduke Ramsay.
| Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 110 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-157 |
To J. S. Henslow 18 May – 16 June 1832
Summary
His first letter to JSH since December. Recounts his seasickness, geologising and marine collecting at St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde Is.]; his first tropical forest. Collecting small insects from the tropics. His Welsh trip with Sedgwick has been extremely valuable.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 18 May & 16 June 1832 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 12 DAR/1/1/12) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-171 |
To J. S. Henslow [23 July –] 15 August [1832]
Summary
Specimens being sent off. Describes his collection of rocks, plants, and insects. Some particularly interesting specimens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | [23 July –] 15 Aug [1832] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 13 DAR/1/1/13) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-178 |
To J. S. Henslow [c. 26 October –] 24 November [1832]
Summary
A French collector [Alcide d’Orbigny] has been at the Rio Negro and will probably have "taken the cream". CD’s luck with fossil bones, among them a large extinct armadillo-like animal. Describes some birds, toads, Crustacea, and other marine specimens. Nearly all plants flowering at Bahia Blanca were collected. Is sending two large casks of fossil bones by packet.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | [c. 26 Oct –] 24 Nov [1832] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 14 DAR/1/1/14) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-192 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (4) |
