From C. W. Nägeli 31 March 1867
Summary
Summarises his 12-page letter in which he responds to CD’s criticisms of his theory of ‘perfectibility’.
Author: | Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 Mar 1867 |
Classmark: | On permanent loan to KULTURAMA Zurich (Inv. 5109_L) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5475F |
From J. D. Hooker 31 March 1867
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 Mar 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 156 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5477 |
From Joseph Trimble Rothrock to Asa Gray 31 March 1867
Summary
Answers to CD’s questions on expressions among the Atnah and Espyox Indians of Nass River [see Expression, pp. 22, 232, 252, 260].
Discusses the debate in America over the relationship among Indian tribes. JTR does not believe Indians are all of one race; they are as varied as Europeans.
[Forwarded to CD by Asa Gray.]
Author: | Joseph Trimble Rothrock |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 31 Mar 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 176: 218 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5478 |
From George Gibbs 31 March 1867
Summary
Finds that after 12 years among north-western Indians he can answer positively only one of CD’s queries about expression. They do blush from shame or anger.
Author: | George Gibbs |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 Mar 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 37 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5479 |
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John Lort Stokes
Summary
John Lort Stokes, naval officer, was Charles Darwin’s cabinmate on the Beagle voyage – not always an enviable position. After Darwin’s death, Stokes penned a description of their evenings spent working at the large table at the centre, Stokes at his…
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- … on the coast fronting the barrier reef?’ (Stokes 1846 1: 331) Stokes spent his final …