To W. W. Baxter 4 September 1873
Summary
Orders list of chemical salts. Ashamed to order from Hopkins and Williams because they charge him such an extremely low rate.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 4 Sept 1873 |
| Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) (August 2015) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9042 |
To W. W. Baxter 5 September [1873]
Summary
Orders salts of various metals; thinks chlorides (where soluble) would be better than nitrates.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 5 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.431) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9043 |
To W. W. Baxter 8 September [1873]
Summary
Requests chemicals for Drosera experiments. Lists 12 acids tried so far.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 8 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.11: 6 (EH 88206058) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9046 |
To W. W. Baxter 21 September [1873]
Summary
Requests 6 2oz bottles with corks. Folic acid produces remarkable effect. Orders hydriodic acid.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 21 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 136 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9061F |
To [W. W. Baxter?] [early July 1871]
Summary
Orders nitrate of ammonia for experiment on plants.
Are measuring glasses accurate?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | [early July 1871] |
| Classmark: | The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9524 |
To W. W. Baxter 27 October [1874]
Summary
Orders two bottles of chlorodyne and bottles and corks of various sizes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 27 Oct [1874] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9699 |
To [William Baxter or W. W. Baxter?] 8 December [1842–81]
Summary
Orders large pot of spermaceti ointment.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter |
| Date: | 8 Dec [1842-81] |
| Classmark: | University of Otago, Special Collections (MS 49) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11271F |
To [William Baxter or W. W. Baxter?] [1842–82?]
Summary
Orders pot of soft spermaceti ointment.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter |
| Date: | [1842–82?] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.536) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11313 |
To William Baxter or W. W. Baxter 21 March [1843–82]
Summary
Requests a mixture of verdigris, sal ammoniac, and lamp-black.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter |
| Date: | 21 Mar [1843-82] |
| Classmark: | Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (Baxter Collection, 1136/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13772 |
To William Baxter or W. W. Baxter 16 March [1843–82]
Summary
Asks for a bottle to be filled with spirits of wine.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter |
| Date: | 16 Mar [1843-82] |
| Classmark: | Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (144/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13772F |
To [William Baxter or W. W. Baxter?] 24 October [1842–5 or 1853 or 1855–68?]
Summary
Sends enclosed order for two bottles [of unspecified chemical].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter |
| Date: | 24 Oct [1842-5, 1853 or 1855-68] |
| Classmark: | University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library (BANC MSS 74/78 z) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1768 |
To [William Baxter or W. W. Baxter?] 2 [October 1842 – April 1882]
Summary
Requests some carbonate of ammonia.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter |
| Date: | 2 [Oct 1842 - Mar 1882] |
| Classmark: | University of Rochester Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation (tipped into a copy of Insectivorous plants (QH 9.9 I59m)) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8132 |
To [William Baxter or W. W. Baxter?] 10 [October 1842 – April 1882]
Summary
Orders distilled water, 2 oz of camphorated spirits, and perfume.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Baxter; William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 10 [Oct 1842 – Apr 1882] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13776 |
