From E. A. Darwin [24 January 1825]
Summary
Asks CD to do an experiment for him.
Has found a curious stone in his fire.
Price’s iron in tea measured 13 per cent.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [24 Jan 1825] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11 |
Matches: 1 hit
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To ? 11 March [1862–9]
Summary
Gives permission to insert in his magazine anything from CD’s works.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 11 Mar [1862-9] |
| Classmark: | Karpeles Manuscript Library Museums |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13877F |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To ? 11 March [1862–9] …
- … Karpeles Manuscript Library Museums Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Mar …
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- … 1868 11 Mar 1869 Unidentified …
- … Down Bromley Kent March 11 th . Dear Sir You are most entirely welcome to insert anything …
To Mr S. 11 September [1875–81]
Summary
Sends a photograph.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johannes Japetus Smith (Japetus) Steenstrup |
| Date: | 11 Sept [1875-81] |
| Classmark: | Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana (VadSlg NL 202: 33: 27q) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9632F |
To ? 11 June [1861–8]
Summary
CD regrets he has to turn down an invitation because of his ill health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 11 June [1861-8] |
| Classmark: | Christie’s, London (dealers) (online 31 October – 8 November 2018, lot 6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3179F |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To ? 11 June [1861–8] …
- … dealers) (online 31 October – 8 November 2018, lot 6) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 June …
- … 1861 11 June …
- … 1862 11 June …
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- … 1867 11 June 1868 Unidentified …
- … Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E. June 11 th My dear Sir I am very much obliged for your kind …
[Hesse-Wartegg, Ernst A. von.] 1875c. Insektenfressende Pflanzen. Fremden-Blatt, 10 August 1875, pp. 11–12, and 11 August 1875, pp. 11–12.
Agassiz, Louis. 1863b. The Silurian beach. Atlantic Monthly 11: 460–71.
To W. W. Baxter 11 December [1873–5?]
Summary
Requests hydrated magnesia.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 11 Dec [1873-5] |
| Classmark: | Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (144/2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13772G |
Matches: 5 hits
To G. S. Ffinden 11 November 1879
Summary
Encloses a cheque to the Down Coal and Clothing Club.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Sketchley Ffinden |
| Date: | 11 Nov 1879 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12308 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To G. S. Ffinden 11 November 1879 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Nov 1879 George Sketchley Ffinden …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Nov 11 th 1879 My dear Sir …
- … I enclose a cheque for £ 11" s 5"0 for the Down Coal & Clothing Club consisting as follow …
- … 1.0.0 Leonard D. 1.0.0 Miss. D. 1.0.0 ——– £11:5:0. It is, as you remark, fortunate that …
- … the Coal and Clothing Club ( J. R. Moore 1985 , p. 470). On 11 November 1879, CD recorded …
- … a payment of £11 5 s under the heading ‘Ffinden’ in his Account books–banking account ( …
To Menyhért Lónyay [after 11 June 1872]
Summary
Thanks for his election to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Menyhért Lónyay |
| Date: | [after 11 June 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 154r |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8383 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Menyhért Lónyay [after 11 June 1872] …
- … DAR 96: 154r Charles Robert Darwin Bassett [after 11 June 1872] Menyhért Lónyay …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from Menyhért Lónyay, 11 June 1872 . …
- … See letter from Menyhért Lónyay, 11 June 1872 . H. A. of Sc. : Hungarian Academy of …
- … the receipt of your obliging letter of June 11 th . in which you announce to me that the …
To J. D. Hooker 11 December [1860]
Summary
On JDH’s suggestions for new edition of Origin.
Gray’s Atlantic Monthly articles to be published [in England] as a pamphlet.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 11 Dec [1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 80, 78E |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3019 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 11 December [1860] …
- … DAR 115: 80, 78E Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Dec [1860] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Letter from J. D. Hooker, [6–11 December 1860] . In his letter, Hooker stated that he …
- … has not been found, but see the letter to Asa Gray, 11 December [1860] . The letter has …
- … Down Bromley Kent Dec. 11 th My dear Hooker Sincere thanks for suggestions; some of which …
- … not been found, but see the letter to David Forbes, 11 December [1860] and the …
- … letter from David Forbes, [after 11 December 1860] . Forbes had recently read a paper on …
- … of points raised in Hooker’s letter of [6–11 December 1860] , it would appear to have been …
To J. D. Hooker 11 April [1859]
Summary
Murray has read first three chapters of Origin and abides by his offer to publish.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 11 Apr [1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2452 |
Matches: 5 hits
Balfour, John Hutton. 1873. Obituary notice of Thomas Anderson, MD, FLS. Transactions of the Botanical Society [of Edinburgh] 11: 41–5.
[Oliver, Daniel.] 1863. [Review of J. D. Hooker’s study of Welwitschia.] Natural History Review n.s. 3: 201–11.
Torell, Otto Martin. 1859. Bidrag till Spitsbergens molluskfauna. Jemte en allmän öfversigt af Arktiska regionens naturförhârcurbr;llanden och forntida utbredning. Stockholm: Typografiska föreningens boktryckeri.
From Charles Layton 11 March 1880
Summary
Encloses statement of U. S. sales of CD’s works to 1 Feb 1880 and sends a cheque for balance due to CD.
| Author: | Charles James (Charles) Layton; D. Appleton & Co |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Mar 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12531 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From Charles Layton 11 March 1880 …
- … Layton D. Appleton & Co London, Little Britain, 16 11 Mar 1880 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 10% of $1. 146.60 Insectivorous Plants No sales $281.40 Stg value exch 4[. ]88 £57. 11. 2 …
- … Down House MS) records the receipt of £57 11 s. 2 d. for ‘Appleton sale of books for 1/2 …
- … 16 Little Britain (City) March 11 th . /80 Dear Sir I enclose cheque on Union Bank for £ …
From Henrietta Grace Powell 11 February 1863
Summary
Invites CD to visit on Sunday afternoon, for a quiet discussion with Huxley, the Bishop of Natal [J. W. Colenso], and herself. Will not trouble him with any eating.
| Author: | Henrietta Grace Smyth; Henrietta Grace Powell |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3977 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … to Down on Saturday 14 February (see ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II)). …
- … From Henrietta Grace Powell 11 February 1863 …
- … Henrietta Grace Powell London, Hyde Park Gate South, 1 11 Feb 1863 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Truly your’s | Henrietta G Powell. February 11. 1863. Address | M rs . Baden Powell | 1. …
To J. D. Hooker 11 October 1869
Summary
Is glad that JDH is willing to try Candolle’s experiment [see 6915]. Encloses all the seeds except a few taken from the Moscow and Palermo packets.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 11 Oct 1869 |
| Classmark: | Kenneth W. Rendell (dealer) (catalogue 123) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6932 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 11 October 1869 …
- … dealer) (catalogue 123) Charles Robert Darwin unstated 11 Oct 1869 Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … October 11, 1869 I am very glad that you are willing to try DeCandolle’s experiment which …
- … 4, and letter to Alphonse de Candolle, 11 October 1869 . The original letter is complete …
To E. B. Aveling 11 August [1881]
Summary
Thanks EBA for his book [see 13283]. Has no objection to people differing from him or carrying his arguments further than he would consider safe.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Bibbens Aveling |
| Date: | 11 Aug [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 27 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13287 |
To Veitch & Sons [before 11 August 1877]
Summary
Asks specific questions on looking after plants of Dionaea. [The correspondent’s replies to the questions are written beneath them.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Veitch & Sons |
| Date: | [before 11 Aug 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 96 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10749 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Veitch & Sons [before 11 August 1877] …
- … DAR 202: 96 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [before 11 Aug 1877] Veitch & Sons …
- … this letter and the letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 11 August 1877 . CD received thirty …
- … of Dionaea muscipula (Venus fly trap) from Veitch on 11 August 1877 (see letter to W. …
- … T. Thiselton-Dyer, 11 August 1877 ). CD had evidently included this set of questions about …
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CCD intro in Commentary
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
Summary
The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
Matches: 8 hits
- … backwards much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). I feel …
- … review me in a hostile spirit’ ( letter to John Murray, 11 August 1874 ). Darwin was …
- … Correspondence vol. 20, letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). To Darwin’s relief, …
- … the moment of being hatched ( letter to Nature , 7 and 11 May [1874] ; Spalding 1872a). …
- … & that must be enough for me’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). Plants that eat . …
- … cartilage, bone & meat &c. &c.’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). His research …
- … Correspondence vol. 21, letter from Francis Darwin, [11 October 1873] ). Darwin wasted …
- … the photograph he sent highly ( letter from D. F. Nevill, [11 September 1874] ). At the …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
Summary
1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
Matches: 7 hits
- … gave him the commission ( see letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ). Darwin was altogether …
- … on Linum ‘at once’ ( letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ), writing up his experiments in …
- … of Natural History’ ( letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 11 July [1862] ). She had had assistance …
- … for a second edition ( letter from H. G. Bronn, [before 11 March 1862] ), Darwin asked him to use …
- … see letter from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 11 July 1862 ). Yet Darwin was now …
- … interest. He told Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 11 September [1862] ): ‘This is a nice, but …
- … from one parent’ ( letter to Armand de Quatrefages, 11 July [1862] ). really good …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
Summary
At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
Matches: 11 hits
- … regarding species change ( letter from Charles Lyell, 11 March 1863 ). The botanist Asa Gray, …
- … by descent put him ‘into despair’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). In the same letter, he …
- … bottom of seas, lakes, and rivers ( Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VII). Quarrels at …
- … Academy of Sciences, Berlin (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix III), and of the Société des …
- … unsuccessful ( see letter from E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 11 November [1863] ). The council of …
- … [9 May 1863] , and memorandum from G. H. Darwin, [before 11 May 1863]) . As he struggled …
- … to drive the quietest man mad’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). Hooker and Gray agreed …
- … tropical plants than before (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix VI). He was fascinated with …
- … pistils mature at different times ( see letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). The fertility of …
- … ‘Crossing & Sterility’ (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II). When Darwin finished, by …
- … animal suffering caused by them (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix IX). Francis Darwin later …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
Summary
'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
Matches: 4 hits
- … St George Jackson Mivart ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). A worsening …
- … Mivart not to acknowledge it ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). 'I hate …
- … attacks on Darwin became notorious, had written on 11 May expressing concern that his recently, …
- … well informed: `The die is cast’, he wrote excitedly on 11 May , when the matter was first raised …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
Summary
Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
Matches: 6 hits
- … the popularity of his book, writing to Robert Cooke on 11 April , ‘though I believe it is of …
- … for extended periods. In a letter to Thiselton-Dyer of 11 October , Darwin described how the …
- … Charles Darwin and Ernst Haeckel). Writing to Darwin on 11 March 1877 , Krause declared the …
- … visits from distinguished persons. Gladstone came to Down on 11 March. ‘I expected a stern, …
- … not been a difficulty to me,’ he replied to Romanes on 11 June , ‘as I have never believed in a …
- … that they become quite tipsy’ ( letter to W. M. Moorsom, 11 September [1877] ). Moorsom replied …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
Summary
1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
Matches: 5 hits
- … to think of the future’, Darwin confessed to William on 11 September just hours after Amy’s …
- … naturalist Thomas Edward ( letter from F. M. Balfour, 11 December 1876 ; letter to Samuel Smiles …
- … who died at the age of 10 in 1851, but William, who was 11 years old at the time of her death, would …
- … you are one of the best of all’ ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 11 September [1876] ). …
- … do I cannot conceive’, Darwin wrote anxiously to Hooker on 11 September. By the time Darwin …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
Summary
On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
Matches: 4 hits
- … Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864 : ‘the venerable beard gives …
- … continue his observations indoors ( Correspondence vol. 11). In a letter of [27 January 1864] …
- … two letters to the Athenæum ( Correspondence vol. 11). Darwin’s anxiety about the matter was …
- … and the question of human origins ( Correspondence vol. 11). Wallace, however, traced a possible …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
Summary
In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
Matches: 3 hits
Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
Summary
The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…
Matches: 4 hits
- … Haeckel. The German zoologist had written to Darwin on 11 January 1866 , ‘Every time I succeed in …
- … (Correspondence vol. 9, letter from Asa Gray, 11 October 1861 ). Darwin wished to establish …
- … diœcious’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin, [7 May – 11 June 1866] ). On examining more specimens later …
- … ‘I am glad to hear from Spencer’, Huxley wrote on 11 November , ‘that you are on the right (that …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
Summary
The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
Matches: 4 hits
- … the enthusiastic breeder, who apologised in a letter of 11–13 May 1868 for his ‘voluminuous zeal …
- … Weir, 30 May [1868] ). Sexual selection On 11 February , Darwin wrote to the …
- … views differed. Of deer-hounds, Cupples wrote between 11 and 13 May , ‘much depends on the …
- … ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 September [1868], n. 11 ). ‘I am not sure’, Darwin reflected in a …
Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network
Summary
The scientific results of the Beagle voyage still dominated Darwin's working life, but he broadened his continuing investigations into the nature and origin of species. Far from being a recluse, Darwin was at the heart of British scientific society,…
Matches: 1 hits
- … a murder) immutable’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [11 January 1844] ). Nine months later, in his …
Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
Summary
Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…
Matches: 3 hits
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
Summary
The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
Darwin in letters, 1880: Sensitivity and worms
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‘My heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of…
Matches: 3 hits
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
Summary
On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
Matches: 1 hits
- … (letters to Charles Lyell, 1 June [1860] and 11 August [1860] ). As the months passed …
Darwin in letters, 1858-1859: Origin
Summary
The years 1858 and 1859 were, without doubt, the most momentous of Darwin’s life. From a quiet rural existence filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on species, he was jolted into action by the arrival of an unexpected letter from Alfred Russel Wallace…
Matches: 1 hits
- … ideas (see letters to J. D. Hooker, 2 March [1859] , 11 March [1859] , and 7 April [1859] ) …
Darwin in letters, 1861: Gaining allies
Summary
The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. He had weathered the storm that followed the publication of Origin, and felt cautiously optimistic about the ultimate acceptance of his ideas. The letters from this year provide an…
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
Summary
Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
Matches: 1 hits
- … & scientific men’, Darwin wrote in reply on 11 January . ‘Search for the truth, & then …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
Summary
At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
Matches: 1 hits
- … experiments on rabbits ( letter from Francis Galton, 11 December 1869 ). This was the beginning of …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
Summary
The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
