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 …
To Eduard Koch 4 November 1869
Summary
Thanks EK for Julius Dub’s work [see 6961].
Has sent the new [5th] edition of Origin to Carus.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Eduard Koch |
| Date: | 4 Nov 1869 |
| Classmark: | Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart (Cod. hist. 4o 333a. No 77, 4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6969 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To Eduard Koch 4 November 1869 …
- … 4) Charles Robert Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 Down letterhead 4 Nov 1869 Eduard Koch …
- … see letter from Eduard Koch, 30 October 1869 . CD sent the fifth English edition of Origin …
- … Carus on 21 June (see letter to J. V. Carus, 21 June [1869] ). See also letter to J. …
- … V. Carus, 4 May 1869 . …
- … 6 Queen Anne Street, London] Nov. 4 th . 1869 Dear Sir I am much obliged for D r . Dub’s …
- … see letter from Eduard Koch, 30 October 1869 . There is a copy of Dub 1870 in the Darwin …
- … Descent in the letter to J. V. Carus, 22 October [1869] ; see also the letter to J. …
- … V. Carus, 30 October 1869 . The reference is to the German translation of the fifth …
To George Cupples 20 November [1869]
Summary
Thanks GC for his assistance. "The data for all that I have to say about the Scotch deer-hound are, owing to you, almost sufficient; and much better data than I have got in many other cases." [See Descent 2: 260.]
Believes Dr Stirling would be compelled to admit some change in "the famous protoplasm in our domestic races, both in regard to the structure of the body & qualities of the mind".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | 20 Nov [1869] |
| Classmark: | Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen (NKS 4127 II, 4to) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7000 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To George Cupples 20 November [1869] …
- … Copenhagen (NKS 4127 II, 4to) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Nov [1869] George Cupples …
- … Bibliography Stirling, James Hutchison. 1869. As regards protoplasm, in relation to …
- … by the publication date of Stirling 1869 (see n. 3, below). For the most recent …
- … see the memorandum from George Cupples , [4–10 November 1869]. There is an empty envelope …
- … in Emma Darwin’s hand, postmarked 12 November 1869 at the American Philosophical Society. …
- … On Stirling 1869 , see the letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 13 November [1869] and n. 7. …
To James Croll 24 February [1869]
Summary
Thanks JC for his proofs of article on the movement of glaciers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Croll |
| Date: | 24 Feb [1869] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.271) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6630 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To James Croll 24 February [1869] …
- … Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.271) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Feb [1869] James Croll …
- … Bibliography Croll, James. 1869. On the physical cause of the motion of glaciers. …
- … this letter and the letter from James Croll, 15 February 1869 . CD refers to proof-sheets …
- … of ‘On the physical cause of the motion of glaciers’ ( Croll 1869 ; see letter from …
- … James Croll, 15 February 1869 and n. 3). …
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 Edward Lacy Garbett to the Athenæum 29 June 1869
Summary
Calculations relating to the problem of the increase of elephants (see 6787).
| Author: | Edward Lacy Garbett |
| Addressee: | Athenæum |
| Date: | 29 June 1869 |
| Classmark: | Athenæum, 3 July 1869, pp. 18–19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6806F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Edward Lacy Garbett to the Athenæum 29 June 1869 …
- … Athenæum , 3 July 1869, pp. 18–19 …
- … Edward Lacy Garbett London, Mornington Road 29 June 1869 Athenæum …
- … See letter from Ponderer to the Athenæum , [before 5 June 1869] and n. …
- … 2, and letter to the Athenæum , 19 June 1869. …
- … Mornington Road, June 29, 1869. Without pretending to an exact solution of Mr. Darwin’s …
From W. B. Dawkins 31 July 1869
Summary
Reports on prehistoric finds from caves at Rhagatt.
| Author: | William Boyd Dawkins |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 July 1869 |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (CB 847) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6847F |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From W. B. Dawkins 31 July 1869 …
- … The Huntington Library (CB 847) William Boyd Dawkins 31 July 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Dawkins, William Boyd. 1869. The Denbighshire caves. …
- … of the Manchester Geological Society 9 (1869–70): 31–7. Lartet, Edouard. 1862. New …
- … Road, Rusholme, Manchester. 31 July 1869. Dear M r . Darwin, I returned from Rhagatt …
- … Correspondence vol. 17, letter to W. B. Dawkins, 19 July [1869] , and letter to M. …
- … C. Lloyd, [24 July 1869] ). Gertrude Jane Mary Lloyd . …
- … in his letter to Mary Charlotte Lloyd of 4 August [1869] ( Correspondence vol. 17). …
- … paper ‘ The Denbighshire caves’ ( Dawkins 1869 ). For more on Lloyd’s exploration of the …
- … letter from W. B. Dawkins, 19 October 1869 . See also Lucas 2007 , pp. 326–7. In 1860, …
To Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell 8 November [1869]
Summary
Thanks for Studies in general science [by A. B. Blackwell (1869)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell |
| Date: | 8 Nov [1869] |
| Classmark: | Radcliffe Institute, Schlesinger Library, Harvard University (Blackwell Family Papers A–77 Folder 44) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6976 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell 8 November [1869] …
- … Thanks for Studies in general science [by A. B. Blackwell (1869)]. …
- … London, Queen Anne St, 6 Down letterhead 8 Nov [1869] Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell …
- … Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa Brown. 1869. Studies in general science. New York: G. P. …
- … The year is established by the publication date of Blackwell 1869 ; see n. 2, below. …
- … An inscribed copy of Blackwell 1869 is in the Darwin Library–Down. Blackwell wrote in the …
- … and bringing up children. In Blackwell 1869 , Blackwell included quotations from …
Nevill, Geoffrey. 1869. Additional notes on the land-shells of the Seychelles islands. [Read 28 January 1869.] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1869): 61–6.
To John Warburton Robinson 1 February 1869
Summary
Statement of sum due from Rev. Robinson "On account of School".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Warburton Robinson |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1869 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6587 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To John Warburton Robinson 1 February 1869 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 1 Feb 1869 John Warburton Robinson …
- … from the Rev d . J. W. Robinson on account of School 27"12"5 Ch. Darwin Feb. 1. 1869. — …
- … 1 December 1868 ) and evidently took over the treasureship again in 1869 (see letter from …
- … John Lubbock, 8 February 1869 , and Bromley Public Library, …
- … Downe National School Annual Report 1869 (P123/5/7)). The document is countersigned ‘J. …
To Eliza Meteyard [18 February 1869]
Summary
CD signed the petition, had Sir Charles Lyell do so also, and then forwarded the memorial to Sir John Lubbock.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Eliza Meteyard |
| Date: | [18 Feb 1869] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6618 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Eliza Meteyard [18 February 1869] …
- … Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 [18 Feb 1869] Eliza Meteyard …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from Eliza Meteyard, 19 February 1869 . …
- … The Thursday before 19 February 1869 was 18 February. …
- … See letter to John Lubbock, [before 13 February 1869] , and letter from …
- … John Lubbock, 13 February [1869] . …
To Fritz Müller 14 March 1869
Summary
Translation of Für Darwin has been published [Facts and arguments for Darwin (1869)].
Discusses dimorphic plants, commenting on FM’s observations on Oxalis.
Is greatly interested in Eschscholzia, which seems somewhat more self-sterile in Brazil than in England.
Thinks FM’s grass is "most wonderful".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | 14 Mar 1869 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 27) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6662 |
Matches: 15 hits
- … To Fritz Müller 14 March 1869 …
- … 10 no 27) Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 Mar 1869 Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller …
- … published [ Facts and arguments for Darwin (1869)]. Discusses dimorphic plants, commenting …
- … see letter from Fritz Müller, 12 January 1869 and nn. 1 and 2). E. crocea is a synonym …
- … 5th edition, with additions and corrections. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1869. …
- … Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E. March 14 th 1869 My dear Sir I fear that your patience will …
- … and arguments for Darwin (Dallas trans. 1869), the translation of Für Darwin ( F. Müller …
- … 2). See letter from Fritz Müller, 12 January 1869 and nn. 6–8. For CD’s description of …
- … of researches 2d ed. , p. 52. See letter from Fritz Müller, 12 January 1869 and n. 10. …
- … CD enclosed Müller’s letter of 12 January 1869 with his letter to Joseph …
- … Dalton Hooker of 8 March [1869] . Alfred Russel Wallace . Müller and CD had been studying …
- … the letter to R. F. Cooke, 23 [February 1869] . John Murray . See Correspondence vol. …
- … ed. See letter from Fritz Müller, 12 January 1869 . Müller had probably sent the seeds of …
- … of 31 October 1868 ( Correspondence vol. 16) or with his letter of 12 January 1869 . See …
- … letter from Fritz Müller, 12 January 1869 and nn. 3–5. Müller did not publish his …
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 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … 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 George Cupples [6–9? January 1869]
Summary
Discusses the development of horns in reindeer and other deer.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Cupples |
| Date: | [6–9? Jan 1869] |
| Classmark: | Cupples 1894, p. 165 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6546F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To George Cupples [6–9? January 1869] …
- … Cupples 1894, p. 165 Charles Robert Darwin [6–9? Jan 1869] George Cupples …
- … see letter to Sven Nilsson, 5 January 1869 and n. 1). In Descent 2: 261–2, CD cited …
- … between this letter and the letters from George Cupples , 4 January 1869 , 11 …
- … January 1869 , and …
- … 21 January 1869 , and the letter to …
- … Sven Nilsson, 5 January 1869 . The responses …
- … contained in Cupples’s letter of 21 January 1869 indicate that he had passed on CD’s query …
From J. D. Hooker 11 March 1869
Summary
Orchids translation should goad [French] Academy into electing CD.
JDH will be sent to St Petersburg congress by Government.
Huxley on protoplasm; his address to Geological Society.
Fertilised an Aucuba with pollen of various species. Reports on results.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Mar 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 10–11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6655 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 11 March 1869 …
- … DAR 103: 10–11 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 11 Mar 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … In his letter to Hooker of 8 March [1869] , CD enclosed the letter …
- … from Fritz Müller, 12 January 1869 . Henrietta Emma Darwin had been ill for a couple of …
- … see letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 March [1869] and n. 4). Hooker refers to the proposed …
- … the Académie des Sciences (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 March [1869] and nn. 5 and 6). …
- … which arrived in New Zealand on 8 February 1869 (Yaldwyn and Hobbs eds. 1998, pp. 102, …
- … at St Petersburg opened on 16 May 1869. For reports on the exhibition, including …
- … Alexander II, see Gardeners’ Chronicle (1869): 553–4, 582, 586–8, 609–10, 614. Hooker did …
- … J. D. Hooker to James Hector, 23 April 1869 (Yaldwyn and Hobbs eds. 1998, pp. 109– …
- … in the Fortnightly Review , 1 February 1869 ( T. H. Huxley 1869a ). Huxley equated ‘ …
- … Geological Society of London on 19 February 1869 ( T. H. Huxley 1869c ). In the address, …
From James Croll 4 February 1869
Summary
Argues for great age of earth before the Cambrian period. Opposes measuring age from secular cooling. Opposes Sir William Thomson. Lyell’s error on secular cooling.
Thanks for Moseley citation ["On the mechanical possibility of the descent of glaciers", Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 17 (1869): 202–8].
In Edinburgh he feels out of touch with latest developments.
| Author: | James Croll |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 263 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6599 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From James Croll 4 February 1869 …
- … DAR 161: 263 James Croll Edinburgh 4 Feb 1869 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 1834 , p. 119). See letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] and nn. 7 and 8. Croll …
- … refers to Henry Moseley . See letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] and n. 6. …
- … of glaciers", Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 17 (1869): 202–8]. In Edinburgh he feels out of touch …
- … See letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] and n. 2. …
- … See letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] and n. 4. …
- … See letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] . See …
- … letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] and n. 8. In C. Lyell 1867–8 , 2: 213, Lyell …
- … Edinburgh Feby 4 th 1869. Dear Sir, Your favour with book came duly to hand, and I am glad …
- … See letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] and n. 7. Croll refers to Thomson’s paper ‘ …
To W. C. Tait 24 February 1869
Summary
Discusses method for shipping Drosophyllum specimens.
Asks about inheritance in tailless dogs;
the growth of horns in merino sheep.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Chester Tait |
| Date: | 24 Feb 1869 |
| Classmark: | Alan R. Tait (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6631 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To W. C. Tait 24 February 1869 …
- … R. Tait (private collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Feb 1869 William Chester Tait …
- … Down. | Bromley. | Kent. Feb. 24 th /1869 Dear Sir Your kindness is extraordinarily great …
- … See letter from W. C. Tait, 19 February 1869 . See letters from W. …
- … C. Tait, 26 January 1869 and …
- … 19 February 1869 . …
- … In his letter of 2 February [1869] , CD had mentioned that he was studying secondary …
- … information from Robert Sison (see letter from J. V. Carus, 22 January 1869 and n. 3). …
To Charles Lyell 20 March [1869]
Summary
Discusses views of Wallace, H. N. Moseley, and Croll on the mechanics of glacier movement.
Comments on Wallace’s new book [The Malay Archipelago (1869)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 20 Mar [1869] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.367) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6672 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Charles Lyell 20 March [1869] …
- … see letter to A. R. Wallace, 5 March [1869] and n. 2). …
- … Mss.B.D25.367) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Mar [1869] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … of glacier movement. Comments on Wallace’s new book [ The Malay Archipelago (1869)]. …
- … in a letter to James Croll of 31 January [1869] . Croll sent CD a pre-publication copy of …
- … see letter from James Croll, 15 February 1869 and n. 3). CD refers to Wallace 1869a ( …
To Achille Quadri 9 August 1869
Summary
Thanks for two copies of Teoria Darwiniana, one of which has been sent to the Royal Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Achille Quadri |
| Date: | 9 Aug 1869 |
| Classmark: | Anon. 1896 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6859F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To Achille Quadri 9 August 1869 …
- … Anon. 1896 Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Aug 1869 Achille Quadri …
- … Bibliography Quadri, Achille. 1869. Note alla teoria Darwiniana . Bologna: Giuseppe …
- … pp. 73–4. CD annotated the section in his copy of Quadri 1869 ( Marginalia 1: 690). …
- … Beckenham, 9 Agosto 1869 Caro Signore Io ricevei poco fa le due copie della sua opera— …
- … Darwiniana (Notes on Darwinian theory; Quadri 1869 ) is in the Darwin Library–CUL (see …
- … 1: 690). The second copy of Quadri 1869 is in the library of the Royal Society ( …
- … Beckenham, 9 August 1869 Dear Sir I received a short time ago two copies of your work — …
- … RCN 59917). In Quadri 1869 , p. 28, Quadri explained the sharp drop in numbers of …
To James Orton 23 January [1869]
Summary
Thanks JO for intending to dedicate his The Andes and the Amazon to him.
The discovery of marine shells high up the Amazons CD finds extremely interesting.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Orton |
| Date: | 23 Jan [1869] |
| Classmark: | University of Oklahoma Libraries History of Science Collections |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6570 |
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- … To James Orton 23 January [1869] …
- … History of Science Collections Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 Jan [1869] James Orton …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from James Orton, 4 January 1869 . See …
- … letter from James Orton, 4 January 1869 and n. 11. …
- … See letter from James Orton, 4 January 1869 and n. 1. …
- … See letter from James Orton, 4 January 1869 and n. 6. CD refers …
- … to Louis Agassiz . See letter from James Orton, 4 January 1869 and nn. 4 and 7. …
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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…
