From G. R. Gray 8 April 1868
Summary
Difference between sexes of Ibis rubra; change in plumage.
| Author: | George Robert Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Apr 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 84.1: 92 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6105 |
From George Robert Gray 2 April 1868
Summary
On the changes in plumage of scarlet ibis at the zoo in breeding season.
| Author: | George Robert Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Apr 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 84.1: 90–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6082 |
From William Robert Grove 20 March 1868
Summary
Asks CD to breakfast in London on Tuesday [24 Mar].
| Author: | William Robert Grove |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Mar 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 233 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6031 |
From W. R. Grove 17 April 1868
Summary
He and another Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn have signed the necessary certificates for admission of CD’s son [George].
| Author: | William Robert Grove |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Apr 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 234 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6127 |
From A. R. Wallace [11 September 1868]
Summary
ARW’s wife will accompany him to Down.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [11 Sept 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 426b |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6362 |
From A. R. Wallace 5 September [1868]
Summary
Accepts invitation.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Sept [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6350 |
To ? [before 1 July 1868]
Summary
Sends a copy of George Bentham’s Anniversary address to the Linnean Society of London (Bentham 1868).
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [before 1 July 1868] |
| Classmark: | Deutsches Museum Archive, Munich (Pamphlet HS-Nr. 04130) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6262F |
From Alfred Russel Wallace 7 February 1868
Summary
Thanks for Variation.
Reports work on his travel book [The Malay Archipelago (1869)].
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5848 |
From A. R. Wallace 8 March [1868]
Summary
On critical exchanges at the Linnean Society on natural selection and mimicry.
Roland Trimen’s paper on South African mimetic butterflies ["On some remarkable mimetic resemblances among African butterflies", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 26 (1870): 497–523; read 5 Mar 1868].
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B51–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5996 |
From G. R. Crotch [after 5 October 1868]
Summary
Note identifying insects and remarking on stridulation.
| Author: | George Robert Crotch |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 5 Oct 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 81: 173 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6529 |
From Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin 25 January [1868]
Summary
Expresses her pleasure at seeing George Darwin’s name as Second Wrangler.
| Author: | Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Jan [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 34–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5799 |
From John Smith 8 April 1868
Summary
Notes the differences in seed production between cross- and self-fertilized flowers of Victoria regia.
| Author: | John Smith |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Apr 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 76: B175 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6108 |
From G. R. Crotch [after 16 October 1868]
Summary
Lists stridulating organs of various Coleoptera.
| Author: | George Robert Crotch |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 16 Oct 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 81: 124 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6530 |
From E. A. Darwin [before 11 October 1868]
Summary
C[harles?] P[arker?] says he has made a "fearful mistake", and the marriage cannot be; EAD hopes to come to CD next week.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 11 Oct 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5746 |
From E. A. Darwin [September 1868 – August 1870]
Summary
Sends a bill he thinks is Caroline’s.
Tells CD of officers’ praise of Leonard.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [Sept 1868 – Aug 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B73 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7047 |
From A. R. Wallace 30 August [1868]
Summary
On triumph of "Darwinianism".
Discussion of their differences on subject of protection.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Aug [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B65–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6334 |
From A. R. Wallace [14 September 1868]
Summary
On sounds produced by Euchirus longimanus beetle. Sends a pair by post.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [14 Sept 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 82: A25–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6364 |
From A. R. Wallace 19 March 1868
Summary
On sterility of natural species and natural selection. Closely allied forms from adjacent islands offer best chance of finding good species fertile inter se.
Problem of minute variations and sexual selection.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Mar 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B59–60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6024 |
From A. R. Wallace 16 August [1868]
Summary
The problem of sterility, and its relation to natural selection.
George Bentham’s support of Darwinism.
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Aug [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B63–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6318 |
To Horace Darwin 26 [July 1868]
Summary
Writes to express his pleasure at Leonard’s success [second in the Woolwich Academy entrance examination].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | 26 [July 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6289 |
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