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 [?] [?]
Summary
Hybrid fish.
| 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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| Unidentified | (20) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (4) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Müller, Fritz | (2) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (44) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Owen, Richard | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (242) |
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| Huxley, T. H. | (4) |
| Darwin, Emma | (3) |
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Variation in Commentary
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: 1 hits
- … that had been discovered in a thornbush in Cumberland. An unidentified correspondent offered facts …
