To John Price 8 September [1877–80?]
Summary
Kind of JP to send notes on horses, but will not write on subject again.
Erasmus Darwin has not left his house for three years.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Price |
| Date: | 8 Sept [1877-80] |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 278 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13836 |
To John Price 17 May 1877
Summary
Stripes on animals curious subject for investigation. Not likely to take it up again.
Recommends cutting plant stems under water.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Price |
| Date: | 17 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 279 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10964 |
From E. A. Darwin [1 January 1877]
Summary
Would like Price’s address.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Jan 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B96 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10763 |
From R. F. Cooke 5 January 1877
Summary
Orchids [2d ed.] will soon be published.
1000 more copies of Descent [2d ed.] will soon have to be printed, so CD could send any alterations to be made in the plates.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 484 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10771 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … John Murray’s annual November sale dinner, at which major booksellers bought stock at a discount, see J. Murray 1908–9 , p. 540. The 1877 reprint of Descent 2d ed. had ‘Twelfth thousand, revised and augmented’ on the title page ( Freeman 1977 ). CD’s annotations were probably notes for his reply, but none has been found. CD may have discussed the points in person while he was in London from 6 to 15 January 1877 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). He evidently wanted to ask about the price …
Document type
| letter | [X] |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (1) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| John Murray | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Price, John | (2) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Price, John | (2) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (1) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| John Murray | (1) |
