To Albany Hancock [21 September 1849]
Summary
Describes his research on cirripedes.
Comments on paper by AH ["Notice of a burrowing barnacle", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 2d ser. 4 (1849): 305–14]. Asks to borrow specimens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Albany Hancock |
| Date: | [21 Sept 1849] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1253 |
To Albany Hancock 29 September [1849]
Summary
Thanks AH for specimens of Alcippe.
Discusses capacity of Lithotrya to bore its own hole. Believes Arthrobalanus also makes cavities this way.
Asks to see paper on cirripedes by Sven Lovén.
Comments on paper by AH [see 1253].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Albany Hancock |
| Date: | 29 Sept [1849] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1256 |
To Albany Hancock [29 or 30 October 1849]
Summary
Thanks him for specimens of Alcippe.
Comments on sketches by AH and on cirripede paper by Lovén.
Discusses Lithotrya and its burrowing habits.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Albany Hancock |
| Date: | [29 or 30] Oct 1849 |
| Classmark: | Maine Historical Society |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1262 |
To Albany Hancock 25 December [1849]
Summary
Discusses the new genus, Alcippe, described by AH ["Notice of the occurrence on the British coast of a burrowing barnacle", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 2d ser. 4 (1849): 305–14]. Comments on Lithotrya, Clitia, and Anatifa. Discusses cirripede larvae. Asks which Mollusca specimens AH wishes to borrow.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Albany Hancock |
| Date: | 25 Dec [1849] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.87) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1280 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Hancock, Albany | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Hancock, Albany | (4) |
