To J. E. Gray 18 December 1847
Summary
Seeks permission from the Trustees of the British Museum to borrow the cirripede specimens in the public collection. Explains his intention to produce a monograph of the Cirripedia.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Edward Gray |
Date: | 18 Dec 1847 |
Classmark: | British Museum (Central Archive ‘Original Papers’, vol. XXXVIII) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1139 |
To J. C. Ross 31 December 1847
Summary
Asks JCR to collect cirripedes for him on forthcoming expedition [to the Arctic in search of Sir John Franklin].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | James Clark Ross |
Date: | 31 Dec 1847 |
Classmark: | The Royal Society (Sa: 384) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1140 |
To John Edward Gray [18 December 1847]
Summary
Discusses loan of cirripede specimens from the British Museum.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Edward Gray |
Date: | [18 Dec 1847] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.71) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1146 |
To William Baxter 2 October [1847?]
Summary
Reorders six 2–oz bottles with corks.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Baxter |
Date: | 2 Oct [1847?] |
Classmark: | Lehigh University Libraries Special Collections |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13775 |
To Charles Lyell [1847 or 1848]
Summary
Replies to note from CL asking about views of glaciers.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [1847 or 1848] |
Classmark: | DAR 146: 329 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13825F |
To Richard Owen [November 1847–51]
Summary
"I had not heard before of Whench [Whewell?] having scolded you; I am rather glad of it …
What a grand number of novelties Hooker no doubt will bring home".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | [Nov 1847–51] |
Classmark: | John K. Lattimer (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13833 |
To Richard Owen 23 December [1847–54]
Summary
Is searching for a tooth of Carcharias which he might have left with RO.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | 23 Dec [1847-54] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13834 |
To Adolf Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe 5 May [1847]
Summary
Sends parcel of specimens for R. W. Bunsen.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Adolf Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe |
Date: | 5 May [1847] |
Classmark: | Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel (Briefsammlung Viewig 346, 346a) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1569 |
To Richard Owen [6 March 1847]
Summary
A specimen of Machairodus offered for sale by F. J. Muñiz.
Discusses possible publication in England of paper by Muñiz describing the skeleton.
Sends pamphlet on scarlatina in the Pampas.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | [6 Mar 1847] |
Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections Owen correspondence 9/192) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-938 |
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