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To Michael Foster   29 [June 1871]

Summary

Thanks him for curare.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Michael Foster
Date:  29 [June 1871]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.401)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7837

Matches: 6 hits

To Michael Foster   9 May [1874]

Summary

CD is rather disappointed by the money raised for Dohrn. Had hoped for £700–800.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Michael Foster
Date:  9 May [1874]
Classmark:  Michael Silverman (dealer) (January 2001)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9452

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael
  • … To Michael Foster   9 May [1874] …
  • … Silverman (dealer) (January 2001) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 May [1874] Michael Foster
  • … station at Naples (see letter from Michael Foster, [before 9 May 1874] and n.  2). …

To Michael Foster   6 June [1871]

Summary

Comments on MF’s "little essay" [see 7800].

Invites him to visit.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Michael Foster
Date:  6 June [1871]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.419)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7803

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael
  • … To Michael Foster   6 June [1871] …
  • … Society (Mss.B.D25.419) Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 June [1871] Michael Foster
  • … this letter and the letter from Michael Foster, 4 June [1871] . See letter from Michael …

To Michael Foster   26 June [1871]

Summary

Invites MF to visit.

Asks where he can obtain curare for plant experiment.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Michael Foster
Date:  26 June [1871]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.400)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7832

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael
  • … To Michael Foster   26 June [1871] …
  • … Charles Robert Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 26 June [1871] Michael Foster
  • … See letter from Michael Foster, 25 June 1871 . CD returned home on 30 June 1871. He spent …

To Michael Foster   16 April 1871

Summary

Encloses two questions he hopes MF can answer: the mechanism of transmission by nerves; and the mechanism by which contemplating part of our body, we become conscious of its existence

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Michael Foster
Date:  16 Apr 1871
Classmark:  Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections DC AL 1/16); DAR 195.1: 11–13
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7689G

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael
  • … To Michael Foster   16 April 1871 …
  • … DC AL 1/16); DAR 195.1: 11–13 Charles Robert Darwin 16 Apr 1871 Down Michael Foster
  • … Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872. Foster, Michael. 1869. Mouvements involuntaires chez …

To Michael Foster   25 April [1874]

Summary

Has received circulars, and contributions from Lyell and George Busk [for Naples biological station].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Michael Foster
Date:  25 Apr [1874]
Classmark:  Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 4: 71)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9427

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael
  • … To Michael Foster   25 April [1874] …
  • … Huxley 4: 71) Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 25 Apr [1874] Michael Foster
  • Foster had prepared a printed appeal for the Zoological Station at Naples for circulation to prospective subscribers (see letter to Michael Foster, …

To Michael Foster   23 April [1874]

Summary

Approves of proof [of subscription appeal for Dohrn’s Naples station]. Suggests names.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Michael Foster
Date:  23 Apr [1874]
Classmark:  Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 4: 69)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9425

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Foster, Michael
  • … To Michael Foster   23 April [1874] …
  • … Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 Down letterhead 23 Apr [1874] Michael Foster
  • Foster had arranged to have copies of an appeal for the Zoological Station at Naples printed for distribution to prospective subscribers (see circular to various scientific men, [7 April 1874], and letter from Michael Foster, …

To John Lubbock, P. L. Sclater, Charles Lyell, W. B. Carpenter, and Michael Foster   [7 April 1874]

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Summary

Circular requesting recipients to sign an enclosed [missing] statement [relating to appeal for Naples Zoological Station] if they approve of it.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury; Philip Lutley Sclater; Charles Lyell, 1st baronet; William Benjamin Carpenter; Michael Foster
Date:  [7 Apr 1874]
Classmark:  DAR 97: C52–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9384

Matches: 6 hits

  • … Darwin, C. R. Lubbock, John Sclater, P. L. Lyell, Charles Carpenter, W. B. Foster, Michael
  • … P. L. Sclater, Charles Lyell, W. B. Carpenter, and Michael Foster   [7 April 1874] …
  • … Philip Lutley Sclater Charles Lyell, 1st baronet William Benjamin Carpenter Michael Foster
  • … F.R.S. — 56 R.  P.  Road N.W. D r Michael Foster FRS Gt Shelford Cambridge Will you be so …
  • … between this letter, the letter from Michael Foster, 7 April [1874] , and the letter to …
  • … some will be thus saved. D r . Michael Foster after receiving a certain number of …
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