From [?] [?]
Summary
"but most of them [verily?] Christened by myself they may be indulged with a"
Author: | Unidentified |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [?] |
Classmark: | DAR (CD Library-Eschwege 1832) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13861 |
From [?] [?]
Summary
[Fragmentary strip.] Discusses pigeons, Australia, Regents Park.
Author: | Unidentified |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [?] |
Classmark: | DAR (CD Library - Volz 1852) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13862 |
To ? [February 1838 – February 1841?]
Summary
Asks correspondent if he would prefer the President’s signature alone or with those of other scientific men.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | [Feb 1838 – Feb 1841?] |
Classmark: | B. Altman (dealer) (3 October 1982) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13864 |
To [?] [?]
Summary
Last page of a letter with a P.S. "I am getting together a few points to investigate".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | [?] |
Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (18 December 1995) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13864G |
To ? [?]
Summary
[Signature cut from a letter; the reverse contains the words "you must … that I know nothing of your private".]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | [?] |
Classmark: | Eric Korn (dealer) (no date) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13864H |
To ? 1 March [1843–82]
Summary
Regrets not having a duplicate of one of his books to give away. "You will before long no doubt be able to borrow a copy."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 1 Mar [1843-82] |
Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (12 November 1963) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13865 |
To ? 28 April [1863?]
Summary
Discusses exchange of photographs with Édouard Claparède, "for whom I feel the highest respect".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 28 Apr [1863?] |
Classmark: | Christie’s (dealers) (6 August 1975, lot 176) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13866 |
To ? 2 May [1869 or later]
Summary
"When a man has laboured hard in science & has proved that he is capable of original research, he may [some]times indulge in speculation [&] the public will indulge him. But even in this case it is a common error to speculate too largely, for speculation is far easier than observation or experiments . . ."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 2 May [1869-82] |
Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (28 March 1983) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13866A |
To ? 7 August [1843–68?]
Summary
Declines invitation to ride because he is "so very subject to headache".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 7 Aug [1843-68] |
Classmark: | Daniel V. Grossman (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13867 |
To ? 7 December [1855–7?]
Summary
Concerning specimens he wants collected in the Azores.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 7 Dec [1855-7] |
Classmark: | DAR 249: 93 (photocopy) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13867A |
To ? [1842–82]
Summary
Will be glad to see recipient and Mr Morris at Down the following day.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | [1842–82] |
Classmark: | eBay (April 2001) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13867G |
To ? 31 December [1852–3]
Summary
Responds to correspondent’s request for information about shells from the Coquimbo beds in Chile. Difficulty in deciding on age of deposits and species. Notes views of Alcide d’Orbigny.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 31 Dec [1852-3] |
Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13872 |
To ? 23 January [1843–6 or 1856–69]
Summary
Obliged for memoir with illustrations on most interesting point [unspecified] to occur in many years.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 23 Jan [1843-6 or 1856-69] |
Classmark: | Edward Ford (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13873 |
To ? [1860–82?]
Summary
Is "almost certain" plant is Menispermum canadense.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | [1860–82?] |
Classmark: | Glenbow Museum |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13875 |
To ? [1860–82?]
Summary
CD’s health remains bad and as he grows older he becomes weaker.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | [1860–82?] |
Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/34) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13876 |
To ? 11 March [1862–9]
Summary
Gives permission to insert in his magazine anything from CD’s works.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 11 Mar [1862-9] |
Classmark: | Karpeles Manuscript Library Museums |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13877F |
To ? 29 March [1862–9]
Summary
Declines, regretfully, to contribute to or to have his name appear on a new magazine.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 29 Mar [1862-9] |
Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32 item 8) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13878 |
To ? 20 June [1861–8]
Summary
Sends a copy of the paper [with A. R. Wallace, "On the tendency of species to form varieties" (1858), Collected papers 2: 3–19] about which his correspondent asked; CD’s parts were written years ago and not intended for publication; he gave permission for publication of the extracts. Wallace’s paper seems to him excellent.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 20 June [1861-8] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13879 |
To ? 24 August [1861–8]
Summary
Thanks correspondent for a remarkable instance of inheritance [not specified].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 24 Aug [1861-8] |
Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32 item 28) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13880 |
To ? 25 November [1861–8]
Summary
Has read correspondent’s notice on bent cleavage. Refers him to observations on the same fact in South America, p. 160. CD has also suggested a conjectural explanation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 25 Nov [1861-8] |
Classmark: | Royal Institution of Great Britain (RI MS F/1/M) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13881 |
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