To J. D. Hooker [1–29 August 1844]
Summary
Encloses Ehrenberg letter, Galapagos seaweed, and specimens of Conferva.
H. Denny would like specimens of Antarctic Pediculi.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [1–29 Aug 1844] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-768 |
To Leonard Horner 29 August [1844]
Summary
Thanks Horner for his letter [about Volcanic islands].
Discusses craters of elevation with respect to the views of Leopold von Buch and Élie de Beaumont. Compares Lyell’s views to those of continental geologists. Mentions reading A. D. d’Orbigny [Voyage dans l’Amérique méridionale (1835–47)].
Encloses note from Emma to Mrs Horner, inviting the Horners to visit Down.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leonard Horner |
| Date: | 29 Aug [1844] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.38) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-771 |
Document type
| letter | (2) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Addressee
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Horner, Leonard | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Horner, Leonard | (1) |
