To M. J. Berkeley 29 February [1856]
Summary
Preparing paper on seed-soaking for Linnean Society ["Action of sea-water on seeds", Collected papers 1: 264–73]. Wants to use MJB’s results. Lost ardour when he found seeds would not float.
Has grown MJB’s purest pea seeds and got a few variants. Gärtner’s experiments suggest direct action of pollen, but CD thinks it is "mere variation".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Miles Joseph Berkeley |
Date: | 29 Feb [1856] |
Classmark: | Shropshire Archives (SA 6001/134/45) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1834 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … DCP-LETT-1834 …
From F. A. Eck [before 13 October 1834]
Summary
Heights of various places in Chile.
Author: | Frederick Andrew Eck |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 13 Oct 1834] |
Classmark: | DAR 35: 232 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-256 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … Verde near Valp o . 1076 Fred. A. Eck End of letter: ‘Valparaiso | Sent & c &c 1834’ ink …
- … From F. A. Eck [before 13 October 1834] …
- … DAR 35: 232 Frederick Andrew Eck Valparaiso [before 13 Oct 1834] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the letter to Caroline Darwin, 13 October 1834 ( Correspondence vol. 1; see n. 3 below). A …
- … Frederick W. Eck and the date [September 1834]. CD refers to Eck’s measurements in his …
- … from Valparaiso to Santiago between 14 and 27 August 1834, and from San Fernando back to …
- … Valparaiso between 19 and 25 September 1834 ( ‘Beagle’ diary , pp. 250–7, 262–3). …
- … CD climbed Bell mountain on 16 August 1834. In …
- … his letter to Caroline Darwin, 13 October 1834 , he gave its height as 4700 feet, matching …
- … letter to Caroline Darwin, 13 October 1834 and n. 1; see also ‘Beagle’ diary , p. …
- … 252). CD stayed in Casablanca on 25 and 26 September 1834 ( ‘Beagle’ diary , p. 263). …
To J. S. Henslow 4 October 1834
Summary
CD is unwell.
FitzRoy has dispatched two casks of bones and stones, a box with "very valuable specimens", and a large jar.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | 4 Oct 1834 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 23 DAR/1/1/23) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-258 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. S. Henslow 4 October 1834 …
- … letters: 23 DAR/1/1/23) Charles Robert Darwin Valparaiso 4 Oct 1834 John Stevens Henslow …
- … the letter begun on 24 July ( letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 November 1834 ). …
- … Valparaiso October 4 th . 1834 My dear Henslow I have been unwell & am not yet out of bed. …
Wallich, Nathaniel. 1834. Descriptions of some rare and curious plants. [Read 5 April 1834.] Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta 7: 215–34.
Curtis, Moses A. 1834. Enumeration of plants growing spontaneously around Wilmington, North Carolina, with remarks on some new and obscure species. Boston Journal of Natural History 1 (1834–7): 82–140.
Faraday, Michael. 1834. Experimental researches in electricity. [Read 23 January, 6 and 13 February 1834.] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 7th ser. 124: 77–122.
Bélanger, Charles. 1834. Voyage aux Indes-Orientales: Zoologie. Paris.
Matches: 1 hit
- … Bélanger, Charles. 1834. Voyage aux Indes-Orientales : Zoologie. Paris. 5 …
Prestwich, Joseph. 1834–6. On the geology of Coalbrook Dale. [Read 5 February 1834, 13 and 27 April 1836.] Transactions of the Geological Society of London 2d ser. 5 (1840): 413–95. [Vols. 6,11]
From Thomas Sutcliffe [28 August – 5 September 1834]
Summary
Gives a map of part of Chile between Santiago and San Fernando. Suggests places and people that CD might profitably visit [en route].
Author: | Thomas Sutcliffe |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [28 Aug – 5 Sept 1834] |
Classmark: | DAR 35: 405 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-255 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Thomas Sutcliffe [28 August – 5 September 1834] …
- … DAR 35: 405 Thomas Sutcliffe unstated [28 Aug – 5 Sept 1834] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the letter to Robert FitzRoy, [28 August 1834] ( Correspondence vol. 1), and the date on …
- … see the letter to Robert FitzRoy, [28 August 1834] . CD followed the route on this …
- … Fernando between 5 and 19 September 1834 ( ‘Beagle’ diary , pp. 257–62), and identified …
- … his letter to Robert FitzRoy, [28 August 1834] , but had presumably not received the map …
- … 1, letter to Caroline Darwin, 13 October 1834 . Francisco Antonio Ruiz de Tagle had been …
To Robert FitzRoy [28 August 1834]
Summary
Recounts his trip [from Valparaiso] to Santiago. His meeting with Claude Gay, Thomas Sutcliffe, and others. Geology of tour uninteresting.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert FitzRoy |
Date: | [28 Aug 1834] |
Classmark: | DAR 144: 115 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-254 |
From Susan Darwin [23] May 1834
Summary
News of family and friends.
Author: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [23] May 1834 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 103 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-246 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Susan Darwin [23] May 1834 …
- … DAR 204: 103 Susan Elizabeth Darwin Shrewsbury [23] May 1834 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter from Caroline Darwin, 9–28 March [1834] . Susan’s mention of the British Museum is …
- … Shrewsbury May. 1834 My dear Charles— Catherine very cleverly missed her turn of writing …
From Catherine Darwin 29 October 1834
Summary
Family and local news. Tom Eyton will marry. Tells of the great fire of the Houses of Parliament.
Author: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Oct 1834 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 92 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-260 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Catherine Darwin 29 October 1834 …
- … Darwin/Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton Shrewsbury 29 Oct 1834 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … an account of the fire see Annual register , 1834, pp. 155–69. Thomas Campbell Eyton was …
- … Shrewsbury October 29 th . 1834 My dear Charles The last letter we received from you was …
Burmeister, Karl Hermann Konrad. 1834. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Rankenfüsser (Cirripedia). Berlin.
Matches: 1 hit
- … Burmeister, Karl Hermann Konrad. 1834. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Rankenfüsser ( …
De la Beche, Henry Thomas. 1834. Researches in theoretical geology. London.
Matches: 1 hit
- … De la Beche, Henry Thomas. 1834. Researches in theoretical geology. London. NC MF.31.10 8 …
Kühner, Raphael. 1834–5. Ausfürliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache. 2 vols. Hannover.
Matches: 1 hit
- … Kühner, Raphael. 1834–5. Ausfürliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache. 2 vols. Hannover. …
Meyen, Franz Julius Ferdinand. 1834. Über das Leuchten des Meeres und Beschreibung einiger Polypen und anderer niederer Thiere. [Read 7 January 1834.] Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 16 (suppl. 1): 125–58.
Bennett, George. 1834. Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore, and China; being the journal of a naturalist in those countries, during 1832, 1833, and 1834. 2 vols. London: Richard Bentley.
From J. S. Henslow 22 July 1834
Summary
CD’s cargo is safe; the fossils have been sent to William Clift.
JSH asks for dried plants (those sent were all of greatest interest).
Sends news of Cambridge and mutual friends.
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22 July 1834 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 125 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-249 |
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Darwin's scientific network in Commentary
Titus Coan
Summary
In 1874, when Darwin was preparing the second edition of Descent of Man, he received letters from all over the world in reply to his queries about human behaviour; one in particular would have stirred up unexpected memories of his own time among the native…