To J. D. Hooker 22 [January 1844 – March 1882]
Summary
Discusses books returned
and invites him to Down for a few days.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 22 [Jan 1844 - Mar 1882] |
Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (14 and 28 May 1983) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13816A |
To Geological Society of London [3 January 1844]
Summary
Asks that A. d’Orbigny’s geological map of S. America be sent to him with a card of the Society’s evening meetings.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Geological Society of London |
Date: | [3 Jan 1844] |
Classmark: | Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/8/92) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-728 |
To J. D. Hooker [11 January 1844]
Summary
Queries on ratios of species to genera on southern islands. CD’s observations on distribution of Galapagos organisms, and on S. American fossils, and facts he has gathered since, lead him to conclusion that species are not immutable; "it is like confessing a murder".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [11 Jan 1844] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-729 |
To Henry Denny 20 January [1844]
Summary
Discusses sending HD lice specimens. Asks him to check with G. R. Waterhouse.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Denny |
Date: | 20 Jan [1844] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.37) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-731 |
To Ernst Dieffenbach 25 January 1844
Summary
Delighted to be able to contribute Infusoria to ED’s "great countryman Ehrenberg". Includes a list of eight substances from his collection described in detail, which Ehrenberg might find useful in his researches.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Ernst Dieffenbach |
Date: | 25 Jan 1844 |
Classmark: | J. A. Stargardt (dealers) (Catalogue 574 11–13 November 1965) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-732 |
To J. D. Hooker [27 January 1844]
Summary
C. G. Ehrenberg would like some earth from Galapagos, Tierra del Fuego, and the Falklands; wishes to hunt for Infusoria.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [27 Jan 1844] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-733 |
From J. D. Hooker 29 January 1844
Summary
Remarks on geographical divisions of the flora of the Southern Hemisphere.
JDH beginning Galapagos plants. Value of studying insular floras with respect to inquiries about adaptation of species.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Jan 1844 |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 5–7 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-734 |
letter | (7) |
Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Denny, Henry | (1) |
Dieffenbach, Ernst | (1) |
Geological Society of London | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
Hooker, J. D. | (4) |
Denny, Henry | (1) |
Dieffenbach, Ernst | (1) |
Geological Society of London | (1) |