To J. S. Henslow [1 November 1836]
Summary
Alerts JSH to boxes of specimens and letter of 30 Oct on the way by wagon.
Thomas Bell has expressed interest in CD’s Crustacea and reptiles.
CD’s ignorance about his botanical specimens embarrasses him.
Asks whether JSH is disappointed with Galapagos plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | [1 Nov 1836] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 33 DAR/1/1/33) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-318 |
To W. D. Fox 6 November [1836]
Summary
All his affairs are most prosperous. Has found many who will undertake description of animals; he will work at the geology. Lyell has been most friendly and kind.
CD has been proposed to the Geological Society.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 6 Nov [1836] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 49) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-319 |
To Charles Wilkes [7 November 1836]
Summary
Arranges to meet CW for conversation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Wilkes |
Date: | [7 Nov 1836] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.6) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-320 |
From J. M. Herbert [19 November 1836]
Summary
Welcomes CD; has tried to find him. May see him in Cambridge. Reminisces about CD’s musical taste and memory. Describes Charles Whitley’s wedding and wife. Mentions friends.
Author: | John Maurice Herbert |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [19 Nov 1836] |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 137 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-323 |
To Caroline Darwin [9 November 1836]
Summary
His fossil bones are unpacked and some are great treasures. He has some geology to do: R. I. Murchison has lent him a map and asked him to look at a part of the country he has been describing.
Their only protection against having Harriet Martineau as sister-in-law is that she works Erasmus too hard.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
Date: | [9 Nov 1836] |
Classmark: | DAR 154: 49 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-321 |
Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Herbert, J. M. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Darwin, Caroline | (1) |
Fox, W. D. | (1) |
Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
Wedgwood, Caroline | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | |
Darwin, Caroline | (1) |
Fox, W. D. | (1) |
Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
Herbert, J. M. | (1) |
Wedgwood, Caroline | (1) |
Wilkes, Charles | (1) |