To J. F. Royle [2 February 1842]
Summary
Asks JFR to support E. A. Darwin’s election to the Athenaeum.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Forbes Royle |
Date: | [2 Feb 1842] |
Classmark: | University of Rochester Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-617 |
To Francis Boott [3 February 1842]
Summary
"My Dear Sir, I have called on you, to solicit your vote & interest at the Athenaeum Club […] in favour of my brother, Erasmus Darwin".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Boott |
Date: | [3 Feb 1842] |
Classmark: | Christie’s (dealers) (13 December 2006, lot 34) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-617F |
To Richard Owen [4 February 1842]
Summary
Informs Owen of the fossil finds of F. J. Muñiz in south America.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | [4 Feb 1842] |
Classmark: | Enns Entomology Museum, University of Missouri |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-617G |
To H. T. De la Beche 7 February 1842
Summary
Asks De la Beche about variation among domesticated animals in Jamaica.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Thomas De la Beche |
Date: | 7 Feb 1842 |
Classmark: | National Museum of Wales, Department of Natural Sciences (De la Beche) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-618 |
To Hugh Edwin Strickland 17 February [1842]
Summary
CD approves of HES’s "laws" [of nomenclature]. Regrets that [J. E.?] Gray does not approve of the scheme. CD has sent the paper to William Ogilby and suggests that HES send it to G. R. Waterhouse, of whom he has a high opinion.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Hugh Edwin Strickland |
Date: | 17 Feb [1842] |
Classmark: | Museum of Zoology Archives, University of Cambridge (Strickland Papers) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-619 |
To H. E. Strickland [19 February 1842]
Summary
CD saw Andrew Smith, who is interested in the subject [of zoological nomenclature], but CD thinks he differs from HES on some points. Sends Smith’s address.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Hugh Edwin Strickland |
Date: | [19 Feb 1842] |
Classmark: | Museum of Zoology Archives, University of Cambridge (Strickland Papers) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-620 |
To Susan Darwin [22 February 1842]
Summary
Comments on birth [of Catherine Elizabeth Sophia Wedgwood].
Plans to visit Shrewsbury.
Describes behaviour of William Darwin.
Discusses speculation losses of acquaintances, including T. Carlyle’s. Mentions his own loss on Journal of researches.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
Date: | [22 Feb 1842] |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-621 |
Strickland, H. E. | (2) |
Boott, Francis | (1) |
Darwin, S. E. | (1) |
De la Beche, H. T. | (1) |
Owen, Richard | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
Strickland, H. E. | (2) |
Boott, Francis | (1) |
Darwin, S. E. | (1) |
De la Beche, H. T. | (1) |