From Edward Blyth 26 February 1856
Summary
There is a possibility of establishment of a Government Museum at Calcutta, with which the Asiatic Society Museum would be merged. EB would like the curatorship but fears other possible applicants. Asks CD to represent him to W. H. Sykes.
Discusses the ancients’ awareness of various cats as deduced from the etymology of their names.
Author: | Edward Blyth |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 26 Feb 1856 |
Classmark: | DAR 98: A126–A127 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1833 |
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- … DCP-LETT-1833 …
From Robert FitzRoy [1833?]
Summary
List of mountains with their heights.
Author: | Robert FitzRoy |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1833?] |
Classmark: | DAR 40: 53 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-194 |
From J. S. Henslow 31 August 1833
Summary
The [Megatherium] fossils were extremely interesting and were shown at the Geological Section of the BAAS meeting at Cambridge [1833].
The plants delight him; will work them out with W. J. Hooker.
CD should send every fossil he can find; minute insects will be nearly all new. Delighted with descriptions of the few animals alluded to.
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 Aug 1833 |
Classmark: | DAR 97(ser. 2): 14–15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-213 |
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- … From J. S. Henslow 31 August 1833 …
- … DAR 97(ser. 2): 14–15 John Stevens Henslow Cambridge 31 Aug 1833 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Section of the BAAS meeting at Cambridge [1833]. The plants delight him; will work them …
- … Cambridge 31 Aug t 1833 My dear Darwin, I am afraid that I have been rather negligent in …
- … chairman of the Geological Section of the 1833 British Association meeting; William Clift …
- … College of Surgeons. The Report of the 1833 meeting makes no mention of CD’s Megatherium …
From R. W. Darwin 7 March 1833
Summary
Writes of the pleasure all feel in CD’s continued good health and joy in his voyage.
Tells of the banana tree he bought, which he sits under and thinks of CD "in similar shade".
CD’s financial accounts are correct.
Author: | Robert Waring Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Mar 1833 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 94 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-201 |
From Susan Darwin 3–6 March 1833
Summary
Captain Beaufort has offered to get one more letter to CD before the long voyage around the Horn;
SD brings family news up to date.
Author: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 & 6 Mar 1833 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 99 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-200 |
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- … From Susan Darwin 3–6 March 1833 …
- … DAR 204: 99 Susan Elizabeth Darwin Shrewsbury 3 & 6 Mar 1833 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … to Catherine Darwin, 22 May – 14 July 1833 ). Frances Julia Wedgwood. Church reform, which …
- … slave trade in the colonies in 1806. In August 1833 a law emancipating the slaves in the …
- … Shrewsbury March 3 d . 1833. Catherine who wrote last will have told you my very dear …
To J. S. Henslow [20–7] September 1833
Summary
Informs JSH that a Spanish friend has offered him a cargo of bones. If they arrive, he has arranged with Edward Lumb to forward them to JSH. [Forwarded to JSH with 244.]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | [20–7] Sept 1833 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 19 DAR/1/1/19) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-216 |
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- … To J. S. Henslow [20–7] September 1833 …
- … 19 DAR/1/1/19) Charles Robert Darwin Buenos Ayres [20–7] Sept 1833 John Stevens Henslow …
- … Buenos Ayres September 1833 My dear Henslow A Spanish friend in Entre Rios has promised to …
- … another, containing a specimen found later in 1833. From Lumb’s letter of 8 May 1834 , it …
From Susan Darwin 15 October 1833
Author: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Oct 1833 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 101 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-219 |
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- … From Susan Darwin 15 October 1833 …
- … DAR 204: 101 Susan Elizabeth Darwin Shrewsbury 15 Oct 1833 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … player represented by an exposed “hand” ’ ( OED ). Martineau 1833 . The bill abolishing …
- … in the colonies became law on 28 August 1833. A system of apprenticeship for seven years, …
- … Shrewsbury Oct 15 th . | 1833. My dear Charles. On October the 11 th . we got your very …
From Edward Lumb 13 November 1833
Summary
Sending shot or powder is illegal, but all CD’s goods and chattels have been sent. EL’s services to CD are what any Englishman should do for his country.
Author: | Edward Lumb |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Nov 1833 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 122 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-231 |
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To Caroline Darwin 23 [October 1833]
Summary
Describes his trip to north of Santa Fé, his illness, and return by boat to Buenos Aires – which he found in the throes of a revolution. Covington is cut off from the town, which some expect to be plundered.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
Date: | 23 [Oct 1833] |
Classmark: | DAR 223 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-222 |
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- … To Caroline Darwin 23 [October 1833] …
- … them all sent to me at M. Video. ’ See also letter from Edward Lumb, 13 November 1833 . …
- … Charles Robert Darwin Buenos Ayres 23 [Oct 1833] Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin/Caroline …
- … September’ has been deleted and ‘October 1833’ inserted, in what appears to be another …
To W. D. Fox 25 October 1833
Summary
Writes of his ride from Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca and Buenos Aires, which he undertook in order to learn the geology of the land, so full of bones of large extinct quadrupeds.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 25 Oct 1833 |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 46c) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-223 |
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- … To W. D. Fox 25 October 1833 …
- … MS 53 Fox 46c) Charles Robert Darwin Buenos Aires 25 Oct 1833 William Darwin Fox …
- … Buenos Ayres October 25 th . 1833 My dear Fox In less than a fortnight we shall be on our …
- … February 1832 and again on 15–21 January 1833 . CD received the letter of 6 February 1832 …
- … June 1832 ). The letter of 15–21 January 1833 arrived at Valparaiso on 24 July 1834 (see …
From J. S. Henslow 15–21 January 1833
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of two letters from CD and a box of specimens.
Mentions attendance at BAAS meeting and a gift to him of a small living near Oxford. Some political news.
Congratulates CD on the work he has done – the specimens are of great interest. Gives advice on packing, labelling, and future collecting and suggests that – as a precaution – CD send home a copy of his notes on the specimens.
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 and 21 Jan 1833 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 111 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-196 |
From Caroline Darwin 28 October [1833]
Summary
Finds CD’s journal very entertaining and interesting, but thinks his style in first part too much influenced by Humboldt.
Sends some books by Harriet Martineau and Archbishop Whately.
Rejoices that the more he sees of Negroes, the better he thinks of them.
Author: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 Oct [1833] |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 78 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-224 |
From Henry Stephen Fox 31 October 1833
Summary
Urges CD to visit Flores Island near Montevideo if he has not already done so. Describes formation of greenstone and the granite formations on small islands in the Uruguay channel.
Sends specimens from Pôrto Alegre [Brazil] for identification by CD.
Author: | Henry Stephen Fox |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 Oct 1833 |
Classmark: | DAR 39.1: 1–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-226 |
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- … From Henry Stephen Fox 31 October 1833 …
- … DAR 39.1: 1–4 Henry Stephen Fox Rio de Janeiro 31 Oct 1833 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Plenipotentiary to Brazil in August 1833. CD preserved this letter among his geological …
- … Rio de Janeiro October 31 st : 1833 Dear Sir I have just learnt that the Packet Cockatrice …
Knight, Thomas Andrew. 1833. On the culture of the potatoe. [Read 19 March 1833.] Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London 2d ser. 1 (1831–5): 415–18.
Martineau, Harriet. 1833. Poor Laws and paupers illustrated. London.
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- … Martineau, Harriet. 1833. Poor Laws and paupers illustrated. London. 5 …
Tapparelli, Massimo (Marchese d’Azeglio). 1833. Ettore Fieramosca, o la disfida di Barletta. Florence.
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- … Tapparelli, Massimo (Marchese d’Azeglio). 1833. Ettore Fieramosca, o la disfida di …
From Caroline Darwin 1–4 May 1833
Author: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1–4 May 1833 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 76 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-205 |
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- … From Caroline Darwin 1–4 May 1833 …
- … Darwin/Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood Shrewsbury 1–4 May 1833 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Association took place in Cambridge, June 1833. Welshpool, Wales. William Clive was Vicar …
- … May 1 st | 1833. My dear Charles— I am afraid there is little chance of your getting this …
From T. C. Eyton 12 November 1833
Summary
Has been working hard on collecting English and foreign birds. Yarrell has written of new birds discovered in England.
News of work in progress by Leonard Jenyns, P. J. Selby, and John Gould.
Cautions CD to beware of insects when he sends any birds’ skins – otherwise there will be only feathers, beaks, and legs remaining when he returns.
Author: | Thomas Campbell Eyton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Nov 1833 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 118 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-228 |
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- … From T. C. Eyton 12 November 1833 …
- … DAR 204: 118 Thomas Campbell Eyton Shrewsbury 12 Nov 1833 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … a reference to volume two, Water birds (1833) of Selby [1818–]34. Nicholas Aylward Vigors …
- … Shrewsbury No vr 12 th 1833 Dear Darwin I have been writing to you for some time, and …
From Catherine Darwin 27 November 1833
Summary
Mentions letters sent in parcel and those from CD received by Fox and Henslow. Adds news of family and friends.
Appreciation of his journal. She hears that CD’s "theory of the Earth" is the same as Lyell’s in 3d volume [of Principles of geology (1833)].
Author: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 27 Nov 1833 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 90 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-232 |
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- … From Catherine Darwin 27 November 1833 …
- … Darwin/Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton Shrewsbury 27 Nov 1833 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of the Earth" is the same as Lyell’s in 3d volume [of Principles of geology (1833)]. …
- … Shrewsbury. Nov ber 27 th . | 1833. My dear Charles, I believe your Parcel is not yet gone …
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CCD intro in Commentary
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
Summary
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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- … bones at the British Association meeting in Cambridge in 1833 had caused great excitement. The …