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To the Admiralty   9 [May 1846]

Summary

Encloses letter and paper to be forwarded to B. J. Sulivan.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Admiralty
Date:  9 [May 1846]
Classmark:  Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-694

To J. D. Hooker   [May 1846]

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Interested in sterility of alpine plants in lowland and sterility of some plants in cultivation.

Curious to see Galapagos paper.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  [May 1846]
Classmark:  DAR 114: 61
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-971

To J. D. Hooker   [19 May 1846]

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CD brought some plants in spirits from Tierra del Fuego. Did JDH see them?

Problems of explaining formation of coalfields. Comments on recent work on coal formation.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  [19 May 1846]
Classmark:  DAR 114: 62
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-976

From William Hopkins   5 May 1846

Summary

Discussion of CD’s geological problem, relating to elevation of laminated beds around a rising granitic ridge.

Author:  William Hopkins
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  5 May 1846
Classmark:  DAR 39: 57–8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-978

From George Grey   10 May 1846

Summary

Returns letter from CD to J. L. Stokes [see 940 and 1030].

Author:  George Grey
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 May 1846
Classmark:  DAR 144: 121c
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-979

To John Higgins   27 May [1846]

Summary

Acknowledges receipt of draft. When does JH want the money for the new farmhouse? Bankers are Robarts, Curtis & Co. JH to pay them the rent directly.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Higgins
Date:  27 May [1846]
Classmark:  Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/1)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-980