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To J. S. Henslow   [30–1 October 1836]

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CD in London to meet with naturalists about his collections. Lyell and Owen are helpful, but no one else, except R. E. Grant, seems to want to examine his specimens.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Stevens Henslow
Date:  [30–1 Oct 1836]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 32 DAR/1/1/32)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-317

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  • … life and letters of the Reverend Adam Sedgwick. 2 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University …
  • … dispersed some years later ( LL 1: 273). Adam Sedgwick’s duties as a Prebendary of Norwich …

To J. S. Henslow   9 July 1836

Summary

Asks JSH to propose him for Geological Society. His meeting with Sir John Herschel and Andrew Smith at Cape of Good Hope.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Stevens Henslow
Date:  9 July 1836
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 30 DAR/1/1/30)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-304

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  • … See letter from Adam Sedgwick, 18 September 1831 . Sir Thomas Maclear . See Andrew Smith   …
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