To Japetus Steenstrup 7 September [1854]
Summary
Offers to send collection of cirripedes to Copenhagen Museum in return for assistance in his research. Mentions publication of Living Cirripedia, vol. 2.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johannes Japetus Smith (Japetus) Steenstrup |
| Date: | 7 Sept [1854] |
| Classmark: | Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen (NKS 3460 4to); Natural History Museum of Denmark |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1589 |
From J. D. Hooker [15 November 1854]
Summary
George Bentham’s list of aberrant plant genera. JDH appended the number of species in each genus according to E. G. Steudel’s catalogue [Nomenclator botanicus (1840–1)] and according to JDH and Bentham.
JDH speculates on effect of splitting Australia longitudinally on distribution; it becomes an argument for new creations.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15 Nov 1854] |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.9: 386 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1607 |
To John Higgins 25 December 1854
Summary
Discusses his account. Mentions health of children.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 25 Dec 1854 |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/83) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1615 |
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- … 11 s. 8 d. The discrepancy is explained by an entry in CD’s Account book (Down House MS) on 24 December recording a payment of 15 s . to: ‘M r Higgins Alford Agricultural Club’. Francis and Leonard Darwin (see ‘Journal’; Correspondence vol. 5, Appendix I). CD’s Health diary (Down House MS) recorded from 14 to 29 December: ‘Children Ill. —’. Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that Leonard and Francis came home unwell from Sarah Wedgwood’s on 13 …
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Higgins, John | (1) |
| Steenstrup, Japetus | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Higgins, John | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Steenstrup, Japetus | (1) |
