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To W. B. Tegetmeier 20 March [1856]

Summary

Discusses various pigeons and would welcome receiving any odd breed. Some pigeons have died from overeating bag salt.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:	20 Mar [1856]
Classmark:	Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-1844

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To Henry Denny [27 July – 10 August 1844]

Summary

Sends four packets of lice and suggests writing to Dr A. Smith, "the S. African traveller", for assistance.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Henry Denny
Date:	[27 July – 10 Aug 1844]
Classmark:	Yale University Medical Historical Library, Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library (MMS)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-763F

Matches: 17 hits

… To Henry Denny [27 July – 10 August 1844] …
… Medical Library (MMS) Charles Robert Darwin Down [27 July – 10 Aug 1844] Henry Denny …
… to J. D. Hooker, [25 July – 29 August 1844] (for the correction to the date of this …
… sent with this letter in his letter to Denny of 12 August [1844] ( Correspondence vol. …
… 3). In 1844, the last Saturday before 12 August was 10 August, the latest possible date …
… vol. 3 with the date [25 July – 29 August 1844]. The nearest extant letter from …
… CD read C. White 1799 in May or June 1844 (see CD’s reading notebooks, Correspondence …
… to Hooker before this one is dated 22 July [1844] ( Correspondence vol. 3), and does not …
… mention Denny or penguin lice. In 1844, the first Saturday after 22 July was 27 July, the …
… should therefore be dated [1–29 August 1844], 1 August being the first Thursday after 27 …
… packets see Correspondence vol. 3, letter to Henry Denny, 12 August [1844] . Denny had …
… requested specimens of lice from CD in January 1844 (see ibid. , …
… letter to Henry Denny, 20 January [1844] ), but CD was unable to send any until July, when …
… ibid. , letter to Henry Denny, 3 June [1844] and n. 2). Andrew Smith was an army surgeon …
… met in York from 26 September to 2 October 1844 ( Report of the fourteenth meeting of the …
… of Science, held at York in September 1844 , p. xxx). Denny, at the request of the …
… of Science, held at York in September 1844 , p. 392). He had already published an account …

To G. R. Waterhouse 10 [June 1844 – March 1845]

Summary

Invites GRW and his family to visit.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George Robert Waterhouse
Date:	10 [June 1844 - Mar 1845]
Classmark:	Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-13852

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… To G. R. Waterhouse 10 [June 1844 – March 1845] …
… Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 June 1844 10 …
… July 1844 10 …
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… Dec 1844 10 Jan 1845 10 Feb 1845 10 Mar 1845 George Robert Waterhouse …
… Croydon railway, which was opened 1 May 1844; the passenger service to Croydon ended in …

To Julian Jackson 23 May [1844]

Summary

Discusses a paper on the Rio Negro.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Julian Jackson; Royal Geographical Society
Date:	23 May [1844]
Classmark:	Royal Geographical Society
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-751

Matches: 4 hits

… Robinson 1844 . …
… To Julian Jackson 23 May [1844] …
… Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury 23 May [1844] Julian Jackson Royal Geographical Society …
… Bibliography Robinson, Murrell R. 1844. On the town of Carmen and the Rio Negro. Journal …

CD’s notes arising from conversations with J. D. Hooker 8 December 1844

Summary

[Notes on conversations with J. D. Hooker.] Geographical distribution; diffusion and distribution of species. Island and mountain floras; means of migration (high-roads, icebergs).

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	8 Dec 1844
Classmark:	DAR 100: 35–40
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-798

Matches: 20 hits

… CD’s notes arising from conversations with J. D. Hooker 8 December 1844 …
… DAR 100: 35–40 Charles Robert Darwin unstated 8 Dec 1844 Charles Robert Darwin …
… see letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 December 1844 . George Bentham’s ‘law of abortive parts’ …
… with Joseph Dalton Hooker Dec. 8. — 1844. J. d. Hooker. Notes —————— Maccormick says there …
… Hooker’s first visit to Down, 7–8 December 1844. They refer to questions asked during …
… in letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 December 1844 . McCormick 1841 and 1842. Hooker soon wrote …
… that this information was incorrect, see letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 December 1844 . This …
… in letter from J. D. Hooker, 28 October 1844 . See CD’s annotations to this letter for the …
… also letter from J. D. Hooker, 30 December 1844 . See Correspondence vol. 2, letter from …
… was incorporated into the essay of 1844 ( Foundations , p. 167). See also letter …
… to J. D. Hooker, 23 February [1844] . The paragraphs transcribed as five and six were …
… The issue is discussed again in the essay of 1844, see Foundations , pp. 162–8. See also …
… letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 February [1844] . CD has scored the passage ‘Greenland … …
… sub-divisions of the earth in his essay of 1844 ( Foundations , pp. 151–3). He linked …
… and Garnot 1826–30, 1: 12–14, and CD’s essay of 1844 ( Foundations , p. 162). See letter …
… to J. D. Hooker, [6 March 1844] , and letter from J. …
… D. Hooker, 9 March 1844 . Miles Joseph Berkeley . See letter …
… to J. D. Hooker, 23 February [1844] , for CD’s first formulation of this question about …
… organs is explained in his essay of 1844 ( Foundations , pp. 231–8). He describes the …
… See letter to J. D. Hooker, [10–11 November 1844] , for CD’s first formulation of this …

To Henry Denny 1 June [1844]

Summary

Sends HD a reference to human lice from Charles White 1799.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Henry Denny
Date:	1 June [1844]
Classmark:	19th Century Shop (dealers) (April 2016)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-754F

Matches: 10 hits

… To Henry Denny 1 June [1844] …
… his letter to Denny of [27 July – 10 August 1844] ( Correspondence vol. 13, supplement). …
… Century Shop (dealers) (April 2016) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 June [1844] Henry Denny …
… Bibliography Denny, Henry. 1844. Report of the progress of the investigation of exotic …
… relationship between this letter and the letters to Henry Denny, 20 January [1844] and [27 …
… July – 10 August 1844] ( Correspondence vol. 3 and vol. 13 supplement, respectively). …
… supplement, letter to Henry Denny, 5 February [1844] and n. 8. CD read Charles White ’s An …
… latter ( C. White 1799 ) in May or June 1844 (see CD’s reading notebooks, Correspondence …
… sucking lice; see Correspondence vol. 3, letter to Henry Denny, 20 January [1844] and n. …
… 1, and Denny 1844 ). The specimens CD sent have not been identified, but since the letter …

To J. D. Hooker [1–29 August 1844]

Summary

Encloses Ehrenberg letter, Galapagos seaweed, and specimens of Conferva.

H. Denny would like specimens of Antarctic Pediculi.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:	[1–29 Aug 1844]
Classmark:	DAR 114: 15
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-768

Matches: 10 hits

… To J. D. Hooker [1–29 August 1844] …
… DAR 114: 15 Charles Robert Darwin Down [1–29 Aug 1844] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
… pp. 14–15. See letters to Henry Denny , 3 June [1844] , [27 July – …
… 10 August 1844] , and …
… 12 August [1844] . …
… to Henry Denny, [27 July – 10 August 1844] , 1 August being the first Thursday after 27 …
… receipt of the letter from Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, 15 June 1844 (see letter to C. …
… G. Ehrenberg, 5 September [1844] ). Presumably CD refers to the letter from C. …
… G. Ehrenberg, 15 June 1844 , which arrived in late July or August. It seems likely that CD …
… height required. (D r Hooker). July 1844. William Henry Harvey . Journal of researches , …

To J. D. Forbes 13 [November 1844]

Summary

Mexican specimen of laminated obsidian.

Comments on Forbes’s publication comparing lava streams and glaciers. Mentions ice-action theories of a young German.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	James David Forbes
Date:	13 [Nov 1844]
Classmark:	University of St Andrews Special Collections (Papers of J. D. Forbes: msdep7 – Incoming letters 1844, no.65)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-790

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… To J. D. Forbes 13 [November 1844] …
… Collections (Papers of J. D. Forbes: msdep7 – Incoming letters 1844, no.65) Charles Robert …
… Darwin Down 13 [Nov 1844] James David Forbes …
… Wednesday the 13th after the letter to J. D. Forbes, 11 October [1844] . Three of J. D. …
… the Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal for 1844, bound together and signed by Forbes, are …
… in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. They include J. D. Forbes 1844 , see n. 3, below. …
… J. D. Forbes 1844 . See …
… letter to Adolf von Morlot, 10 October [1844] . Presumably CD enclosed a copy of ‘Notes on …
… Chicago Press. 1977. Forbes, James David. 1844. Sixth letter on glaciers. Addressed to the …

From C. G. Ehrenberg 15 June 1844

Summary

Thanks for earth samples. Discusses Infusoria in samples from Galapagos and Cape Verde Islands. Would like samples from other sites. Will send further results of investigations.

Author:	Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	15 June 1844
Classmark:	DAR 163: 10
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-758

Matches: 11 hits

… From C. G. Ehrenberg 15 June 1844 …
… DAR 163: 10 Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Berlin 15 June 1844 Charles Robert Darwin …
… Ehrenberg misread CD’s letter of 20 April [1844] . The specimens were provided by Joseph …
… Berlin d. 15 Juni 1844. Hochzuverehrender Herr Die mir von Ihnen unter dem 20 sten . April …
… late July or August. See letter to J. D. Hooker, [1–29 August 1844] , and letter to C. …
… G. Ehrenberg, 5 September [1844] . For the transcription of this letter in its original …
… late July or August. See letter to J. D. Hooker, [1–29 August 1844] , and letter to C. …
… G. Ehrenberg, 5 September [1844] . See …
… letter to Ernst Dieffenbach, 25 January 1844 . Journal of researches , p. 4. Ehrenberg …
… mean Oceania. See his letter of 11 July 1844 in which he refers to the ‘Süd-australischen …
… Berlin 15 June 1844 Most honoured Sir The shipment of earth samples of which you so kindly …

To James David Forbes 11 October [1844]

Summary

Discusses a specimen of Mexican obsidian with an unusual laminated structure.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	James David Forbes
Date:	11 Oct [1844]
Classmark:	University of St Andrews Special Collections (Papers of J. D. Forbes: msdep7 – Incoming letters 1844, no.57)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-781

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… To James David Forbes 11 October [1844] …
… Collections (Papers of J. D. Forbes: msdep7 – Incoming letters 1844, no.57) Charles Robert …
… Darwin Down 11 Oct [1844] James David Forbes …
… coming to different conclusions from CD ( J. D. Forbes 1844 ). See letter to J. …
… D. Forbes, 13 [November 1844] . Forbes published parts of this letter with a paragraph …
… see letter to J. D. Forbes, [November? 1844] ) in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of …
… See letter to Adolf von Morlot, 9 August [1844] , n. 4. The specimen from Charles Stokes’ …
… Bibliography Forbes, James David. 1844. Sixth letter on glaciers. Addressed to the Right …
… RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1844. …

To J. D. Hooker 1 June [1844]

Summary

Asks if J. E. Gray has returned [printing] estimates for Zoology.

Henslow has some Galapagos plants which he forgot to forward to JDH.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:	1 June [1844]
Classmark:	DAR 114: 11
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-754

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… To J. D. Hooker 1 June [1844] …
… DAR 114: 11 Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 June [1844] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
… The first number of J. D. Hooker 1844–7 was …
… published 1 June 1844 ( Wiltshear 1913 ). …
… Bibliography Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1844–7. Flora Antarctica. 1 vol. and 1 vol. of plates. …

To J. D. Hooker 22 [January 1844 – March 1882]

Summary

Discusses books returned

and invites him to Down for a few days.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:	22 [Jan 1844 - Mar 1882]
Classmark:	Sotheby’s (dealers) (14 and 28 May 1983)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-13816A

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… To J. D. Hooker 22 [January 1844 – March 1882] …
… unlikely to have invited him to Down before 1844. The original letter is complete and is …
… Sotheby’s (dealers) (14 and 28 May 1983) Charles Robert Darwin 22 Jan 1844 22 …
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… Dec 1844 22 Jan 1845 22 Feb 1845 22 Mar 1845 22 Apr 1845 22 May 1845 22 June 1845 22 July …

To Gardeners’ Chronicle [before 23 November 1844]

Summary

Considers the transmutation of corn is well worth investigation ‘even if it should prove to be only a history of error’.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Gardeners’ Chronicle
Date:	[before 23 Nov 1844]
Classmark:	Gardeners’ Chronicle, 23 November 1844, p. 779
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-791F

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… To Gardeners’ Chronicle [before 23 November 1844] …
… Gardeners’ Chronicle , 23 November 1844, p. …
… 779 Charles Robert Darwin [before 23 Nov 1844] Gardeners’ Chronicle …

To William Benjamin Carpenter 6 December [1844]

Summary

Asks WBC if he will examine a specimen of calcareous rock.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Benjamin Carpenter
Date:	6 Dec [1844]
Classmark:	DAR 185: 114
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-797F

Matches: 8 hits

… To William Benjamin Carpenter 6 December [1844] …
… DAR 185: 114 Charles Robert Darwin 6 Dec [1844] Down William Benjamin Carpenter …
… vol. 7, Supplement, letter to W. B. Carpenter, 25 December [1844] . …
… of the Beagle voyage, since 27 July 1844 (see Correspondence vol. 3, Appendix II). He …
… of Science, 26 September to 2 October 1844 ( Report of the fourteenth meeting of the …
… of Science, held at York in September 1844 , pp. 1–24). See Correspondence vol. …
… 3, letter to W. B. Carpenter, [11 or 18 December 1844] , and letters from W. …
… B. Carpenter, 21 December 1844 , 2 January [ 1845] , and 5 May 1845 , and Correspondence …

To J. D. Hooker 23 February [1844]

Summary

Has just completed Volcanic islands.

Sends queries on Galapagos flora in particular and island floras in general; also on relationship of wide-ranging species to wide-ranging genera.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:	23 Feb [1844]
Classmark:	DAR 114: 6
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-736

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… To J. D. Hooker 23 February [1844] …
… DAR 114: 6 Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 Feb [1844] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
… on the meeting with Humboldt see letter to J. D Hooker, [10–11 November 1844] , n. 7. …
… University Press. 1985–. Forbes, Edward. 1844. On the light thrown on geology by submarine …
… are referred to in the expanded essay of 1844 (see Foundations , pp. 163–4). D. M. …
… day that this letter was written ( E. Forbes 1844 , pp. 324–5). CD had met Alexander von …
… Britain, Friday evening, the 23d February 1844. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 36: …
… Species. Two essays written in 1842 and 1844 by Charles Darwin. Edited by Francis Darwin. …
… RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1844. …
… and draw up tables. —’ See also the essay of 1844 ( Foundations , pp. 155–6). On the last …
… letter from Hooker [23 February – 6 March 1844] . Described in C. Lyell 1830–3 , 3: 48, …

To Edward Cresy 26 [December 1843 – April 1846 or September 1855 – October 1860?]

Summary

Says Hooker does not want plant.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Edward Cresy, Jr
Date:	26 [Dec 1843 - Apr 1846 or Sept 1855 - Oct 1860]
Classmark:	DAR 143: 311
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-13787

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… DAR 143: 311 Charles Robert Darwin Down 26 Dec 1843 26 Jan 1844 26 …
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From J. D. Hooker 12 December 1844

Summary

Thanks for pleasant stay at Down.

Remarks on boulders found on southern islands.

Describes the alpine character of the Andes flora and relays information on other mountain floras.

Quotes instances of seeds that retained their vitality after being carried by ocean currents.

Sends notes on the comparative floras of New Zealand, Australia, and west coast of South America.

Encloses a copy of part of a letter from George Gardner in Ceylon concerning the European character of the mountain flora.

Author:	Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	12 Dec 1844
Classmark:	DAR 100: 29–31
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-799

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… From J. D. Hooker 12 December 1844 …
… DAR 100: 29–31 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 12 Dec 1844 Charles Robert Darwin …
… 3, Appendix III, CD’s notes of 8 December 1844, in which rudimentary and abortive organs …
… Bibliography Backhouse, James. 1844. A narrative of a visit to the Mauritius and South …
… of the botanic gardens, Ceylon, in 1844. A copy of part of Gardner’s letter made by Hooker …
… West Park Kew Dec 12 1844. My dear Darwin In the first place let me thank Mrs Darwin & …
… 17 October 1843 ). Henslow 1845b . Backhouse 1844 describes visits to colonial mission …
… the sections, p. 64. Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1844–7. Flora Antarctica. 1 vol. and 1 vol. of …
… London: John Murray. Selwyn, George Augustus. 1844. New Zealand. Part I, Letters from the …
… Journal of Botany 2 (1843): 1–9, 125–31, 394–408; 3 (1844): 582–617; 6 (1847): 380–97. …
… on the mountains of Ceylon. J. D. Hooker 1844–7 , p. 56. Robert Brown disputed Alexander …
… of the botanic garden at Madras. Selwyn 1844 , which had probably been lent to Hooker’s …
… German edition of Journal of researches (1844), which Ernst Dieffenbach translated. J. …
… D. Hooker 1844–7 , pp. 112–17. See letter …
… from J. D. Hooker, 8 November 1844 . John Robertson was surgeon on board H.M.S. Terror …

To J. D. Hooker [8 September 1844]

Summary

Acknowledges note and parcel for Ehrenberg.

Considers why different areas have different numbers of species. Gives an example opposing JDH’s view that paucity of species results from vicissitudes of climate. CD has concluded that species are most numerous in areas that have most often been divided, isolated from, and then reunited with, other areas. Cannot give detailed reasons but believes that "isolation is the chief concomitant or cause of the appearance of new forms".

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:	[8 Sept 1844]
Classmark:	DAR 114: 17
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-776

Matches: 7 hits

… To J. D. Hooker [8 September 1844] …
… DAR 114: 17 Charles Robert Darwin Down [8 Sept 1844] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
… 5 September. See letter to C. G. Ehrenberg, 5 September [1844] . E. Forbes 1843 . CD’ …
… scored (Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL). See also CD’s essay of 1844 ( Foundations , p. …
… 146). Essay of 1844 ( Foundations , pp. 171– …
… 2). Essay of 1844 ( Foundations , pp. 183–91). …
… Species. Two essays written in 1842 and 1844 by Charles Darwin. Edited by Francis Darwin. …

To Emma Darwin [20 or 27 October 1844]

Summary

Has been discussing wills and other legal matters with his father.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:	[20 or 27] Oct 1844
Classmark:	Emma Darwin 2: 92
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-783

Matches: 4 hits

… To Emma Darwin [20 or 27 October 1844] …
… Emma Darwin 2: 92 Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury 20 Oct 1844 27 …
… Oct 1844 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
… Correspondence vol. 3, Appendix II): ‘1844 … Oct 18 th to 29 th at Shrewsbury’. Henrietta …

From C. G. Ehrenberg 11 July 1844

Summary

Thanks for shipments of earth samples. Sends copy of article describing Infusoria in samples ["Einige vorläufige Resultate … über das Verhalten des kleinsten Lebens in den Oceanen", Ber. k. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1844): 182–207]. Asks for more information and samples, especially from the soundings of Ross’s expedition.

Author:	Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	11 July 1844
Classmark:	DAR 163: 11
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-762

Matches: 9 hits

… From C. G. Ehrenberg 11 July 1844 …
… DAR 163: 11 Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Berlin 11 July 1844 Charles Robert Darwin …
… Ber. k. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1844): 182–207]. Asks for more information and …
… See letter from C. G. Ehrenberg, 15 June 1844 , n. 1. Ehrenberg 1844a . CD’s copy of the …
… Clark Ross’s Antarctic expedition, see letters to J. D. Hooker, [27 January 1844] and …
… 23 February [1844] , and letter to C. …
… G. Ehrenberg, 20 April [1844] . …
… Berlin d. 11 ten Juli | 1844. Hochgeehrtester Herr Vor nun 3 Wochen schrieb ich Ihnen …
… Berlin 11 July 1844 Most honoured Sir It has been three weeks since I wrote to you through …

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My most solemn request: To Emma Darwin, 5 July 1844

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Alistair Sponsel talks about a touching letter Darwin sent to his wife Emma in 1844. Having just completed a sketch of his species theory, Darwin wrote detailed instructions about what to do with his manuscript in the event of his death.

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… about a touching letter Darwin sent to his wife Emma in 1844. Having just completed a sketch of his …

Darwin in letters, 1844–1846: Building a scientific network

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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,…

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… published two books on geology, Volcanic islands (1844) and Geological observations on South …
… edition in 1845, having already provided corrections in 1844 for a German translation of the first …
… Society of London, acting as one of four vice-presidents in 1844 and remaining on the council from …
… and refereed papers for all these organisations. Between 1844 and 1846 Darwin himself wrote ten …
… others. Only two months after their first exchange, early in 1844, Darwin told Hooker that he was …
… murder) immutable’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [11 January 1844] ). Nine months later, in his letter …
… , pp. 57–255), an expanded version, completed on 5 July 1844, of a pencil sketch he had drawn up …
… of 1847 that Hooker was given a fair copy of the essay of 1844 to read (see Correspondence vol. …
… the natural history of creation , published anonymously in 1844. His old friend Adam Sedgwick …
… future, is that addressed to his wife Emma, dated 5 July 1844 , just after Darwin had completed …

Dramatisation script

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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007

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… of his paper on Darwin. THE SAND WALK: 1844 In which Darwin, at home in …
… and copied and communicated to Messrs Lyell and Hooker in 1844, being a part of [an …
… a murder. DARWIN: 7 January 1844. My dear Hooker. I have been …engaged in a …
… which is not written out much fuller in my sketch copied in 1844, and read by Hooker some dozen …
… 1846 7 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER 11 JANUARY 1844 8 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 25 …

Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters

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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…

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… he no longer believed in fixity of species [11 January 1844] ? And then there …

Darwin’s reading notebooks

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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…

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… 1841].— L d . Dudley’s Correspondence [Dudley 1844]. Hallam Constitut Hist: Hen VII …
… Hall’s voyage in the Nemesis to China [Bernard 1844]. The Emigrant, Head [F. B. Head 1846] …
… Observ. on Instinct [Etherington 1841–3]. Whittaker 1844. in Parts. cheap. 1.6 a part. 38 …
… Jesses new Book. (April 44) on Nat. Hist [Jesse 1844] must be studied. J. Jarves “Scenes in …
… Traite Elementair Palæontologie M. Pictet [Pictet 1844–5]— Forbes?? Waterhouse has it— 1844— read …
… Hooker recommends order [Backhouse 1844] at Library …
… Vestiges of Nat: Hist: of Creation. Churchill: 1844. 7 s ” 6 d . [Chambers] 1844] in which …
… in Taylors Scientific Memoirs—goes by sexes [Wartmann 1844] for (1844) Blofield Algeria. 1844 …
… on transmutation of shells [Haldeman 1843–4] already (1844) VI. vols. published Lib. Geological …
… Read Waterton’s last series on Nat: Hist: [Waterton 1844] tailess horses. Read “Bronn …
… [Bernhardi 1834] (M. Gerard. experiments on species [Gérard 1844].) read Sageret sur les …
… Travels to Khiva. 47 Residence in India [Sleeman 1844] L d Cloncurry Memm [Lawless 1849 …
… [Plymley 1808] Sleemans Residence in India [Sleeman 1844] Curiosities of Literature …
… [Lockhart 1828] 16 L d Dudley’s Letters [Dudley 1844] Nov. 25 Finished 3 d Part …
… 30. Dieffenbach’s New Zealand [Dieffenbach 1843] 1844 Wiegman on Hybrids—German— …
… 20 Astoria.— by Irving [Irving 1836] 1844 Jan 7 th Borrow’s Bible in Spain …
… April 26 th : Martin Chuzzlewit. & Pickwick [Dickens 1844 and 1837] July 20 th …
… Rome [Niebuhr 1828–42] [DAR 119: 14a] 1844 May 26 th L d …
… Narr: of Visit to Mauritius & G. Good Hope [Backhouse 1844] very poor Oct 1 Owen on …
… Read. 6 vols: finished [DAR 119: 15a] 1844 & 5 Oct 20. Lloyd Field …
… —— Vestiges of the Nat. History of Creation [Chambers] 1844] Pœppig Reisen …
… nothing this seems all [DAR 119: 15b] 1844 & 5 Burne’s Bokhara (3. vols) …
… 1840] 30 th . Arnolds life 3 vols [A. P. Stanley 1844] Jan 5 th . L d . Mahon …

Divergence

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In a later account of how he had come to the evolutionary ideas published in Origin, Darwin wrote: 'Of all the minor points, the last which I appreciated was the importance & cause of the principle of Divergence' (to Ernst Haeckel, [after 10]…

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… beginning to think along these broad lines as early as 1844 , and was certainly investigating …

Joseph Dalton Hooker

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The 1400 letters exchanged between Darwin and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) account for around 10% of Darwin’s surviving correspondence and provide a structure within which all the other letters can be explored. They are a connecting thread that spans…

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… letter of all , Darwin wrote to Hooker in January 1844 of his growing conviction that species “are …
… a theory: Darwin to J. D. Hooker, [11 January 1844] : Darwin cautiously reveals to Hooker, …

Natural Selection: the trouble with terminology Part I

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Darwin encountered problems with the term ‘natural selection’ even before Origin appeared. Everyone from the Harvard botanist Asa Gray to his own publisher came up with objections. Broadly these divided into concerns either that its meaning simply wasn’t…

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… enclosure to Gray , along with extracts from Darwin’s 1844 species essay , that was read to the …

Scientific Networks

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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…

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… Letter 729 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., [11 Jan 1844] Darwin begins with an assessment …
… Letter 736 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 23 Feb [1844] Darwin begins with a charming …

Charles Darwin’s letters: a selection 1825-1859

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The letters in this volume span the years from 1825, when Darwin was a student at the University of Edinburgh, to the end of 1859, when the Origin of Species was published. The early letters portray Darwin as a lively sixteen-year-old medical student. Two…

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… Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. In his letter of 11 January 1844 , Darwin revealed to Hooker that …

Before Origin: the ‘big book’

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Darwin began ‘sorting notes for Species Theory’ on 9 September 1854, the very day he concluded his eight-year study of barnacles (Darwin's Journal). He had long considered the question of species. In 1842, he outlined a theory of transmutation in a…

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… a theory of transmutation in a short pencil sketch, and in 1844, he once again committed his …
… published in the event of his sudden death . Later in 1844, he told the naturalist Leonard …
… of Creation caused a publishing sensation in October 1844, the public reaction to the …
… receive his views with open arms. Since its publication in 1844, the transmutationist work …

People featured in the Dutch photograph album

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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…

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… University. Leiden 16 July 1844 Heemstede 27 July 1903 …
… Utrecht University. Utrecht March 1844 Leeuwarden 1920 …
… Chemistry. Zierikzee 8 March 1844 Leiden 1897 …

Darwin’s study of the Cirripedia

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Darwin’s work on barnacles, conducted between 1846 and 1854, has long posed problems for historians. Coming between his transmutation notebooks and the Origin of species, it has frequently been interpreted as a digression from Darwin’s species work. Yet…

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… influential essay on classification (Milne-Edwards 1844). Like von Baer, Milne-Edwards recognised …
… paper on classification by Gaspard Auguste Brullé (Brullé 1844). In this work, Brullé argued that …
… of embryological development, as outlined in his essay of 1844 ( Foundations , pp. 57–255), …
… p. 45). See also the fuller discussion of this topic in the 1844 essay ( Foundations , p. 229). …
… and body of a mammal. ^5^ In his species essay of 1844, for example, CD stated: ‘The cause …
… CD had arrived at such a view of cirripede systematics by 1844, judging by statements in the essay …

Living and fossil cirripedia

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Darwin published four volumes on barnacles, the crustacean sub-class Cirripedia, between 1851 and 1854, two on living species and two on fossil species. Written for a specialist audience, they are among the most challenging and least read of Darwin’s works…

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… outlines of his ‘species theory’ (1842 Pencil sketch and 1844 Essay). In the course of …

Darwin’s observations on his children

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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…

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… from the day of his birth, 27 December 1839, until September 1844. Parallels in the development of …
… during this period but in far less detail. By September 1844, Henrietta Emma was one year old, and …
… possible unlike any other child I ever saw[55] Sep. 1844. Annie 3 years & ½ was looking …
… Etruria pottery works. Emma Darwin visited there on 31 May 1844. [58] Betley Hall, home of …

Darwin in letters, 1851-1855: Death of a daughter

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The letters from these years reveal the main preoccupations of Darwin’s life with a new intensity. The period opens with a family tragedy in the death of Darwin’s oldest and favourite daughter, Anne, and it shows how, weary and mourning his dead child,…

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… order to supplement views already expressed in his essay of 1844 ( Foundations ; Correspondence …

Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'

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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…

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… during the autumn of 1843, and Planariae, described in 1844. Another important specimen was the …
… W. J. Hooker and G. A. W. Arnott 1836, 1841; J. D. Hooker 1844–7, 1845, 1846, 1853–5, and 1860). In …
… true that, until he took J. D. Hooker into his confidence in 1844, Darwin does not appear to have …
… for Kemp, based on Kemp’s letters, and published in 1844 almost entirely as Darwin wrote it (see …

Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications

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This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…

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… to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1844. [F272.] —What is the …
… Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , 14 September 1844, pp. 628-9. [ Shorter publications , pp. …
… Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 2 (1844-50): 17-18. [ Shorter publications , pp. …

People featured in the Dutch photograph album

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Here is a list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from scientific admirers in the Netherlands. Many thanks to Hester Loeff for identifying and researching them. No. …

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… University. Leiden 16 july 1844 Heemstede 27 july 1903 …
… Utrecht University. Utrecht March 1844 Leeuwarden 1920 …
… Chemistry. Zierikzee 8 march 1844 Leiden 1897 …
… School. Deventer 05 june 1844 Rotterdam 12 september 1891 …

Alfred Russel Wallace

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Wallace was a leading Victorian naturalist, with wide-ranging interests from biogeography and evolutionary theory to spiritualism and politics. He was born in 1823 in Usk, a small town in south-east Wales, and attended a grammar school in Hertford. At the…

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… parts of England and Wales and collecting plants. In 1844 he became friends with the entomologist …

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