From Francis Beaufort to C. S. Darwin 29 June [1832]
Summary
Cancelled. Third party letter quoted in . See Correspondence 1: 253. Forwards letters, adding that Capt. FitzRoy expresses "unqualified satisfaction in Mr. Darwin’s society" and says "D is equally liked and respected by every person in the ship".
| Author: | Francis Beaufort |
| Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Date: | 29 June [1832] |
| Classmark: | DAR 223: 12a |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-174 |
From W. D. Fox 30 June 1832
Summary
Has been away from parish because of a three-month illness. Refers briefly to events in England since the Beagle sailed.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 June 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 106 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-175 |
To Catherine Darwin 5 July [1832]
Summary
Sailing next day to Montevideo. He has taken many hitherto undescribed animals. Describes the glories of the Brazilian forest.
Mentions his concern over the Reform Bill.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton |
| Date: | 5 July [1832] |
| Classmark: | DAR 223 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-176 |
To Susan Darwin 14 July – 7 August [1832]
Summary
Regrets leaving the tropics, despite interest in a land where Europeans have never been. They have experienced political turmoil at Montevideo. Natural history going well.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
| Date: | 14 July – 7 Aug [1832] |
| Classmark: | DAR 223 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-177 |
To J. S. Henslow [23 July –] 15 August [1832]
Summary
Specimens being sent off. Describes his collection of rocks, plants, and insects. Some particularly interesting specimens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | [23 July –] 15 Aug [1832] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 13 DAR/1/1/13) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-178 |
From Catherine Darwin 25 July [– 3 August] 1832
Summary
Tells of the family’s pleasure in reading CD’s first two letters and his journal.
Comments on Shrewsbury politics, the cholera, and the family. Sedgwick calls often; Catherine thinks he is interested in Susan.
| Author: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 July [– 3 Aug] 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 85 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-179 |
From Susan Darwin 15[–18] August 1832
Summary
News of family and friends.
| Author: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15[–18] Aug 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 97 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-180 |
To Frederick Watkins 18 August 1832
Summary
Brief summary of the voyage so far. His delight in the Brazilian forest; his trip into the interior; the turbulence at Rio; has grown a beard.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frederick Watkins |
| Date: | 18 Aug 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 292 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-181 |
From E. A. Darwin 18 August [1832]
Summary
Reports on the commissions CD requested of him [in a missing letter]; comments on English political issues.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Aug [1832] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 93 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-182 |
From Sarah Williams 26[–31] August 1832
Summary
Gives CD an "account of my life and adventures since we parted" and news of her family.
| Author: | Sarah Harriet Mostyn Owen; Sarah Harriet Williams; Sarah Harriet Haliburton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26[–31] Aug 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 117 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-183 |
From W. D. Fox 29 August – 28 September 1832
Summary
He is staying on the Isle of Wight because he has been unwell. He is thought to be in danger of contracting consumption, and the climate is beneficial. He is convalescent now, but will spend the winter there.
Offers to forward any natural history stores CD may want.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Aug & 28 Sept 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 107 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-184 |
From Caroline Darwin 12[–18] September 1832
Summary
News of the Darwin, Wedgwood, and Owen families, including a report on Frances Wedgwood’s death.
| Author: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12[–18] Sept 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 73 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-185 |
From Charlotte Langton 27 [September] 1832
Summary
Rejoices in what she hears of his voyage and his pleasures in it.
Writes of her new life, and of their relatives and friends.
| Author: | Charlotte Wedgwood; Charlotte Langton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 [Sept] 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 114 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-186 |
From Catherine Darwin 14 October [1832]
Summary
Writes news of family, Maer, and Woodhouse. His father has sent for a banana tree
and plans to buy J. J. Audubon’s book [Birds of America (1827)].
Charles Langton has been given a living near Ludlow.
| Author: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Oct [1832] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 86 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-187 |
To Caroline Darwin 24 October – 24 November [1832]
Summary
During the past two months CD has been lucky with fossil bones, and he is also finding new specimens of living animals.
He describes an ostrich hunt.
Has received several letters from home.
He enjoys Buenos Aires and admires the señoritas. Tierra del Fuego is next.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Date: | 24 Oct & 24 Nov [1832] |
| Classmark: | DAR 223: 15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-188 |
To W. D. Fox [12–13] November 1832
Summary
Sketches the Beagle’s travels – Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, cruise to the south and return – and what the future holds. Writes with nostalgia of England and says he sees no end to the voyage.
He enjoys and has been lucky principally in geology and among pelagic animals; has found remains of large extinct animals.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [12–13] Nov 1832 |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 46a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-189 |
From C. L. Hughes 2 November 1832
Summary
Notes for CD on a river trip to Mercedes on the Rio Negro [Uruguay].
| Author: | Charles Lawrence Hughes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Nov 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 34: 14–15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-190 |
From Susan Darwin 12–18 November 1832
Summary
Family news.
| Author: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 & 18 Nov 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 98 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-191 |
To J. S. Henslow [c. 26 October –] 24 November [1832]
Summary
A French collector [Alcide d’Orbigny] has been at the Rio Negro and will probably have "taken the cream". CD’s luck with fossil bones, among them a large extinct armadillo-like animal. Describes some birds, toads, Crustacea, and other marine specimens. Nearly all plants flowering at Bahia Blanca were collected. Is sending two large casks of fossil bones by packet.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | [c. 26 Oct –] 24 Nov [1832] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 14 DAR/1/1/14) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-192 |
From J. M. Herbert 1[–4] December 1832
Summary
Sends news of himself and CD’s friends. Discusses changes in England, the coming elections, Cambridge politics.
| Author: | John Maurice Herbert |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1[–4] Dec 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 112 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-193 |
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| Darwin, Catherine | (6) |
| Langton, Catherine | (6) |
Be envious of ripe oranges: To W. D. Fox, May 1832
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Henry Cowles talks about a heartfelt letter Darwin sent from Brazil on the Beagle voyage to his cousin.
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- … Henry Cowles talks about a heartfelt letter Darwin sent from Brazil on …
Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
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- … vol. 1, letter to Catherine Darwin, May–June [1832] ). Years later, the great hothouses at …
Darwin’s first love
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Darwin’s long marriage to Emma Wedgwood is well documented, but was there an earlier romance in his life? How was his departure on the Beagle entangled with his first love? The answers are revealed in a series of flirtatious letters that Darwin was…
4.2 Augustus Earle, caricature drawing
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< Back to Introduction The paucity of evidence for Darwin’s appearance and general demeanour during the years of the Beagle voyage gives this humorous drawing of shipboard life a special interest. It is convincingly attributed to Augustus Earle, an…
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- … often went ashore for coastal walks with Earle in April-May 1832, and Leonard Bell has suggested …
- … Earle had to resign his post and leave the ship in late 1832 or 1833 due to illness, and he …
- … (attributed) date of creation probably Sept. 1832 computer-readable date c …
- … p. 16, and ‘Iconography’, p. 133, with assumed date of 1832. …
Natural Science and Femininity
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Discussion Questions|Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine thoughts, habits and feelings, male naturalists like Darwin inhabited an uncertain gendered identity. Working from the private domestic comfort of their homes and exercising…
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- … 158 - Darwin to Darwin, R. W., [8 & 26 February & 1 March 1832] Darwin writes to …
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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- … hommes & des Animaux by Isid. Geoffroy de S t Hilaire 1832 [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1832–7] …
- … on Sensitive Plants in his Physiology [A. P. de Candolle 1832] Col. le Couteur has written on …
- … [W. F. Edwards 1829]; read Letter to M. Therry [Broughton 1832]— a 2 d Edit preparing in 1841.— …
- … Hilaire, 3 vols. 8vo. et atlas de 20 planches. ibid, 1832–36. £1 7 s . 25 [I. Geoffroy Saint …
- … animale, par A. Dugés, 4to. avec 6 planches, ibid, 1832. 6 s . [Dugés 1832] Azara Voyages …
- … America [Robertson 1777] Zorab the Hostage [Morier] 1832] La Vaillant. Travels …
- … 1797] Wellington’s General Orders [Wellesley 1832] Sir. W. Nott’s Life [W. Nott 1854]. …
- … Birds of Himalaya [Gould 1834] (& of Europe?) [Gould 1832–7] & of Australia [Gould 1848]; …
- … vol March 16 Gardner’s Music of nature [Gardiner 1832] Life of Haydn & Mozart …
- … Ap 5 D r Edwards on Influence of causes [W. F. Edwards 1832]— well skimmed 25 Lockhart’s …
- … Dec 1 st . Jesse Gleanings [Jesse 1832–5] (3 d series) full of ill-attested stories. 25 …
- … G. St. Hilaire Anomalies 3. vols. [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1832–7] Wilkes [Wilkes 1845]. …
- … Necker 1823] —— Owen on pearly Nautilus [R. Owen 1832].— —— 20 th Temminck. Hist. …
- … 2 d vol. —— Jesses Gleanings [Jesse 1832–5] 3 d . Series —— Bucklands Bridgewater …
- … [Stephen 1853] Warrens Diary of a Physician [Warren 1832–8] De Quincy Opium Eater [De …
- … l’espèce [Naudin 1852].— Bib. Universelle. March 1832. paper on cultivation of Dahlias [Anon. …
- … Nott and Gliddon 1854] Roselini Monumenta [?Rosellini 1832–44]. Lipsius Denkmaller [Lepsius …
- … Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal ]. Vol. I. (1832) 2. 3. 4. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. (1843) …
- … 1822] (very poor) —— Diary of a Physician [Warren 1832–8]. (detestable) Nov. 27 th . …
- … . Ulm. [Darwin Library.] 128: 20 Anon. 1832. Catalogue contenant un choix des plus beaux …
- … pts. London. 119: 21b Broughton, William Grant. 1832. A letter in vindication of …
- … of plants . Edinburgh. *119: 1v. ——. 1832. Physiologie végétale; ou, exposition des …
- … 4 in Darwin Library.] 119: 3a Dugès, Antoine. 1832. Memoir sur la conformité organique …
- … voyages and adventures in the Indian Archipelago, in 1832, 1833, 1834 . London. 119: 3a …
- … l’histoire . Paris. *119: 8v.; 119: 20a ——. 1832. On the influence of physical agents …
- … [Darwin Library.] 128: 11 Gardiner, William. 1832. The music of nature; or, an …
- … . 17 vols. Paris. 1822–31. *119: 14v. ——. 1832–7. Histoire générale et particulière …
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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- … of the east and west coasts of South America, in the years 1832, 1833, 1834, and 1835, with an …
- … under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836 . By Charles Darwin. London: …
- … under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: …
- … under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: …
Books on the Beagle
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The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … 1831. (DAR 31.1: 276v.; 33: 253v.). Darwin Library–CUL, 1832 Philadelphia edition ††. Bible …
- … in vol. 2: ‘Charles Darwin Rio Plata Aug 7 th . 1832’). Darwin Library–CUL †. ‡ Bory de …
- … of Science. Report of the 2d meeting . . . Oxford, 1832 . London, 1833. (Letter to J. S. …
- … months’ residence in New Zealand in 1827 . . . London, 1832. (Letter to Caroline Darwin, 27 …
- … formed . . . 1826–30. Zoological Journal 5 (1832–4). (Inscribed ‘Charles Darwin Esq from the …
- … America. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 1 (1832): 155–175. (DAR 32.1: 120v.). …
- … vol. 1 (1830), ‘Given me by Capt. F.R C. Darwin’; vol.2 (1832), ‘Charles Darwin M: Video. Novem r …
- … London, 1825. (Inscription: ‘Chas. Darwin Octob: 1832 Buenos Ayres’; DAR 33: 160). Darwin Library …
- … diary , p. 107; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 November 1832). * Molina, Juan Ignacio. …
- … London, 1824. (Inscription in vol. 2: ‘Chas. Darwin Octob: 1832 Buenos Ayres’; DAR 32.1: 7). Darwin …
- … The sacred history of the world . . . Vol. 1. London, 1832. (DAR 30.1: 2v.; letter to J. M. …
- … 2 vols. Paris, 1828. (Letter to Catherine Darwin, 5 July [1832]). Linnaeus, (Carl von Linné). …
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. …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … your trouble’ ( letter from C. L. Hughes, 2 November 1832 ). Darwin made the journey on horseback …
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.…
Religion
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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
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- … Letter 182 — Darwin, E. A. to Darwin, C. R., 18 Aug [1832] Darwin’s brother Erasmus A. Darwin …
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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- … The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of …
Darwin and the Beagle voyage
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In 1831, Darwin joined a voyage that he later referred to ‘as by far the most important event in my life’. Dive in to our 3D model of the Beagle and find out more about life on board and the adventures that he had.
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- … HMS Beagle , incorporating Middle Section, Fore and Aft 1832’ by Midshipman Philip Gidley King …
Philip Gidley King
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King was born in Parramatta, New South Wales on 31 October 1817, son of Captain Phillip Parker King and Harriett (Lethbridge). His grandfather, also named Philip Gidley King, had been governor of New South Wales. As a child, King travelled to England with…
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- … (1831-36) and here met Charles Darwin, who described King in 1832 as ‘ the most perfect, pleasant …
Elleparu (York Minster)
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Elleparu was one of the Alakaluf, or canoe people from the western part of Tierra del Fuego. He was captured by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, in 1830 after one the small boats used for surveying the narrow inlets of the coast of Tierra del Fuego…
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- … Elleparu was one of the Alakaluf, or canoe people from the western part of Tierra del Fuego. He …
Mary Everest Boole
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Mary Everest was born in 1832 in Wickwar, Gloucestershire, daughter of Reverend Thomas Everest. Her uncle was George Everest, Surveyor General of India, after whom Mount Everest is named. Her family moved to France seeking to improve her father’s ill…
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- … Mary Everest was born in 1832 in Wickwar, Gloucestershire, daughter of Reverend Thomas Everest. Her …
South America
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The Beagle arrives in South America
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- … The Beagle arrives in South America …
