To J. S. Bowerbank [January–August 1848]
Summary
Thanks him for Balanus specimens. Comments on his findings. A large Acasta in the wet state would be valuable. Asks JSB to mention his work to J. T. Quekett at the College of Surgeons.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | James Scott Bowerbank |
Date: | [Jan–Aug 1848] |
Classmark: | John Hay Library, Brown University (Albert E. Lownes Manuscript Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1045 |
To John Innes [1848?]
Summary
Suggests various remedies for toothache.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Brodie Innes |
Date: | [1848?] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1141 |
To George Warde Norman [1848]
Summary
Seeks excuse from jury duty on grounds of ill health.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Warde Norman |
Date: | [1848] |
Classmark: | DAR 147: 189 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1143 |
From Susan Elizabeth Darwin [1848?]
Summary
[Valediction only.] CD note on verso: Athenaeum/48/p. 839 "E. Forbes on genera being continuous in time––good––fact".
Author: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1848?] |
Classmark: | DAR 205.10: 96 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1145 |
To James Smith of Jordanhill 28 January [1848]
Summary
CD asks if he may have the use of the cirripedes JS collected in Portugal. He will need to break up or make a section of at least one of each species.
Expresses admiration for JS’s paper on Malta ["On recent depressions in the land", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 3 (1847): 234–40], with its striking demonstration of the change of level between land and water there discovered.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | James Smith of Jordanhill |
Date: | 28 Jan [1848] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1148 |
To William Crawford Williamson 31 January [1848]
Summary
Thanks WCW for his article ["Microscopical objects found in mud of Levant", Mem. Lit. & Philos. Soc. Manchester 2d ser. 8 (1848):1–128]. Comments on it; offers to send Ascension Island specimens. Urges WCW to re-examine coal-beds for Infusoria to determine whether intervening beds were deposited by sea-, brackish, or fresh water.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Crawford Williamson |
Date: | 31 Jan [1848] |
Classmark: | Kōbunzo (dealers) (Mr Sorimachi, bookseller, Tokyo) (no date) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1149 |
To B. W. Hawkins [1848–51]
Summary
Testimonial recommending B. Waterhouse Hawkins [for a teaching post].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins |
Date: | [1848–51] |
Classmark: | Library of Congress Manuscript Division (George P. Merrill collection, box 4, file H) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13869 |
letter | (7) |
Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
Darwin, S. E. | (1) |
Bowerbank, J. S. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Hawkins, B. W. | (1) |
Innes, J. B. | (1) |
Norman, G. W. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | |
Bowerbank, J. S. | (1) |
Darwin, S. E. | (1) |
Hawkins, B. W. | (1) |
Innes, J. B. | (1) |
Norman, G. W. | (1) |
Smith of Jordanhill, James | (1) |
Williamson, W. C. | (1) |