To J. S. Bowerbank [January–August 1848]
Summary
Thanks him for Balanus specimens. Comments on his findings. A large Acasta in the wet state would be valuable. Asks JSB to mention his work to J. T. Quekett at the College of Surgeons.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Scott Bowerbank |
| Date: | [Jan–Aug 1848] |
| Classmark: | John Hay Library, Brown University (Albert E. Lownes Manuscript Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1045 |
To J. S. Bowerbank 24 February [1849]
Summary
Thanks him for cirripede specimens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Scott Bowerbank |
| Date: | 24 Feb [1849] |
| Classmark: | Formerly Leeds City Libraries; for sale at Bonhams (dealers) (13 March 2002) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1229 |
To J. S. Bowerbank 19 January [1850]
Summary
Describes result of his dissection of one of JSB’s cirripede specimens, "now a hundred fold more instructive". Awaits fossils from Copenhagen Chalk for comparison with British specimens. Asks permission for J. de C. Sowerby to draw specimens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Scott Bowerbank |
| Date: | 19 Jan [1850] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1294 |
To J. S. Bowerbank [24 January – 7 March 1850]
Summary
Thanks JSB for specimens of fossil Balanidae.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Scott Bowerbank |
| Date: | [24 Jan – 7 Mar 1850] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.91) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1296 |
To J. S. Bowerbank 25 February [1850]
Summary
Is sending JSB sponges.
He returns the Plumularia on which the beautiful Scalpellum ornatum was attached. [See 1229.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Scott Bowerbank |
| Date: | 25 Feb [1850] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1305A |
To J. S. Bowerbank [8 March 1850]
Summary
Thanks JSB for cirripede specimens. Discusses publication [of Fossil Cirripedia].
Discusses his membership in Palaeontographical Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Scott Bowerbank |
| Date: | [8 Mar 1850] |
| Classmark: | University of London, Senate House Library (AL 44a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1310 |
To J. S. Bowerbank 17 March [1850]
Summary
Thanks JSB for information regarding Sylvanus Hanley’s residence.
Sends stamps for specimen.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Scott Bowerbank |
| Date: | 17 Mar [1850] |
| Classmark: | University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1312 |
From J. S. Bowerbank [4 November 1867]
Summary
Reports two observations on crossing in dogs: the preservation of both pure types in the offspring of a pointer and a setter, and the influence of a first mating with a mongrel on the progeny of a Barbary bitch and a subsequent Barbary male.
| Author: | James Scott Bowerbank |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4 Nov 1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 261 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13780 |
To J. S. Bowerbank [24 April 1850]
Summary
Requests permission to include foreign species in Fossil Cirrpedia (1851). Asks whether sponges arrived. Has not yet heard from Pearce about Pollicipes concinus.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Scott Bowerbank |
| Date: | [24 Apr 1850] |
| Classmark: | University of Delaware Library (Mark Samuels Lasner Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1382F |
To J. S. Bowerbank 25 June [1851]
Summary
Asks to re-examine specimen of Scalpellum. Discusses publication [of Fossil Cirripedia] by Palaeontographical Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Scott Bowerbank |
| Date: | 25 June [1851] |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1438 |
To J. S. Bowerbank, Ray Society 28 September [1851]
Summary
G. B. Sowerby’s plates [for Living Cirripedia] are ready for the printer.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Scott Bowerbank |
| Date: | 28 Sept [1851] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1455 |
To J. S. Bowerbank 29 March [1859]
Summary
Requests receipt for payments to Society in 1858–9.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Scott Bowerbank |
| Date: | 29 Mar [1859] |
| Classmark: | Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2438 |
From J. S. Bowerbank 1 August 1864
Summary
Cannot find his Chalk or Gault formation Pollicipes. Inquires how CD sent these back.
| Author: | James Scott Bowerbank |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Aug 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 262 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4580 |
To J. S. Bowerbank 10 September [1850]
Summary
Discusses woodcut illustrations [for Fossil Cirripedia, vol. 1]. Wants species descriptions to be in both Latin and English.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Scott Bowerbank; Palaeontographical Society |
| Date: | 10 Sept [1850] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.96) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1353 |
To J. S. Bowerbank 7 July [1851]
Summary
Asks to borrow woodcut from Palaeontographical Society for use in Living Cirripedia, vol. 1.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Scott Bowerbank; Palaeontographical Society |
| Date: | 7 July [1851] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.99) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1441 |
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