DCP-LETT-5308
Summary
Inquires whether readers of books and periodicals may not reasonably ask that they be delivered from publishers "ready cut". [See also Athenæum 22 Dec 1866, p. 848, for a letter in reply.]
Author: | Unidentified |
Addressee: | Athenæum |
Date: | |
Classmark: | Athenæum 1866.12.15: 803 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5308 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Unidentified Athenæum …
- … Athenæum 1866.12.15: 803 Unidentified Athenæum …
To ? 11 March 1874
Summary
Thanks correspondent for offer of [unidentified] rare book but does not accept it.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 11 Mar 1874 |
Classmark: | Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9351 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Unidentified …
- … The University of Texas at Austin Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Mar 1874 Unidentified …
- … Thanks correspondent for offer of [unidentified] rare book but does not accept it. …
To ? 19 March 1880
Summary
Henry Forbes in a letter to Moseley describes herons on the Keeling Islands.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 19 Mar 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 205.2: 210 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12538F |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Unidentified …
- … DAR 205.2: 210 Charles Robert Darwin 19 Mar 1880 Unidentified …
From ? [March 1881]
Summary
Notes on the thickness of mould on the slope of the inland side of Beachy Head.
Author: | Unidentified |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [Mar 1881] |
Classmark: | DAR 65: 76 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13070 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Unidentified Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR 65: 76 Unidentified unstated [Mar 1881] Charles Robert Darwin …
To? [1870–82]
Summary
Printed acknowledgment of the receipt of a letter.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | [1870–82] |
Classmark: | DAR 133: 1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13859 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Unidentified …
- … DAR 133: 1 Charles Robert Darwin Down [1870–82] Unidentified …
From [?] [?]
Author: | Unidentified |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [?] |
Classmark: | DAR 205.7: 283–4 (Letters) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13860 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Unidentified Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR 205.7: 283–4 (Letters) Unidentified unstated [? ] Charles Robert Darwin …
From [?] [?]
Summary
"but most of them [verily?] Christened by myself they may be indulged with a"
Author: | Unidentified |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [?] |
Classmark: | DAR (CD Library-Eschwege 1832) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13861 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Unidentified Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR (CD Library-Eschwege 1832) Unidentified unstated [? ] Charles Robert Darwin …
From [?] [?]
Summary
[Fragmentary strip.] Discusses pigeons, Australia, Regents Park.
Author: | Unidentified |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [?] |
Classmark: | DAR (CD Library - Volz 1852) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13862 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Unidentified Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR (CD Library - Volz 1852) Unidentified unstated [? ] Charles Robert Darwin …
To ? [1870–82]
Summary
Query [possibly for publication] on ridges and furrows in pasture-land that had been ploughed long ago. Gives directions for measuring ridges on sloping land.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | [1870–82] |
Classmark: | DAR 63: 87 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13885 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Unidentified …
- … DAR 63: 87 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [1870–82] Unidentified …
From ? [1873–4?]
Summary
Cancelled: enclosure to S 9290.
Author: | Unidentified |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1873–4?] |
Classmark: | DAR 69: 11 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8714 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Unidentified Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR 69: 11 Unidentified unstated [1873–4? ] Charles Robert Darwin …
To ? 3 January 1874
Summary
Has no objection to having his name appear as honorary member of [unidentified] club.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 3 Jan 1874 |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9224 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Unidentified …
- … Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Jan 1874 Unidentified …
- … Has no objection to having his name appear as honorary member of [unidentified] club. …
To [?] [?]
Summary
Last page of a letter with a P.S. "I am getting together a few points to investigate".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | [?] |
Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (18 December 1995) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13864G |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Unidentified …
- … Sotheby’s (dealers) (18 December 1995) Charles Robert Darwin [? ] Unidentified …
To ? [before 1 July 1868]
Summary
Sends a copy of George Bentham’s Anniversary address to the Linnean Society of London (Bentham 1868).
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | [before 1 July 1868] |
Classmark: | Deutsches Museum Archive, Munich (Pamphlet HS-Nr. 04130) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6262F |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Unidentified …
- … Munich (Pamphlet HS-Nr. 04130) Charles Robert Darwin [before 1 July 1868] Unidentified …
From E. T. S. [23–30 April 1874]
Summary
Cancelled: third-party letter from ’ETS’.
Author: | Unidentified |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [23-30 Apr 1874] |
Classmark: | Nature, 30 April 1874, p. 509 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9425J |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Unidentified Darwin, C. R. …
- … Nature , 30 April 1874, p. 509 Unidentified [23-30 Apr 1874] Charles Robert Darwin …
To Donders [after 15 July 1874]
Summary
Wishes he had known of atropia and hopes he will have time to try it next summer.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | [after 15 July 1874] |
Classmark: | Christie’s (dealers) (7 May 1993) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9548F |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Unidentified …
- … s (dealers) (7 May 1993) Charles Robert Darwin Down [after 15 July 1874] Unidentified …
From ? [16 February 1875]
Summary
"The learned Darwin states that Moses taught confusion. | For Man, he boldly says, descends from Ape or Monkey – | I, having read his book, am come to this conclusion | Darwin (at least himself) descends from Ass or Donkey."
Author: | Unidentified |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [16 Feb 1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 140.4: 25 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9858 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Unidentified Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR 140.4: 25 Unidentified - [16 Feb 1875] Charles Robert Darwin …
To ? 21 August 1881
Summary
Declines an invitation to write for an unidentified periodical. "I am unable to write short articles in an interesting manner, & they would consume much of my time."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 21 Aug 1881 |
Classmark: | Profiles in History (dealers) (March 2006) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13296A |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Unidentified …
- … in History (dealers) (March 2006) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Aug 1881 Unidentified …
- … Declines an invitation to write for an unidentified periodical. "I am unable to write …
To ? [?]
Summary
[Signature cut from a letter; the reverse contains the words "you must … that I know nothing of your private".]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | [?] |
Classmark: | Eric Korn (dealer) (no date) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13864H |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Unidentified …
- … Eric Korn (dealer) (no date) Charles Robert Darwin unstated [? ] Unidentified …
To ? [June–September 1873?]
Summary
Printed memorandum giving reasons why there should be subsidy on a large scale of scientific research unencumbered with teaching.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | [June–Sept 1873?] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (T. H. Huxley papers Mss.B.H981) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9040G |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Unidentified …
- … T. H. Huxley papers Mss.B.H981) Charles Robert Darwin [June–Sept 1873? ] Unidentified …
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Darwin, Emma | (2) |
Müller, Fritz | (2) |
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Huxley, T. H. | (3) |
Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
Owen, Richard | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (242) |
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Huxley, T. H. | (4) |
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Historical documents in Commentary
Darwin’s observations on his children
Summary
Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children, began the research that culminated in his book The Expression of the emotions in man and animals, published in 1872, and his article ‘A biographical sketch of an infant’, published in Mind…
Matches: 1 hits
- … in Emma Darwin’s hand. [81] This sentence is in an unidentified child’s hand. …