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Darwin Correspondence Project

John Bell

1800/2–91

Scottish stocking-maker in Melrose. Owned a sandpit near Galashiels.

Sources

Census returns of Scotland 1851 (The National Archives of Scotland: Melrose 2A/8), 1861 (Melrose 1/8)

Correspondence vol. 2, letter from William Kemp, 4 December 1843

Scotland statutory deaths 799/00 0072 (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 11 February 2016)

Bibliography

Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.

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