From Francis Beaufort to Robert FitzRoy 1 September [1831]
Summary
Believes he has found a "savant" for FitzRoy in CD, whom he describes as grandson of Erasmus Darwin and "full of zeal and enterprize".
Author: | Francis Beaufort |
Addressee: | Robert FitzRoy |
Date: | 1 Sept [1831] |
Classmark: | United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Archive (Letter Book no. 3, p. 233) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-113 |
From Robert FitzRoy 23 September 1831
Summary
Regrets he cannot take Francis Owen on Beagle as midshipman. RF thinks CD had better be on the books [for victuals], but CD should do as he likes. Refitting progress is slow.
Author: | Robert FitzRoy |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 Sept 1831 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 105 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-135 |
To Robert FitzRoy [10 October 1831]
Summary
Has just heard Beagle sailing is delayed so he will remain another week in London. Asks whether RF has a good set of mountain barometers, which geologists tell him are important.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert FitzRoy |
Date: | [10 Oct 1831] |
Classmark: | Copy |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-142 |
To Robert FitzRoy [19 September 1831]
Summary
Reports on errands he has done for RF. Has discussed with Beaufort the question of his having right to dispose of his collection.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert FitzRoy |
Date: | [19 Sept 1831] |
Classmark: | Copy DAR 144 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-131 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. FitzRoy, Robert …
- … To Robert FitzRoy [19 September 1831] …
- … DAR 144 Charles Robert Darwin London, Spring Gardens, 17 [19 Sept 1831] Robert FitzRoy …
- … the years 1826 and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy. ] 3 vols. and appendix. London: Henry …
- … Robert McCormick was Ship’s Surgeon and, as CD implies, it was normal for that officer to collect specimens on the voyage. When FitzRoy …
To Robert FitzRoy [4 or 11 October 1831]
Summary
CD’s luggage is frightfully bulky, though he has been as economical as possible. Has made financial arrangements for his expenses.
Plans to study mathematics during voyage.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert FitzRoy |
Date: | [4 or 11] Oct 1831 |
Classmark: | Copy |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-139 |
From George Peacock to J. S. Henslow [6 or 13 August 1831]
Summary
GP has been asked to recommend a naturalist to sail with Capt. Robert FitzRoy to Tierra del Fuego and the South Sea Islands. If Leonard Jenyns is not available, whom would JSH recommend?
P.S. Urges JHS not to lose this opportunity to have collections made for "our museum".
Author: | George Peacock |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | [6 or 13] Aug 1831 |
Classmark: | DAR 97: B1–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-104 |
To J. S. Henslow 15 [November 1831]
Summary
Sailing date fixed for end of month. Beagle is beautiful. Details of instructions and route. Hopes voyage will not exceed four years. Quarters very confined. Considers Jenyns did wisely in not coming. If CD were longer out of college and some years older he never could have endured it.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | 15 [Nov 1831] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 10 DAR/1/1/10) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-147 |
From John Coldstream 13 September 1831
Summary
Suggestions and information helpful to CD in preparation for Beagle voyage. David Brewster’s meteorological papers. Suggests an oyster-trawl for collecting marine animals. Recommends CD see R. E. Grant. For meteorological observations suggests F. W. Beechey’s Voyage to the Pacific [1831] and an interview with J. F. Daniell of King’s College.
Author: | John Coldstream |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Sept 1831 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 64 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-124 |
From George Peacock [c. 26 August 1831]
Summary
Details about FitzRoy and proposed voyage of Beagle. CD invited to go on the voyage as naturalist.
Author: | George Peacock |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [c. 26 Aug 1831] |
Classmark: | DAR 97 (ser.2): 11–13 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-106 |
To Caroline Darwin 12 November [1831]
Summary
The outfitting of the Beagle progresses.
CD has been dining out more than he wishes. He has met W. S. Harris of "Electricity" fame.
His fears and hopes about seasickness.
A new continent has been discovered "somewhere far South". "Perhaps we may be sent in search."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
Date: | 12 Nov [1831] |
Classmark: | Copy |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-146 |
To J. S. Henslow [5 September 1831]
Summary
Has met FitzRoy, who has now offered him the post of naturalist on board the Beagle. Other details about the voyage arrangements – mess, CD’s status, route, books.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | [5 Sept 1831] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 4 DAR/1/1/4) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-118 |
To W. D. Fox 19 [September 1831]
Summary
Describes his appointment, the Beagle, his companions, and the objectives of the voyage. Gives his schedule before departure.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 19 [Sept 1831] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 44) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-132 |
To Susan Darwin [6 September 1831]
Summary
Orders clothing, books, and other supplies for the voyage, to be sent to him in London.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
Date: | [6 Sept 1831] |
Classmark: | DAR 223 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-119 |
From J. S. Henslow 24 August 1831
Summary
JSH has been asked by Peacock to recommend a naturalist as companion to Capt. FitzRoy on Beagle voyage. CD the best qualified person; not a finished naturalist but amply qualified for collecting, observing, and noting.
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 Aug 1831 |
Classmark: | DAR 97(ser.2):4–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-105 |
To Susan Darwin [5 September 1831]
Summary
Wood has heard from FitzRoy, who seemed so much against CD’s going that CD and Henslow gave up. CD is in London; has seen FitzRoy, who is now ready to invite him. CD remains undecided. He likes FitzRoy. Gives details of prospective arrangements. They probably will be gone three years; "round the world" is not certain. Want of room is a serious objection.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
Date: | [5 Sept 1831] |
Classmark: | DAR 223 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-117 |
To Susan Darwin [4 September 1831]
Summary
Spent preceding day with Henslow; much to be done. A friend, Alexander Charles Wood, has written to Capt. FitzRoy about CD. Peacock offered appointment as Beagle naturalist first to Leonard Jenyns, who almost accepted, as did Henslow himself. CD will talk to Capt. Francis Beaufort [Hydrographer] and FitzRoy. Thanks all his family.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
Date: | [4 Sept 1831] |
Classmark: | DAR 223 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-115 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Alexander Charles Wood. Robert FitzRoy was 26. Wood may have told CD that FitzRoy was only …
- … FitzRoy ‘won the first medal … he did what has never been done before … he got full numbers’ (Rev. James Inman, head of Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, to Bartholomew James Sulivan, in H. N. Sulivan 1896 , p. 12). Edinburgh Journal of Science , edited by David Brewster and Robert …
To Susan Darwin [9 September 1831]
Summary
Discusses help he is receiving in his preparations for the voyage from William Yarrell and others. He has ordered a case of pistols, a rifle, and a good telescope with compass. It is settled that he will go.
Describes the coronation of William IV.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
Date: | [9 Sept 1831] |
Classmark: | DAR 223 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-122 |
To Susan Darwin [14 September 1831]
Summary
Pleasant three-day voyage to Plymouth has increased CD’s admiration for FitzRoy. Describes the Beagle as an excellent vessel, but the want of room is very bad. He likes the officers.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
Date: | [14 Sept 1831] |
Classmark: | DAR 223 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-126 |
From Henry Matthew [14 February 1831]
Summary
Accepted CD’s "generous remittance" rather than go to jail; has pawned his watch. Will stay one fortnight to see whether he can do anything; if he fails he will go home. If he succeeds he will ask his father to pay his debts and nothing else for a two-year period. Is proud of the attachment CD shows.
Author: | Henry Matthew |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [14 Feb 1831] |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 38 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-93 |
letter | (19) |
Darwin, C. R. | (12) |
Peacock, George | (2) |
Beaufort, Francis | (1) |
Coldstream, John | (1) |
FitzRoy, Robert | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
Darwin, S. E. | (5) |
FitzRoy, Robert | (4) |
Henslow, J. S. | (3) |
Darwin, Caroline | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (17) |
Darwin, S. E. | (5) |
FitzRoy, Robert | (5) |
Henslow, J. S. | (4) |
Peacock, George | (2) |