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From J. S. Henslow 24 August 1831
Summary
JSH has been asked by Peacock to recommend a naturalist as companion to Capt. FitzRoy on Beagle voyage. CD the best qualified person; not a finished naturalist but amply qualified for collecting, observing, and noting.
| Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Aug 1831 |
| Classmark: | DAR 97(ser.2):4–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-105 |
From J. S. Henslow 25 October 1831
Summary
Gives CD directions for sending him specimens from Beagle.
Writes of Cambridge politics.
| Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Oct 1831 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 108 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-143 |
From J. S. Henslow 20 November 1831
Summary
Is sending plates for R. T. Lowe’s paper [Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 4 (1833): 1–70].
Adds advice on working the surd.
Agrees with CD that Beagle voyage would have been wrong for Jenyns, but assures him he (CD) is the right man. Warns CD against his "foible" of taking offence at rudeness or ungentlemanlike behaviour.
| Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Nov 1831 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 109 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-150 |
Author
| Henslow, J. S. | (3) |
