To John Washington 14 October [1839]
Summary
Returns proof-sheets of an article he has reviewed for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. He will find it useful when he comes to describe the Cordilleras of Chile.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Washington; Royal Geographical Society |
| Date: | 14 Oct [1839] |
| Classmark: | Royal Geographical Society |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-536 |
To John Washington [14 October 1839]
Summary
Returns proofs of J. O. French’s article ["Account of the province of La Rioja: S. America", J. R. Geogr. Soc. 9 (1839): 381–406].
Gratified by Humboldt’s praise of Journal of researches [J. R. Geogr. Soc. 9 (1839): 502].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Washington; Royal Geographical Society |
| Date: | [14 Oct 1839] |
| Classmark: | Royal Geographical Society |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-537 |
To Leonard Jenyns 14 October [1839]
Summary
Informs LJ that Yarrell has recommended B. W. Hawkins to do the plates [for Fish]. Discusses arrangements to be made, number of plates, etc. Answers LJ’s questions about several specimens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
| Date: | 14 Oct [1839] |
| Classmark: | Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-538 |
To A. Y. Spearman 14 October 1839
Summary
Presents the Smith, Elder & Co. account for the fourth number now published of the second part of the Zoology.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 14 Oct 1839 |
| Classmark: | The National Archives (TNA) (T1/4524 paper 25824) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-538A |
To Leonard Jenyns 17 October [1839]
Summary
Discusses details of arrangements for descriptions and engravings [for Fish].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
| Date: | 17 Oct [1839] |
| Classmark: | Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-539 |
To Leonard Jenyns [20 or 27 October 1839]
Summary
Details regarding Fish. CD is astonished how many new things LJ has found: "four new genera is something".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
| Date: | [20 or 27] Oct 1839 |
| Classmark: | Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-540 |
To W. D. Fox 24 October [1839]
Summary
Hopes to publish volume on coral formations in a few months.
He and Emma live quietly, having given up parties.
Asks WDF if he remembers the Darwin family motto. He means to have a "seal solemnly engraved".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 24 Oct [1839] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 58) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-541 |
To Caroline Wedgwood [27 October 1839]
Summary
Describes his routine for a typical day – writing Coral reefs, studying German.
FitzRoy’s "Deluge Chapter" [Narrative 2, ch. 28] will amuse her.
His opinion of Carlyle’s Critical and miscellaneous essays [1839].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Date: | [27 Oct 1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 154: 54 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-542 |
To J. S. Henslow [10 November 1839]
Summary
Urges JSH to describe Galapagos species in a paper on the flora of the islands.
Has been interested in geographical distribution and would be interested to have a paper by JSH on the general character of flora of Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia.
"I keep on steadily collecting every sort of fact which may throw light on the origin & variation of species."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | [10 Nov 1839] |
| Classmark: | The Morgan Library and Museum, New York (Heineman Collection MA 7127) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-543 |
To John Washington 1 November [1839]
Summary
CD thinks report of a rock imbedded in an iceberg is remarkable; wants to write a note for the [Journal] about it. Asks for location of the sighting and a chart of the Antarctic Sea. [See "Rock seen on an iceberg", Collected papers 1: 137–9.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Washington; Royal Geographical Society |
| Date: | 1 Nov [1839] |
| Classmark: | Royal Geographical Society |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-544 |
To Alexander von Humboldt 1 November 1839
Summary
Gratified by AvH’s letter.
Sends data on temperature of the sea in the Galapagos, South Pacific, and the Abrolhos Islands.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander (Alexander) von Humboldt |
| Date: | 1 Nov 1839 |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Nachl. Alexander von Humboldt, gr. Kasten 4, Nr. 22, Bl. 1–2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-545 |
To W. H. Miller 22 [November 1839]
Summary
Asks if WHM would be interested in the meteorological observations of the Falkland Islands made by B. J. Sulivan on a recent survey. Such observations are rare and appear to CD to have many points of interest.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Hallowes Miller |
| Date: | 22 [Nov 1839] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-546 |
To A. Y. Spearman 27 November 1839
Summary
Encloses the Smith, Elder & Co. account for the fourth number now published of the third part of the Zoology.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 27 Nov 1839 |
| Classmark: | The National Archives (TNA) (T1/4524 paper 25824) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-546A |
To T. C. Eyton [30 November 1839]
Summary
Sends bird specimens for examination by TCE [for Birds].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Campbell Eyton |
| Date: | [30 Nov 1839] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.17) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-547 |
From J. G. Malcolmson 30 November 1839
Summary
Sends specimens of coralline with vermiform holes.
J. Allan’s observations of Aldabra and the Cormoros [see Coral reefs, p. 186] and news of his experiments on the growth of coral.
| Author: | John Grant Malcolmson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Nov 1839 |
| Classmark: | DAR 39: 15–17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-548 |
From J. G. Malcolmson [after 7 October 1839]
Summary
Comments on the discussion of erratic blocks in Journal of researches [pp. 619, 621–2].
| Author: | John Grant Malcolmson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 7 Oct 1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 50: C24–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-559 |
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| Wedgwood, Emma | (11) |
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