To Francis Boott 20 August 1848
Summary
CD will write to A. A. Gould for aid. Thanks for sympathy and assistance about chloroform.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Boott |
| Date: | 20 Aug 1848 |
| Classmark: | James Cummins, Bookseller (dealer) (website viewed 7 February 2012) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1195 |
To Daniel Sharpe 23 August [1848?]
Summary
Thanks for note.
Glad DS sticks to cleavage and foliation question. Bernhard Studer one of few to take correct view on subject.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Sharpe |
| Date: | 23 Aug [1848?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 47 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-991 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Dated [1846? ] by Francis Darwin ( ML 2: 199), but the content of the letter makes 1848 …
- … Darwin. Edited by Paul H. Barrett. 2 vols. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. 1977. Fossil Cirripedia (1854): A monograph of the fossil Balanidæ and Verrucidæ of Great Britain. By Charles Darwin. London: Palaeontographical Society. 1854. ML : More letters of Charles Darwin: a record of his work in a series of hitherto unpublished letters. Edited by Francis Darwin …
To J. S. Henslow 2 July [1848]
Summary
Criticises lecturing system in education and emphasis on classics. Has forgotten all his classical knowledge.
Asks JSH’s help in naming cirripedes, on which he is working. Believes he has made "some very curious points".
Expects a sixth child [Francis] in August.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 2 July [1848] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: A18–A20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1189 |
To Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz 22 October 1848
Summary
Thanks LA and sends thanks to A. A. Gould for specimens. Describes principal findings of his research on cirripedes. Is obliged for information Joseph Leidy gave about cirripede eyes. Describes anatomical features and chief aspects of growth. Describes discovery of parasitic males and a species parasitic upon other cirripedes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jean Louis Rodolphe (Louis) Agassiz |
| Date: | 22 Oct 1848 |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Am 1419: 274) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1205 |
| letter | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Agassiz, Louis | (1) |
| Boott, Francis | (1) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
| Sharpe, Daniel | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Agassiz, Louis | (1) |
| Boott, Francis | (1) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
| Sharpe, Daniel | (1) |
