To T. C. Eyton 6 March [1869]
Summary
Thanks TCE for fawn’s head.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Campbell Eyton |
| Date: | 6 Mar [1869] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.366) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6645 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To T. C. Eyton 6 March [1869] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.366) Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 Mar [1869] Thomas Campbell Eyton …
- … between this letter and the letter from T. C. Eyton, 4 March 1869 . See letter from T. …
- … C. Eyton, 4 March 1869 . For the earlier information, see the letter from T. …
- … C. Eyton, 26 January [1869] . Francis Darwin and William Campbell Eyton were students at …
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 …
From J. D. Hooker 21 November 1869
Summary
Has corresponded with Macmillan about Nature.
Will get the Kerner book.
Mere guesses must determine which form to fix on as the type.
Raises questions about the genealogical tree.
Serves Mlle Royer right.
Lyell declines Royal Society Presidency; now look to W. R. Grove. Long postscript on JDH’s views about knighthood.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Nov 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 39–41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7002 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 21 November 1869 …
- … DAR 103: 39–41 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 21 Nov 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 November [1869] and n. 4; Nature was published by Alexander …
- … Macmillan . The reference is to Kerner von Marilaun 1869; see letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 19 November [1869] and n. 7. Hooker also refers to Daniel Oliver . J. D. …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 November 1869 . On Hooker’s declining the offer of a …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 November 1869 . On the civil KCBs as an award for service …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 November [1869] , for CD’s discussion of French translations …
- … the letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 November 1869 . Hooker also refers to William Robert …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 November 1869 . Hooker had asked Mary Elizabeth Lyell about …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 14 November 1869 . The enclosure has not been found; it is …
To F. C. Donders 17 November [1869]
Summary
There is no hurry for information. Delighted that FCD is making experiments.
It was a sincere pleasure to make FCD’s acquaintance.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frans Cornelis (Franciscus Cornelius) Donders |
| Date: | 17 Nov [1869] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6991 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To F. C. Donders 17 November [1869] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Nov [1869] Frans Cornelis (Franciscus Cornelius) Donders …
- … C. Donders, 21 June 1870 . See letter from F. C. Donders, 12 November 1869 and n. 3. …
- … this letter and the letter from F. C. Donders, 12 November 1869 . See letter from F. …
- … C. Donders, 12 November 1869 . CD had asked Donders questions for his research on human …
- … memorandum to F. C. Donders, 6 September 1869. At the time, CD still thought that this …
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 Edward Blyth 17 April 1869
Summary
Will attempt to provide CD with the information requested as soon as he can.
Gives references to some recent papers and articles which might interest CD.
Is currently reviewing Wallace’s new book [Malay Archipelago].
| Author: | Edward Blyth |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Apr 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 224 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6699 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From Edward Blyth 17 April 1869 …
- … DAR 160: 224 Edward Blyth London, Chalcot Crescent, 21 17 Apr 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … John Murray. 1871. Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux. 1869. The ruined cities of Zulu land. 2 vols. …
- … see letter to A. R. Wallace, 14 April 1869 and n. 12). No letter to Blyth has been …
- … In a response in the Athenæum , 17 April 1869, pp. 537–8, the author wrote that his only …
- … The article in Land and Water , 17 April 1869, p. 255, referred to Armand de Quatrefage’s …
- … identified. In Land and Water , 17 April 1869, p. 255, Blyth argued that the genus …
- … genus Wellingtonia. Blyth refers to Walmsley 1869 , published by Chapman & Hall. Glass has …
- … not been further identified. Blyth refers to John Chapman . Walmsley 1869 was reviewed in …
- … the Athenæum , 10 April 1869, pp. 499–500; the reviewer, John Doran , remarked, ‘The … …
To Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing 3 March 1869
Summary
Thanks TRRS for copy of his lecture [Darwinism (1869)]. Praises his "admirable example of liberality".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing |
| Date: | 3 Mar 1869 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.362) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6640 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing 3 March 1869 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.362) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Mar 1869 Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing …
- … Thanks TRRS for copy of his lecture [ Darwinism (1869)]. Praises his "admirable example of …
- … one on ‘Darwinism’ given in February 1869 before the Torquay Natural History Society and …
- … Down. | Bromley. | Kent. March. 3 rd . 1869 Dear Sir, I am very much obliged to you for …
From William Aitchison to George Cupples 25 June 1869
Summary
Statistics on proportion of sexes of lambs.
| Author: | William Aitchison |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | 25 June 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 86: A63–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6804 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From William Aitchison to George Cupples 25 June 1869 …
- … DAR 86: A63–4 William Aitchison Linhope 25 June 1869 George Cupples …
- … William Aitchison to George Cupples, 16 June 1869 . As in that letter, Aitchison gave the …
- … in pencil (see letter from William Aitchison to George Cupples, 16 June 1869 and n. 3). …
- … Robert Elliot to George Cupples, 4 June 1869 , n. 10. Thomas Elliot has not been further …
- … Linhope 25 th June | 1869 Dear Sir In reply to yours of the 23 d I have to inform you I …
- … of Ewe Lambs 33.0 of Tup Do. 30.8 Total 63.8 1869 of Ewe Lambs 30.3 of Tup Do. 29.7 Total— …
From Louis Agassiz 6 July 1869
Summary
Introduces his son Alexander; believes CD will find him "more tractable" on certain questions than LA himself is.
| Author: | Jean Louis Rodolphe (Louis) Agassiz |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 July 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6817 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Louis Agassiz 6 July 1869 …
- … Louis) Agassiz Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 6 July 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Agassiz travelled to Britain in September 1869 (G. R. Agassiz ed. 1913, p. 97). For …
- … hotel) when they arrived in London (see letter from Asa Gray, 23 August 1869 ; Post Office …
- … London directory 1869); Alexander Agassiz may have stayed there too. …
- … College, | Cambridge, Mass. , 7 th . 6 th . 1869 My dear Sir, It gives me great pleasure …
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 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … 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- …
From James Crichton-Browne 1 June 1869
Summary
Discusses the bristling of hair in melancholics and the action of the platysma myoides muscle and the grief muscles in the insane.
| Author: | James Crichton-Browne |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 June 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 309 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6769 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From James Crichton-Browne 1 June 1869 …
- … 309 James Crichton-Browne West Riding Asylum, Wakefield 1 June 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … On ‘grief muscles’, see letter to James Crichton-Browne, 22 May 1869 and n. 9. …
- … letter to James Crichton-Browne, 22 May 1869 and n. 10. These photographs have not been …
- … see letter to James Crichton-Browne, 8 June 1869 ). Crichton-Browne refers to Guillaume …
- … of Duchenne 1862 . See letter to James Crichton-Browne, 22 May 1869 . Origin 5th ed. …
- … letter to James Crichton-Browne, 22 May 1869 . Crichton-Browne had received a copy of CD’s …
- … to letter from Henry Maudsley, 20 May 1869 , and Appendix VI). CD’s initial letter of …
- … 5th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1869. …
- … West Riding Asylum | Wakefield June. 1 st . | 1869. Dear Sir Permit me to thank you very …
- … W. Riding Asylum Wakefield. — June 1 st 1869. —’ top of page, ink 3.2 persistent] underl …
To Frederick Smith 9 November [1869]
Summary
CD thanks FS for his note on Scolytus. Asks that his son [E. A. Smith] send proofs when the last woodcuts [for Coleoptera chapter of Descent] are completed.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frederick Smith |
| Date: | 9 Nov [1869] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6979 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Frederick Smith 9 November [1869] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Nov [1869] Frederick Smith …
- … In his letter to E. A. Smith of 30 June [1869] , thanking him for completed woodcuts of …
- … between this letter and the letter from Frederick Smith, 5 November 1869 . See …
- … letter from Frederick Smith, 5 November 1869 . CD refers to the natural history dealer …
- … letter to Fritz Müller of 8 September [1869] , CD had asked about stridulation in Papilio …
- … letter from Frederick Smith, 14 September 1869 ). CD had stayed with his brother, Erasmus …
To A. R. Wallace 22 January [1869]
Summary
Response to letter about dedication of Malay Archipelago and several scientific papers.
Changes in 5th ed. of Origin.
Now feels individual differences of paramount importance. Fleeming Jenkin has convinced him about "single variations".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 22 Jan [1869] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 165–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6567 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To A. R. Wallace 22 January [1869] …
- … Add MS 46434: 165–6) Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 Jan [1869] Alfred Russel Wallace …
- … letter from A. R. Wallace, 20 January 1869 . CD refers to the dedication of The Malay …
- … Wallace 1869a ). See letter from A. R. Wallace, 20 January 1869 and n. 1. See letter …
- … from A. R. Wallace, 20 January 1869 and n. 9. CD refers to Charles Lyell . …
- … II). He finished corrections on 10 February 1869 (see ‘Journal’, Appendix II). The North …
- … See letter from A. R. Wallace, 20 January 1869 and n. 8. See letter …
- … from A. R. Wallace, 20 January 1869 and nn. 3 and 4. CD also alludes to an article in …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1869. Origin : On the origin of species by means …
From Gerolamo Boccardo 15 June 1869
Summary
Sends CD a copy of his new book Sismopirologia [1869]. Is sending no other copy to England because his previous book was unacknowledged.
| Author: | Gerolamo Boccardo |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 June 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 234 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6782 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Gerolamo Boccardo 15 June 1869 …
- … 234 Gerolamo Boccardo Istituto Industriale di Genova 15 June 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … a copy of his new book Sismopirologia [1869]. Is sending no other copy to England because …
- … Bibliography Boccardo, Gerolamo. 1869. Sismopirologia: terremoti, vulcani ed oscillazioni …
- … Genova 15 Guigno | 1869 Miò Illustre Signore Accolga, La prego, con la sua usata …
- … p. 270. Boccardo refers to Boccardo 1869 (in this version, ‘Sismopirologia: earthquakes, …
- … Genoa 15 June | 1869 Illustrious Sir Accept, I beg you, with your usual kindness, my new …
To Charles Lyell [3 November 1869]
Summary
Takes "much to heart" solar evidence for short age of the earth. Cites evidence for "long endurance of our existing continents". Comments on process of denudation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [3 Nov 1869] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.346) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5974 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Charles Lyell [3 November 1869] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 [3 Nov 1869] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … letter from Charles Lyell, 2 November 1869 , and by the date of CD’s visit to the British …
- … The missing sheet of the letter from Charles Lyell, 2 November 1869 , has not been found. …
- … See letter from Charles Lyell, 2 November 1869 and nn. 4 and 5. For CD’ …
- … the letter from Charles Lyell, 2 November 1869 and n. 8. In Coral reefs , CD argued that …
- … denudation in Scotland in the missing portion of his letter of 2 November 1869 . CD …
- … visited the British Museum on 3 November 1869; there is a dated note made on his visit in …
To Gardeners’ Chronicle 9 May [1869]
Summary
In response to a query from a Mr D. T. Fish, CD reaffirms his view of the efficiency of worms in bringing up in their intestines fine soil from below the surface. Reports on observations, during the past 25 years, which confirm his views.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Gardeners’ Chronicle |
| Date: | 9 May [1869] |
| Classmark: | Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette (1869): 530 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6738 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Gardeners’ Chronicle 9 May [1869] …
- … Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette (1869): 530 Charles Robert …
- … Darwin unstated 9 May [1869] Gardeners’ Chronicle …
- … letter in Gardeners’ Chronicle , 15 May 1869. The reference is to David Taylor Fish . See …
- … Fish to Gardeners’ Chronicle , 8 May 1869. See ‘Formation of mould’ , p. 509 ( Collected …
To David Forbes 7 February [1869]
Summary
Asks for DF’s observations on the Aymara Indians for use in writing manuscript [see Descent, 2d ed., pp. 34–5].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | David Forbes |
| Date: | 7 Feb [1869] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6606 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To David Forbes 7 February [1869] …
- … Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 7 Feb [1869] David Forbes …
- … In his letter of 30 January 1869 , Forbes mentioned suffering a bad attack of bronchitis. …
- … of CD’s brother, Erasmus Alvey Darwin . In 1869, CD stayed with his brother from 16 to 24 …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from David Forbes, 30 January 1869 . See …
- … letter from David Forbes, 30 January 1869 . CD refers to Gustav Jenzsch and Jenzsch 1868 . …
- … people ( D. Forbes 1870 ). See letter from David Forbes, 30 January 1869 and n. 5. …
From Alfred Russel Wallace 20 January 1869
Summary
Dedication of Malay Archipelago to CD.
Comments on scientific papers.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Jan 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B73–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6561 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From Alfred Russel Wallace 20 January 1869 …
- … 4 Alfred Russel Wallace London, St Mark’s Crescent, 9 20 Jan 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … of C. Lyell 1867–8 appeared in the April 1869 issue of the Quarterly Review ([Wallace] …
- … Museum (Natural History). 1987. Spruce, Richard. 1869. Palmae Amazonicae , sive enumeratio …
- … aequatoriales lectarum. [Read 21 January 1869. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) …
- … 9, St. Mark’s Crescent | NW. Jan y . 20th. 1869 Dear Darwin It will give me very great …
- … genius and his works. ’ Wallace 1869a was published in March 1869 ( Publishers’ Circular , …
- … 15 March 1869, pp. 162, 171). Wallace refers to an …
- … of man’, that appeared in the January 1869 issue of Quarterly Review of Science ( Anon. …
- … in itinere suo per regiones Americae aequatoriales lectarum’ ( Spruce 1869 ) was read …
- … on 21 January 1869. Spruce discussed ‘alternation …
- … function’ in two species of Geonoma in Spruce 1869 , pp. 95–6, and hypothesised that the …
From E. A. Darwin 11 November [1869]
Summary
A parcel of engravings has come; shall EAD send them on?
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Nov [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B64 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6982 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From E. A. Darwin 11 November [1869] …
- … DAR 105: B64 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated 11 Nov [1869] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Stirling, James Hutchison. 1869. As regards protoplasm, in relation to …
- … established by the reference to Stirling 1869 (see n. 3, below). The engravings may have …
- … see letter to Frederick Smith, 9 November [1869] ). The reference is to James Hutchison …
- … On the physical basis of life ( Stirling 1869 ); for Stirling’s discussion of CD’s theory, …
From W. C. Tait 10 May 1869
Summary
Development of the horns of local sheep.
Results of breeding tailless pointers: of six puppies, three had stumps like parents.
Observations on Drosophyllum.
| Author: | William Chester Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 19–20, DAR 178: 47 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6742 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From W. C. Tait 10 May 1869 …
- … DAR 58.1: 19–20, DAR 178: 47 William Chester Tait Oporto 10 May 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to W. C. Tait, 18 April [1869] and n. 2. See letter …
- … to W. C. Tait, 18 April [1869] and n. 3. See letter …
- … from W. C. Tait, 5 March 1869 and n. 5. The Douro (Spanish ‘Duero’) river flows from …
- … Oporto May 10 th 1869. Charles Darwin Esq r . Dear Sir, I was sorry to see from your …
- … wine grape growing region of Portugal. See letters from W. C. Tait, 26 January 1869 and …
- … 19 February 1869 , and letter to W. …
- … C. Tait, 24 February 1869 . Tait had sent CD specimens of Drosophyllum lusitanicum (see …
- … letter from W. C. Tait, 5 March 1869 ). Drosera lusitanica is a synonym of Drosophyllum …
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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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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…
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…
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…
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…
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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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,…
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…
