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To A. R. Wallace 21 October 1869

Summary

Anticipates that all their differences are fated to find expression in projected book on man.

Offers his early MS with useful references related to the distribution of animals. Hopes ARW’s book will not be "little".

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:	21 Oct 1869
Classmark:	The British Library (Add MS 46434: 189–90); Linnean Society of London (Quentin Keynes Collection)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6951

Matches: 23 hits

… To A. R. Wallace 21 October 1869 …
… Quentin Keynes Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Oct 1869 Alfred Russel Wallace …
… vol. 17, letter from A. R. Wallace, 20 October 1869 and n. 1. See Correspondence vol. …
… letter from A. R. Wallace, 20 October 1869 . Wallace reviewed John Joseph Murphy’s Habit …
… besides the giraffe ought to have developed longer necks ( [Mivart] 1869 , p. 43). …
… University Press. 1975. Randau, R. 1869. Un naturaliste dans l’Archipel Malais. [Review of …
… ser. 83: 675–706. Saporta, Gaston de. 1869. L’école transformiste et ses dernièrs travaux. …
… Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E. Oct. 21. 1869 My dear Wallace I forwarded your letter at …
… to his stay in Wales during June and July 1869 (see Correspondence vol. 17, Appendix II). …
… CD was in London from 1 to 9 November 1869 (see Correspondence vol. 17, …
… Appendix II). See [Mivart] 1869 , p. 49. Thylacinus is a genus of marsupials that had one …
… 1: 336–432. [Mivart, St George Jackson. ] 1869. Difficulties of the theory of natural …
… 53, 134–53, 274–89. Murphy, Joseph John. 1869. Habit and intelligence in their connexion …
… and intelligence ( J. J. Murphy 1869 ) in Nature , 25 …
… November and 2 December 1869 ( Wallace 1869b ). CD refers to an …
… theory of natural selection’ ( [Mivart] 1869 ) by St George Jackson Mivart , published in …
… vol. 17, letter from A. R. Wallace, 20 October 1869 and n. 4). The author argued that …
… explained by natural selection (see [Mivart] 1869 , p. 47). The passage is scored in CD’s …
… letter from A. R. Wallace, 20 October 1869 and n. 2. CD refers to Descent. For more on …
… CD refers to two articles published in the 1 October 1869 issue of Revue des deux mondes , …
… one a review of Wallace 1869a ( Randau 1869 ) and the other a review by Gaston …
… of three works, including Variation ( Saporta 1869 ). See Correspondence vol. 17, letter …
… from A. R. Wallace, 20 October 1869 and n. 5. CD refers to Edward Forbes and E. …

To Federico Delpino 14 October 1869

Summary

Cautions FD about fluid in labellum of Coryanthes.

T. H. Farrer is enthusiastic about FD’s papers.

Believes humming-birds fertilise many American flowers.

Mentions his reply to FD’s criticisms ["Pangenesis: Mr Darwin’s reply to Professor Delpino", Sci. Opin. 2 (1869): 426; Collected papers 2: 158–60].

Suggests that FD study fertilisation of Gramineae.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Federico Delpino
Date:	14 Oct 1869
Classmark:	DAR 143: 379
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6938

Matches: 12 hits

… To Federico Delpino 14 October 1869 …
… DAR 143: 379 Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 Oct 1869 Federico Delpino …
… to Professor Delpino", Sci. Opin. 2 (1869): 426; Collected papers 2: 158–60]. Suggests …
… befruktning (On the mechanisms for the fertilisation of phanerogamic plants; Axell 1869 ). …
… Bibliography Axell, Severin. 1869. Om anordningarna för de fanerogama växternas …
… Down Oct. 14. 1869 Dear Sir I am much obliged for your courteous and interesting letter. …
… letter from Federico Delpino, 9 October 1869 . The article referred to included a report …
… works to Thomas Henry Farrer (see letter from T. H. Farrer, 9 October 1869 and n. 2). …
… See letter from Federico Delpino, 9 October 1869 and nn. 3 and 10. …
… See letter from Federico Delpino, 9 October 1869 and n. 8. The …
… appeared in the 6 October and 13 October 1869 issues of Scientific Opinion. CD mentioned …
… to Scientific Opinion , [before 20 October 1869]. For CD’s original remarks on regrowth of …

From A. R. Wallace 20 October 1869

Summary

Looks forward to Descent, though he expects to find more to differ with than in any other of CD’s books.

Problems of usefulness of incipient organs and of the independent origin of similar complex organs are real difficulties.

Plans a little book on "Distribution of animals".

Author:	Alfred Russel Wallace
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	20 Oct 1869
Classmark:	DAR 106: B86–7
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6949

Matches: 13 hits

… From A. R. Wallace 20 October 1869 …
… 7 Alfred Russel Wallace London, St Mark’s Crescent, 9 20 Oct 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
… Caerdeon, Barmouth, Wales, in June and July 1869 (see ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence vol. 17, …
… Bibliography Challis, James. 1869. Notes on the principles of pure and applied …
… John Murray. 1871. Murphy, Joseph John. 1869. Habit and intelligence in their connexion …
… 9, St. Mark’s Crescent, N.W. Oct r . 20th. 1869. Dear Darwin I do not know your son’s (Mr …
… of mathematical principles to theories of the physical forces ( Challis 1869 ). George’ …
… s response to Wallace, dated 23 October 1869, is in the British Library (Add.46434, f. …
… 191). The reference is to Descent (see Academy 1 (1869–70): 15–16). …
… The notice appeared in the 9 October 1869 issue under the heading ‘Scientific notes’ and …
… and expression of the emotions. Wallace refers to Joseph John Murphy and Murphy 1869 . …
… Wallace reviewed Murphy 1869 in the …
… 25 November 1869 issue of Nature ( Wallace 1869d ). The unsigned article, ‘Difficulties of …

To Anton Kerner von Marilaun 27 October 1869

Summary

Thanks for Die Abhängigkeit der Pflanzengestalt von Klima und Boden (Kerner 1869).

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Anton Kerner von Marilaun
Date:	27 Oct 1869
Classmark:	Archive of the University of Vienna (151.273-1)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6957F

Matches: 10 hits

… To Anton Kerner von Marilaun 27 October 1869 …
… Thanks for Die Abhängigkeit der Pflanzengestalt von Klima und Boden (Kerner 1869). …
… of Vienna (151.273-1) Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 Oct 1869 Anton Kerner von Marilaun …
… Zeitschrift 16: 71–6. Kerner, Anton. 1869. Die Abhängigkeit der Pflanzengestalt von Klima …
… Murray. 1859. Rembold, Otto and Barth, Ludwig von, eds. 1869. Festschrift zu Ehren der …
… Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte zu Innsbruck 1869. Innsbruck: Wagner’schen Universitæts- …
… Down. | Beckenham | Kent. Oct 27 1869 Dear Sir I am very much obliged for the present of …
… of plant form on climate and soil; Kerner 1869 ) in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. …
… and Physicians; Rembold and Barth eds. 1869 ). Kerner von Marilaun had attempted to trace …
… CUL. The page after the title page of Kerner 1869 contained a quotation, not from Origin , …

From Eduard Koch 30 October 1869

Summary

Sends copy of C. J. Dub [Kurze Darstellung der Lehre Darwin’s über die Entstehung der Organismen (1870)].

Asks about appearance of CD’s next book.

Comments on the Duke of Argyll’s Primeval man [1869].

New [4th] German edition of Origin to appear soon.

Author:	Eduard Koch; E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	30 Oct 1869
Classmark:	DAR 169: 45
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6961

Matches: 10 hits

… From Eduard Koch 30 October 1869 …
… Koch E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung Stuttgart 30 Oct 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
… on the Duke of Argyll’s Primeval man [1869]. New [4th] German edition of Origin to appear …
… See letter from J. V. Carus, 20 October 1869 . Koch refers to George Douglas Campbell …
… and to Primeval man ( G. D. Campbell 1869 ). The reference is to the fourth German …
… Bibliography Campbell, George Douglas. 1869. Primeval man: an exhibition of some recent …
… Stuttgart den 30 . Oktober 1869 Hochgeehrter Herr! Gleichzeitig mit diesem erlaube ich mir …
… remarks; Dub 1870 ); see also letter to Julius Dub, 20 March 1869 . Koch refers to …
… Descent and to the notice in Academy 1 (1869–70): 15–16. The reference is to Julius Victor …
… Stuttgart 30 October 1869 Highly honoured Sir! As I write, I venture to send you a copy of …

From John Brodie Innes 15 October 1869

Summary

R. H. Hutton has given a paper about CD at Liverpool Church Congress.

JBI has seen four milk-white partridges among brown ones this year.

Author:	John Brodie Innes
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	15 Oct 1869
Classmark:	DAR 167: 25
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6939

Matches: 10 hits

… From John Brodie Innes 15 October 1869 …
… DAR 167: 25 John Brodie Innes Milton Brodie 15 Oct 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
… see letter from John Lubbock, 20 July [1869] ). Innes refers to Eliza Mary Brodie Innes …
… Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1922–54. Hutton, Richard Holt. 1869. [Paper in …
… on phases of unbelief; read 5 October 1869. ] Authorized Report of the Church Congress, …
… at Liverpool , pp. 98–106. [Also printed in the Guardian , 13 October 1869, pp. 1134–5. ] …
… Brodie | Forres | N.B. 15 th . Oct r . 1869. Dear Darwin, It seems sad to lose sight of …
… Holt Hutton delivered a paper on 6 October 1869 to the Church Congress held at Liverpool …
… Darwinism, scepticism, and faith ( Hutton 1869 ). In it he argued that CD’s theory not …
… purpose at work in creation (see Hutton 1869 , pp. 102–3). Henry Powell , the curate of …

From J. B. Innes 20 October 1869

Summary

Sends Guardian containing Hutton’s paper on CD.

Discusses Henry Powell, the new vicar of Down, and plans for the parsonage.

Author:	John Brodie Innes
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	20 Oct 1869
Classmark:	DAR 167: 26
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6948

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… From J. B. Innes 20 October 1869 …
… DAR 167: 26 John Brodie Innes Milton Brodie 20 Oct 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
… See letter to J. B. Innes, 18 October 1869 and n. 6. Innes refers to Richard Holt …
… text of Hutton’s paper in the 13 October 1869 issue. The reference is to Henry Powell . …
… See letter to J. B. Innes, 18 October 1869 . See letter to J. …
… B. Innes, 18 October 1869 and n. 5. Innes refers to Henry James Lubbock , Sultan …
… Milton Brodie | Forres | N.B. 20 th . Oct r . 1869 Dear Darwin, Many thanks for your kind …
… of France. The empress paid a visit to the sultan from 16 to 18 October 1869 ( The Times , …
… 18 October 1869, p. 7). For more on Powell’ …
… the letter from John Lubbock, 20 July [1869] and n. 3. Innes refers to the Ecclesiastical …

To J. D. Hooker 11 October 1869

Summary

Is glad that JDH is willing to try Candolle’s experiment [see 6915]. Encloses all the seeds except a few taken from the Moscow and Palermo packets.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:	11 Oct 1869
Classmark:	Kenneth W. Rendell (dealer) (catalogue 123)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6932

Matches: 5 hits

… To J. D. Hooker 11 October 1869 …
… dealer) (catalogue 123) Charles Robert Darwin unstated 11 Oct 1869 Joseph Dalton Hooker …
… October 11, 1869 I am very glad that you are willing to try DeCandolle’s experiment which …
… See letter from Alphonse de Candolle, 28 September 1869 and n. 4, …
… letter to Alphonse de Candolle, 11 October 1869 . The original letter is complete and is …

To James Orton 7 October [1869]

Summary

Has forwarded the horse’s tooth, sent by JO, to Huxley, who may be able to identify it.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	James Orton
Date:	7 Oct [1869]
Classmark:	University of Oklahoma Libraries History of Science Collections
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6925

Matches: 7 hits

… To James Orton 7 October [1869] …
… History of Science Collections Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Oct [1869] James Orton …
… The reference is to Orton 1870 ; see letter from James Orton, 8 September 1869 . …
… relationship between this letter and the letter from James Orton, 8 September 1869 . See …
… letter from James Orton, 8 September 1869 and n. 2. For more on the relationship between …
… to examine the horse tooth in his letter of 21 September [1869] . See letter from T. …
… H. Huxley, 28 September 1869 . CD refers to the British Museum . Joseph Leidy . …

From Fritz Müller 18 October 1869

Summary

Describes experiments to test the fertility of Abutilon, which appears self-sterile,

and briefly mentions dichogamy in Eschscholzia.

Author:	Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	18 Oct 1869
Classmark:	DAR 76: B178, Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/12)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6943

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… From Fritz Müller 18 October 1869 …
… Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller Santa Catharina, Brazil 18 Oct 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
… See letter from Fritz Müller, 14 March 1869 . The last two paragraphs of the letter are …
… the letter to T. H. Farrer, [27 November 1869] . See Correspondence vol. 15, letter to …
… Itajahy, Sa. Catharina, Brazil, Octr. 18. 1869. My dear Sir I received some weeks ago …
… See letter to Fritz Müller, 18 July [1869] . See …
… letter to Fritz Müller, 18 July [1869] and n. 5. Müller refers to Abutilon striatum ( …
… Naturali Milano 11 (1868): 265–352; 12 (1869): 179–233; 13 (1870): 167–205; 17 (1874): …
… from Hildebrand on this subject before October 1869 has been found. Oxalis martiana is a …
… more seeds of E. californica shortly after his letter of 14 March 1869 (see letter from …
… Fritz Müller, 15 June 1869 ). Friedrich Hildebrand reported his observations on self- …

To T. H. Huxley 14 October 1869

Summary

Delighted with THH’s review [in Academy (1869)] of Haeckel’s [Natürliche] Schöpfungsgeschichte [1868],

but groans about THH’s view of rudimentary organs. Cites Origin and Variation.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:	14 Oct 1869
Classmark:	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 277)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6936

Matches: 7 hits

… To T. H. Huxley 14 October 1869 …
… Archives (Huxley 5: 277) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 Oct 1869 Thomas Henry Huxley …
… with THH’s review [in Academy (1869)] of Haeckel’s [ Natürliche ] Schöpfungsgeschichte [ …
… 8. See T. H. Huxley 1869d , p. 14. See letter to T. H. Huxley, 21 [September 1869] . …
… By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1869. Variation : The variation of animals and …
… Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E. Oct 14. 1869 My dear Huxley I have been delighted to see y …
… appeared in the 9 October and 13 November 1869 issues of the Academy ( T. H. Huxley …

To Carl Vogt 30 October 1869

Summary

Thanks for proposal about translation [of Descent]. Will write to J. V. Carus to make agreement with publisher.

Hopes JVC’s holding CD’s views only secondary cause of loss of professorship.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Carl Vogt
Date:	30 Oct 1869
Classmark:	Bibliothèque de Genève (Ms. fr. 2188, ff. 298–9)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6959

Matches: 6 hits

… To Carl Vogt 30 October 1869 …
… de Genève (Ms. fr. 2188, ff. 298–9) Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 Oct 1869 Carl Vogt …
… See letter from Carl Vogt, 26 October 1869 . Julius Victor Carus had been a candidate for …
… position went to Rudolf Leuckart (see letter from Carl Vogt, 26 October 1869 and n. 6). …
… CD refers to John Murray and to the notice in the Academy 1 (1869–70): 15–16 of Descent. …
… Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E. Oct 30 1869 My dear Sir I thank you very much for y r …

From Federico Delpino 9 October 1869

Summary

Acknowledges receipt of CD’s Primula paper [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 10 (1869): 437–54].

Nectar-sucking birds fertilise tropical flowers.

Writing a "Dualistic apologia for Pangenesis" [see translation in Sci. Opin. 2 (1869): 365–7, 391–3, 407–8].

Homology of the orchid rostellum.

Author:	Federico Delpino
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	9 Oct 1869
Classmark:	DAR 162: 144
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6928

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… From Federico Delpino 9 October 1869 …
… DAR 162: 144 Federico Delpino Florence 9 Oct 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
… paper [ J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot. ) 10 (1869): 437–54]. Nectar-sucking birds fertilise …
… Pangenesis" [see translation in Sci. Opin. 2 (1869): 365–7, 391–3, 407–8]. Homology of the …
… Magazine of Natural History 4th ser. 4 (1869): 141–59. [ Collected papers 2: 138–56. ] ‘ …
… Firenze addè 9. 8bre 1869 Celeberrimo uomo! Ho ricevuto i lavori “On the specific …
… Florence 9. October 1869 Most illustrious man! I received the works “On the specific …
… of the Linnean Society of London ( Botany ) 10 (1869): 393–437. ‘Specific difference in …
… Read 19 March 1868. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 10 (1869): 437–54. …
… 1869a ), published in the 29 September 1869 issue of Scientific Opinion ( Delpino 1869b ). …

To T. H. Farrer 20 October [1869]

Summary

Comments on notes made by THF on Passiflora and Tacsonia. Suggests he examine more species. Recalls his own observations on P. princeps and Tacsonia.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:	20 Oct [1869]
Classmark:	Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/10)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6945

Matches: 8 hits

… To T. H. Farrer 20 October [1869] …
… 299/10) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Oct [1869] Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st …
… Press. 1985–. Hildebrand, Friedrich Hermann Gustav. 1869. Weitere Beobachtungen über die …
… and the letter from T. H. Farrer, 17 October 1869 . For Farrer’s notes on Passiflora and …
… of pollination in flowers; Hildebrand 1869 ). Hildebrand noted that in the protandrous …
… developed stigmas were available ( Hildebrand 1869 , p. 480). CD scored this section in …
… Hooker to T. H. Farrer, 23 October 1869 , Linnean Society Archives). Farrer evidently …
… the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, in November 1869 (the additions are not transcribed in the …

To Ernst Haeckel 3 October [1869]

Summary

Mentions views of Sars on species.

EH’s work on Siphonophora.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel
Date:	3 Oct [1869]
Classmark:	Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1: 1–52/23)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6924

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… To Ernst Haeckel 3 October [1869] …
… Alfred Merle Norman . See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 29 September 1869 and n. 4. …
… 1: 1–52/23) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Oct [1869] Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel …
… between this letter and the letter from Ernst Haeckel, 29 September 1869 . See …
… letter from Ernst Haeckel, 29 September 1869 . Michael Sars . CD refers to Zur …
… See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 29 September 1869 and nn. 7 and 9. Agnes Haeckel . …

From T. H. Farrer 17 October 1869

Summary

Sends notes on observations of Passiflora and Tacsonia; Hooker thinks they would be worth reading at Linnean Society.

Author:	Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	17 Oct 1869
Classmark:	DAR 164: 58
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6941

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… From T. H. Farrer 17 October 1869 …
… Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer Abinger Hall 17 Oct 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
… letter from T. H. Farrer, 13 October 1869 and n. 1. Farrer had evidently visited CD …
… letter from T. H. Farrer, 9 October 1869 ). The species was evidently P. van-volxemii ( …
… letter to T. H. Farrer, 20 October [1869] ). P. caerulea is bluecrown passion flower …
… letter from T. H. Farrer, 13 October 1869 and n. 4). The enclosure, which CD evidently …
… diagrams by Farrer, and dated 13 November 1869, has been transcribed as Appendix IV. The …

From Asa Gray 26 and 29 October [1869]

Summary

As CD is to be in London, AG will try to get to Queen Anne St to see him.

Author:	Asa Gray
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	26 and 29 Oct 1869
Classmark:	DAR 165: 172
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6957

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… From Asa Gray 26 and 29 October [1869] …
… DAR 165: 172 Asa Gray Kew 26 Oct 1869 29 …
… Oct 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …

To Alphonse de Candolle 11 October 1869

Summary

Thanks AdeC for his interesting letter [6915]. The experiment strikes CD as a very valuable one. CD has forwarded the letter to Hooker, who is glad to make the trial. CD will have many experiments in progress next spring but he will open the packet of seeds and if they are numerous, will try a few himself.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Alphonse de Candolle
Date:	11 Oct 1869
Classmark:	Archives de la famille de Candolle (private collection)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6933

Matches: 6 hits

… To Alphonse de Candolle 11 October 1869 …
… Candolle (private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 Oct 1869 Alphonse de Candolle …
… Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E. Oct 11 1869 My dear Sir I am very much obliged for y r …
… from Alphonse de Candolle, 28 September 1869 . CD refers to Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli’s …
… hawkweed; see Nägeli 1867 , p. 478). See letters to J. D. Hooker, 2 October [1869] and …
… 11 October 1869 . CD probably refers to his experimental work on the comparative growth of …

To Scientific Opinion [before 20 October 1869]

Summary

Replies to F. Delpino’s criticisms of Pangenesis [Sci. Opin. 2 (1869): 365–7, 391–3, 407–8], especially concerning the difficulty of explaining the regrowth of amputated organs.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Scientific Opinion
Date:	[before 20 Oct 1869]
Classmark:	Scientific Opinion 2 (1869): 426.
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6442

Matches: 5 hits

… To Scientific Opinion [before 20 October 1869] …
… Scientific Opinion 2 (1869): 426. …
… Charles Robert Darwin unstated [before 20 Oct 1869] Scientific Opinion …
… Delpino’s criticisms of Pangenesis [ Sci. Opin. 2 (1869): 365–7, 391–3, 407–8], especially …
… in Scientific Opinion , 20 October 1869. Federico Delpino’s criticisms of pangenesis, CD’s …

To W. B. Tegetmeier 1 October [1869]

Summary

Chickens have arrived safely.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:	1 Oct [1869]
Classmark:	Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-6921

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… To W. B. Tegetmeier 1 October [1869] …
… Finney Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Oct [1869] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
… this letter and the letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 28 September [1869] . See letter to W. …
… B. Tegetmeier, 28 September [1869] and n. 3. …

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Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts

Summary

At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…

Matches: 27 hits

… At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition …
… that is something’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [22 January 1869] ). Much of the remainder of …
… to be the case’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 January 1869 ). Hooker went straight to a crucial …
… probable’ (see also letter to A. R. Wallace, 22 January [1869] , and letter from A. R. Wallace, …
… in distribution’ ( letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] ). Darwin had argued ( Origin , pp. …
… formation’ ( letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] ). Croll could not supply Darwin with an …
… have got that yet’ ( letter from James Croll, 4 February 1869 ). Darwin did not directly …
… towards [Thomson]’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 19 March [1869] ). Towards Descent …
… ‘everlasting old Origin’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 1 June [1869] ), he was able to return to work on …
… ( letter from Robert Elliot to George Cupples, 21 June 1869 ). Details on mating behaviour …
… in the garden ( letter from Frederick Smith, 8 October 1869 ). Albert Günther, assistant in the …
… varieties ( letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 25 February [1869] ). The data contined to …
… cocks & hens.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 November [1869] ). Yet completion of the work was …
… for Descent . Researching emotion In 1869, Darwin still expected that Descent …
… hatred—’ ( from Asa Gray and J. L. Gray, 8 and 9 May [1869] ). James Crichton-Browne and …
… ( enclosure to letter from Henry Maudsley, 20 May 1869 ). Darwin had often complained of the …
… in regard to Man’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 14 April 1869 ). More remarkable still were Wallace …
… seem to you like some mental hallucination’ ( 18 April 1869 ). Since his marriage to Annie …
… (Wallace 1869a; letter to A. R. Wallace, 22 March [1869] ), and scolded him for again being too …
… demands justice’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 14 April 1869 ). Proceeding on all fronts …
… South American cordillera ( letter to Charles Lyell, 20 May 1869 ), and fossil discoveries in …
… investigated in depth ( letter from C. F. Claus, 6 February 1869 ). In a letter to the Gardeners …
… of the soil ( letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 9 May [1869] ). In March, Darwin received …
… in the early 1860s ( letter to W. C. Tait, 12 and 16 March 1869 ). This research contributed to …
… editions ( see letter from Victor Masson, 29 September 1869 ). The work had been undertaken, like …
… Animals”’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 November [1869] ). Angered by these proceedings, Darwin …
… of Fritz Müller’s Für Darwin (Dallas trans. 1869). The book, an explication of Darwinian …

Darwin’s queries on expression

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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…

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… Crichton-Browne, James 20 May 1869 32 Queen Anne St. …
… Crichton-Browne, James 19 May 1869 West Riding …
… Gray, Asa 9 May [1869] [Alexandria, Egypt] …
… Gray, Jane 9 May [1869] [Alexandria, Egypt] …
… Gray, Asa 8 & 9 May 1869 Florence, Italy (about …
… King, P.G. 25 Feb 1869 Sydney, Australia …
… Maudsley, Henry 20 May 1869 32 Queen Anne St. …
… Reade, Winwood W. 17 Jan 1869 Sierra Leone, Africa …
… Reade, Winwood W. 28 June [1869] Sierra Leone, …
… Reade, Winwood W. 26 Dec 1869 Sierra Leone, Africa …
… Scott, John 2 July 1869 Royal Botanic Gardens, …

Perfect copper-plate hand: From Adolf Reuter, 30 May 1869

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My favourite correspondent was chosen not because he is a brilliant conversationalist or a significant scientific thinker – but after a decade of reading a series of challenging hand writings, my favourite is the one who wrote in a perfect copper-plate…

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… My favourite correspondent was chosen not because he is a brilliant conversationalist or a …

A beginning, & that is something: To J. D. Hooker, [22 January 1869]

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Alison Pearn talks about a letter Darwin wrote to his friend Joseph Dalton Hooker after finishing corrections to the fifth edition of Origin of Species in 1869.

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… corrections to the fifth edition of Origin of Species in 1869. …

Cross and self fertilisation

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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…

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… of self-fertility over subsequent generations. In June 1869, Müller remarked, on receiving a new …
… sometimes depends’ ( From Fritz Müller, 15 June 1869 ). By May 1870, Darwin reported that he was …
… Müller ( To Fritz Müller, 28 November 1868 ). In March 1869, Müller reported results of …
… pod were mutually sterile ( From Fritz Müller, 14 March 1869 ). ‘The case of the Abutilon sterile …
… of this plant sent by Müller ( To Fritz Müller, 18 July [1869] ). Darwin sent specimens of plants …

Women’s scientific participation

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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…

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… Letter 6736 - Gray, A. & J. L to Darwin, [8 & 9 May 1869] Jane Loring Gray, …
… Williams , M. S. to Darwin, H. E., [after 14 October 1869] Darwin’s niece, Margaret, …
… Letter 6815 - Scott, J. to Darwin, [2 July 1869] John Scott responds to Darwin’s …
… - Darwin to Gunther, A. C. L. G., [21 September 1869] Darwin asks Gunther for “a great …

Diagrams and drawings in letters

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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…

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… of Robinia rubra and Pirus malus , 23 September 1869 Alexander Agassiz's …

Jane Gray

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Jane Loring Gray, the daughter of a Boston lawyer, married the Harvard botanist Asa Gray in 1848 and evidence suggests that she took an active interest in the scientific pursuits of her husband and his friends. Although she is only known to have…

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… (letter from Asa Gray and J. L. Gray, 8 and 9 May 1869 ) Darwin cited Gray’s …
… their year long trip to Europe and North Africa in 1868 to 1869, the Grays visited Charles and Emma …
… 1868, and visiting again on their return journey in August 1869. Although they never met again, the …

Rewriting Origin - the later editions

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For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…

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… standard of science’ ( to Charles Layton, 24 November [1869] ). From the 3 rd edition on …
… published, 1866 5 th English edition published, 1869 6 th English edition …
… on the fifth edition from Boxing Day 1868 until February 1869. Among the changes were stories about …

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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… comprised two halves kept at different temperatures, and in 1869 Darwin told the botanist William …
… temperatures’ (letter to W. C. Tait, 12 and 16 March [1869] , Calendar no. 6661). …

3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871

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< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…

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… Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted …
… down here on purpose’. Payments to the firm on 25 July 1869 and 5 April 1870 in Darwin’s banking …
… widely disseminated images of Darwin were taken in summer 1869, and which in summer 1871: the …
… were dated by Darwin’s daughter Henrietta on the backs to 1869. By 1871-2 some of Elliott and Fry’s …
… it ‘abt. 1870’, then crossed this date out in favour of 1869 – the date which John van Wyhe assigns …
… some of the Elliott and Fry group as having been taken in 1869 and 1871, but dates others (still …
… to this source. It is significant that none of these 1869–71 Elliott and Fry photographs were …
… as belonging to groups of photographs taken in summer 1869 and summer 1871, possible also in 1874.   …
… letters from Darwin to A.B. Meyer, 27 November [1869], (DCP-LETT-7014), and to Wallace, 5 December …

Women as a scientific audience

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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…

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… Letter 6551 - Becker, L. E . to Darwin, [13 January 1869] Becker tells Darwin that …
… Letter 6976 - Darwin to Blackwell, A. L. B., [8 November, 1869] Darwin writes to feminist …
… Letter 6551 - Becker, L. E . to Darwin, [13 January 1869] Suffragist and …

Photograph album of Dutch admirers

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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…

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… work on human expression. Donders visited Darwin in 1869 , and a year later Darwin consoled him …

Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution

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The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…

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… vol. 17, letter to A. R. Wallace, 14 April 1869 ). His views were presented more fully in a …
… comparative anatomist through his work on primates. In July 1869, Mivart published the first of a …

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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… he attracted many admirers in German-speaking countries. In 1869, his birthday was celebrated by an …
… vol. 17, letter from F. M. Malven, 12 February [1869] ). An extract from Darwin’s reply to Malven …
… with his’ ( letter to F. M. Malven, [after 12 February 1869] ). Accompanying this extract was the …
… some of whom drew substantially on his theory. In 1869, Hermann Müller (brother to Fritz) sent …
… theory to flowers and flower-visiting insects; H. Müller 1869)). Darwin was full of admiration and …

Science: A Man’s World?

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Discussion Questions|Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth-century women participated in the world of science, be it as experimenters, observers, editors, critics, producers, or consumers. Despite this, much of the…

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… Letter 6976 - Darwin to Blackwell, A. B., [8 November 1869] Darwin thanks Antoinette …

3.12 Edwards, second group of photos

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< Back to Introduction Despite the prior difficulties experienced by both photographer and sitter, it is evident that Ernest Edwards portrayed Darwin again in the late 1860s; but exactly when and in what circumstances is not known. There are strong…

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… later 1860s. Alfred Russel Wallace wrote to him in December 1869 to report that a young German …
… of the undocumented photographs by Edwards as being before 1869. physical location …
… Letter from Darwin to George Charles Wallich, 18 April [1869], DCP-LETT-6701. Letter from Alfred …

Race, Civilization, and Progress

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Darwin's first reflections on human progress were prompted by his experiences in the slave-owning colony of Brazil, and by his encounters with the Yahgan peoples of Tierra del Fuego. Harsh conditions, privation, poor climate, bondage and servitude,…

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… " Letter 6728 : from Charles Lyell, 5 May 1869 "I feel that …
… Letter 6866 : From Federico Delpino, 22 August 1869 "Perhaps because of intellectual …

John Beddoe

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In 1869, when gathering data on sexual selection in humans, Darwin exchanged a short series of letters with John Beddoe, a doctor in Bristol. He was looking for evidence that racial differences that appear to have no benefit in terms of survival - and…

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… In 1869 Darwin exchanged a short series of letters with a John Beddoe, a doctor in …

3.15 George Charles Wallich, photo

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< Back to Introduction In the years around 1868–1871, when professional photographers competed for sittings with Darwin, a doctor called George Charles Wallich approached him with a similar request. Wallich was planning to publish a set of his own…

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… one of Darwin. However, in a letter to Wallich of 18 April 1869, Darwin declined to come to his …
… in 2005. Darwin’s solicitude to help Wallich in 1869 reflected the fact that they had …
… letters to Wallich: 12 Dec. [1860], DCP-LETT-3020; 18 April [1869], DCP-LETT-6701; 24 February [1872 …

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