To W. D. Fox 4 September [1850]
Summary
Has heard that Louis Agassiz maintains the doctrine of several species of man "much I daresay to the comfort of the slave-holding southerners".
Homeopathy excites his wrath even more than clairvoyance.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 4 Sept [1850] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 77) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1352 |
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- … friend | C. Darwin By pure accident a bundle of Athenæums have been much delayed. …
To the Secretary, Royal Geographical Society 20 May [1850]
Summary
Asks for whatever numbers, since 1845, of the Journal [of the Royal Geographical Society] he, as a Fellow, is entitled to receive gratis.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Royal Geographical Society |
| Date: | 20 May [1850] |
| Classmark: | Royal Geographical Society |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1329 |
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- … that for 1845) addressed to me at the Athenæum Club. Pall Mall. Sir | Your obed. sert | …
To J. D. Dana 24 February [1850]
Summary
Regrets delay in sending pamphlets for JDD.
Thanks him for information concerning cirripedes.
Sends thanks to Charles Pickering for information about plant distribution.
Discusses boring species of cirripedes.
Believes Harry D. S. Goodsir mistaken about parasites on Balanus ["Observations on organs of generation in Crustacea", Edinburgh New Philos. J. 36 (1843–4): 183–6]. In fact parasites are the males of the species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Dwight Dana |
| Date: | 24 Feb [1850] |
| Classmark: | Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (Dana Family Papers (MS 164) Series 1, Box 2, folder 43) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1305 |
To G. R. Waterhouse [January–June 1850]
Summary
Wishes to propose John Lubbock as a member of the Entomological Society.
Asks for B. H. Hodgson’s pamphlet on sheep ["Tame sheep and goats", J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 16 (1847): 1003–26]. Asks for odd numbers of GRW’s work [A natural history of the Mammalia (1846–8)]. Regrets that this work has stopped.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Robert Waterhouse |
| Date: | [Jan–June 1850] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (Archives DF PAL/100/6/6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1144 |
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- … as to send me Hodgsons Pamplet on Sheep to Athenæum Club— you have, I think, heretofore …
From J. D. Hooker 26 November 1850
Summary
Falconer’s misbehaviour.
Geology of Khashia [Khasi] mountains. Speculations on mountain building and origin of Himalayas.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Nov 1850 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (India letters 1847–51: 314–15 JDH/1/10) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1371 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … s brief account of his barnacle work in the Athenæum ( Collected papers 1: 250–1). Hooker …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Dana, J. D. | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Royal Geographical Society | (1) |
