From E. A. Darwin [1 February 1825]
Summary
Tells CD a bill is all right. Hopes his father will pay it and a wine merchant’s bill as well.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1825] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12 |
Matches: 1 hit
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To Thomas Campbell Eyton 12 [May 1861 – April 1863]
Summary
Thanks TCE for telling him of his crossed pigs. When they are grown, he would like to know whether they resemble each other.
Doubts the half-bred Gallus sonnerati will be productive, though he was assured many years ago that such a fertile half-breed once occurred.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Campbell Eyton |
| Date: | 12 [May 1861 - Apr 1863] |
| Classmark: | Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections, University of Birmingham (EYT/1/45) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13804 |
Matches: 27 hits
- … To Thomas Campbell Eyton 12 [May 1861 – April 1863] …
- … Special Collections, University of Birmingham (EYT/1/45) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 May …
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- … 1863 12 Apr 1863 Thomas Campbell Eyton …
- … Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E. 12 th Dear Eyton I am particularly obliged to you for …
- … sonneratii . In Natural selection , p. 435 n. 12, CD wrote, ‘several years ago I myself …
To ? 12 February [1870–82]
Summary
Send information about the bust of himself by Thomas Woolner and suggests applying to the sculptor himself about a cast.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 12 Feb [1870-82] |
| Classmark: | Erbengemeinschaft Alberts (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6611F |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To ? 12 February [1870–82] …
- … Erbengemeinschaft Alberts (private collection) Charles Robert Darwin 12 Feb …
- … 1870 12 Feb …
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- … 1881 12 Feb 1882 Unidentified …
From E. A. Darwin 12 November [1860–8]
Summary
Sends the tithes.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Nov [1860-8] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4340 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From E. A. Darwin 12 November [1860–8] …
- … DAR 105: B11 Erasmus Alvey Darwin London, Queen Anne St, 6 12 Nov …
- … 1860 12 Nov …
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- … 1867 12 Nov 1868 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 6. Queen Anne St 12 Nov Dear Charles. I send you the Tithes. Langton tells me he has …
[Pollock, Frederick.] 1879b. “Erasmus Darwin.” Pall Mall Gazette, 12 December 1879, p. 12.
To ? 12 July [1872–4]
Summary
Has not strength or time to hunt for Herminium monorchis; has failed to make orchid seeds germinate.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 12 July [1872-4] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Russia (Collection of P. Waxell (F. 965): no 637) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8406F |
From Joseph Dalton Hooker 1 January 1865
Summary
Forwards H. T. Stainton letter for reply.
Finds many Cucurbita have tendrils with sticking ends.
The "potentiality of so many organs in plants to play so many parts is one of the most wonderful of your discoveries . . . one day it will itself play a prodigious part in the interpretation of both morphological and physiological facts".
Is disgusted with Sabine’s address [see 4708] because of its mutilation of what JDH wrote.
THH’s slashing leader in Reader ["Science and ""Church policy"" ", 4 (1864): 821] – as usual he destroys all in his path.
Encloses letter from G. H. K. Thwaites with a message for CD [see encl].
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Jan 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 1–3; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Directors’ Correspondence 162: 224 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4734 |
Matches: 25 hits
- … p. 437. See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [19 September …
- … see Guy 1983 and Correspondence vol. 12, letter from E. A. Darwin, 1 February [1864] …
- … nn. 3 and 5; see also Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 February …
- … 4 November 1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12; see also letter to J. D. Hooker, [ c. 23 …
- … not undertaken (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from J. D. Hooker, 16 September …
- … plants’ , p. 78. See Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [ …
- … conditions (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 28 May [1864] , letter from …
- … Journal for 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix II) that he had finished the paper on …
- … Reader , pp. 708–9 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [6 December …
- … is reproduced in Correspondence vol. 12, Appendix IV. Sabine had contracted influenza …
- … the Royal Society (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Elizabeth Juliana Sabine, 7 …
- … 1862–83, 1: 816–41). See Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [6 December …
- … to the book (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [26 or 27 April …
- … Hooker of 10 December [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12), CD reported having seen a foreign …
- … of 10 December [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12) that he expected to hear of a paper on …
- … in June 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 21 June …
- … December [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12), CD had asked Daniel Oliver to check Botanische …
- … 10 December [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). Hooker and CD had a long-running interest …
- … see, for example, Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March [ …
- … House MS); see also Correspondence vol. 12, letter to John Lubbock, 19 November [1864] ). …
- … plant Nepenthes (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, 9 [March] 1864 , …
- … of James Veitch (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters to J. D. Hooker, 10 June [1864] …
- … notes on the genus are in DAR 157.1: 111–12 and DAR 187: 1. At some point, CD appears to …
- … Melastomataceae). See Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, [26–7 April …
- … in September 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 September …
From G. H. Lewes 12 November 1868
Summary
Disappointed that he missed CD. Hopes still to see him in the flesh.
Has CD seen August Weismann’s inaugural address [see 6297]?
| Author: | George Henry Lewes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Nov 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: D11–12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6458 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From G. H. Lewes 12 November 1868 …
- … DAR 106: D11–12 George Henry Lewes …
- … London, Regents Park 12 Nov 1868 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park. 12 Nov r 1868 My dear M r Darwin It was a …
- … the last German war’, that appeared in the 12 October 1791 issue of the Bee, or Literary …
To G. H. Darwin 12 [December 1874 or January 1875?]
Summary
Regrets the trouble GHD has had.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 12 [Dec 1874 - Jan 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 43 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9221 |
To G. E. Dobson 12 April 1878
Summary
Monstrosity of fuchsia sent by GD not uncommon.
Does not recall bats at Galapagos.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Edward Dobson |
| Date: | 12 Apr 1878 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11473 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To G. E. Dobson 12 April 1878 …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Apr 1878 George Edward Dobson …
- … See letter from G. E. Dobson, 12 April 1878 . Dobson had asked CD about the presence of …
- … Islands (see letter from G. E. Dobson, 12 April 1878 ); he included the information in …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. April 12 th 1878 Dear D r . Dobson. The monstrosity of …
Allen, David Elliston. 1987. Changing attitudes to nature conservation: the botanical perspective. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 32: 203–12.
Ansted, David Thomas. 1863a. The Ionian islands in the year 1863. London: Wm. H. Allen.
[Hesse-Wartegg, Ernst A. von.] 1875c. Insektenfressende Pflanzen. Fremden-Blatt, 10 August 1875, pp. 11–12, and 11 August 1875, pp. 11–12.
Beckhard, Martin (1853–1942)
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- … index 1862–1948 (Ancestry.com, accessed 12 December 2016) UK, naturalisation certificates …
- … declarations, 1870–1912 (Ancestry.com, accessed 12 December 2016) United States Federal …
- … New York, New York, Manhattan 0516/15) (Ancestry.com, accessed 12 December 2016) U.S. …
- … passport applications, 1795–1925 (Ancestry.com, accessed 12 December 2016) 26 …
From George Varenne Reed 12 January 1863
Summary
Sorry CD considers Horace Darwin unfit for school.
| Author: | George Varenne Reed |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Jan 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 78 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3912 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From George Varenne Reed 12 January 1863 …
- … DAR 176: 78 George Varenne Reed Hayes Rectory 12 Jan 1863 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Hayes Rectory | SE Jan 12. 1863 My dear M r Darwin I am much obliged to you for your …
- … best wishes | I remain | yours very sincerely | G V Reed G V R | Jan 12. /63 | £13〃2〃6 …
- … Easter 1864. The next payment to Reed was made on 16 August 1864 when he was paid £ 12 …
- … 12 s. for the period 19 April to 19 July 1864. …
To J. D. Hooker 12 January [1873]
Summary
Had thrown Geographical Society’s Proceedings in waste-basket, but as Strachey shows such admirable powers of discrimination he will fish it out and read the whole article.
Comments on 3d ed. of Sachs’s work [Lehrbuch der Botanik (1873)]. Wishes he were more controversial.
Has become wonderfully interested in Drosera and Dionaea.
9000 copies of Expression have been printed and most are sold.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 12 Jan [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 251–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8733 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 12 January [1873] …
- … DAR 94: 251–2 Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Jan [1873] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 . See letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 and n. 9. CD refers to William Ewart Gladstone. …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 and n. 7. CD refers to Richard Strachey. …
- … Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Jan 12 th My dear Hooker I am glad to have seen Gladstone’s …
- … 1873). See letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 January 1873 and n. 2. CD’s annotated copy of …
To Rolla Charles Meadows Rouse [after 12 March 1868]
Summary
Discusses tuition arrangements for Horace Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Rolla Charles Meadows Rouse |
| Date: | [after 12 Mar 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 39-40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5962 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Rolla Charles Meadows Rouse [after 12 March 1868] …
- … 96: 39-40 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [after 12 Mar 1868] Rolla Charles Meadows Rouse …
- … Edited by James A. H. Murray, et al. 12 vols. and supplement. Oxford: Clarendon Press. …
- … this letter and the letter from Alfred Wrigley, 12 March 1868 . According to Emma Darwin’s …
- … left home on 29 April 1868. In his letter of 12 March 1868 , Wrigley had indicated that he …
- … had been ill for much of the period from 1862 to 1864 (see Correspondence vols. 10–12). …
To Francis Darwin 12 September [1878]
Summary
Julius von Sachs’s views on stomata seem largely correct, but CD cannot understand how leaves can survive submerged for such long periods.
Has been observing Drosera and concludes that none of the movement of the tentacles is caused by growth.
Suggests observations to show role of pulvinus in leaf movement.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Sept [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11690 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Francis Darwin 12 September [1878] …
- … DAR 211: 45 Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 Sept [1878] Francis Darwin …
- … s son. See letter from Francis Darwin, [12 September 1878] and n. 2. Francis had sent …
- … Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. Sept 12 th . My dear F. I have been very glad to hear …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from Francis Darwin, [12 September 1878] . …
- … See letter from Francis Darwin, [12 September 1878] . See Origin 6th ed. , pp. 119–20 (‘A …
- … vol. 25, letter from W. E. Darwin, [12 or 19 July 1877] . See Movement in plants , p. 261. …
To J. D. Hooker 12 [April 1859]
Summary
CD agrees cultivated plants may begin to vary after some time and then may vary suddenly, but cautions JDH on lack of evidence. His explanation is that small variations are ignored until they accumulate.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 12 [Apr 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2453 |
To ? 12 November 1874
Summary
Is obliged for addressee’s courteous note and is indifferent to how his name is used.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 12 Nov 1874 |
| Classmark: | Smith College, Mortimer Rare Book Collection (MiscMS 253) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9717F |
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Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
Summary
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…
Matches: 9 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 [December 1862] and n. 13). Initially, …
- … Stove [that is, cool hothouse]’ ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March …
- … of different temperatures’ (letter to W. C. Tait, 12 and 16 March [1869] , Calendar no. 6661) …
- … 100 yards’ to the greenhouses ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, [25 January …
- … in mid-February (see letter from L. C. Treviranus, 12 February 1863 ). The second list is …
- … Anoectochilus argenteus 12 5 s . …
- … punctatum. 11. Mormodes aurantiaca 12. ‘Anoectochilus argenteus 5 s .’ deleted in …
- … Bolbophyllum barbigerum 12 major …
- … Ampelidae. 11. Alloplectus chrysanthus. 12. Bulbophyllum barbigerum. 13. …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
Summary
In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
Matches: 31 hits
- … read There appears to be good art. on Entozore 12 by Owen in Encyclop. of Anat. & …
- … all Vols. Marshall’s Rural Economy of Yorkshire, 12 s [Marshall 1788]—— often quoted by …
- … Palaces. Fourth Edition with Woodcuts. 2 vols. fcap. 8vo., 12 s . 30 [Jesse 1838] …
- … Animals (Deer, Antelopes, &c.) [Jardine 1835–6] 12. Ruminating Animals (Goats, Sheep, …
- … et Culture. 4to. Avec 10 planches. Amsterdam, 1768. 12 s . 41 Bailliére [Saint-Simon] 1768] …
- … of Vertebrate animals 54 folio Plates. Maclise 2”12.6. [Maclise 1847] good for woodcuts. (Roy. …
- … Malthus on Population [Malthus 1826] Oct 12 th W. Earle’s 60 Eastern Seas [Earl 1837]. …
- … vol. 19 Mungo Parks travels [Park 1799] Feb 12 Sir H. Davy consolations in travel [H. …
- … [G. Dixon ed. 1789]. Voyages skimmed. Coral Theory 12 th Dampier [Dampier 1697]. 1 st …
- … references at end of Hallam [Hallam 1837–9]) Feb. 12 th Charlsworths Journal [ Magazine …
- … Hour & Man. H. Martineau [H. Martineau 1841] —— 12 Sir S. Romilly’s Memoirs [Romilly 1840 …
- … Natur-gesichte [Bechstein 1789–95]. d[itt]o March 12 th Gardener’s Magaz. [ Gardener' …
- … and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement ] 12 Backhouse Narr: of Visit to …
- … Dict. des Sci. Nat. [A. P. de Candolle 1820] marked 12. Watertons Essays in Nat. Hist. 2 nd …
- … Oct. Cosmos [A. von Humboldt 1845–8]. Vol. 1 Nov. 12 Martin on the Horse [W. C. L. Martin …
- … [DAR 119: 17a] 1846 Feb 12 th . Metzger Getreidarten [Metzger 1841] …
- … 16 Bot. Reports. Ray. Soc. [Ray Society 1846] Nov. 12. Mem. of Geolog. Survey [ Memoirs of …
- … . 1 Meyens Geography of Plants [Meyen 1846]. —— 12 th Metzger Kultiverten Kohlarten …
- … VI.— [DAR 119: 17b] 1846 Feb. 12. 1 & 2 vol. of Wilkinson’s Manner …
- … Scotts Life [Lockart 1837–8]— read aloud April 12 th . Carlyles Oliver Cromwell [Carlyle …
- … Despatches Vol I. II. III [Wellesley 1834–9] Dec 12 th The Emigrant by Sir F. B. Head [F. …
- … on population [Malthus 1826] (2 d time) —— 12 Brickell’s Nat. Hist of N. Carolina …
- … Diseases—2 d . Edit. 1815 [Adams 1815]. May 12 th Necker. Mem. les Oiseaux de Geneve [L. …
- … & Forbes, travels in Lycia [Spratt and Forbes 1847] 12 th Putsche & Vertuch …
- … latter vols: but so little not worth getting others. 12 Journal of Philosoph. Soc. of …
- … by H. D. Richardson [H. D. Richardson 1847]. April 12. Arthur Adams. Notes from Journal of …
- … Statesmen of G III [Brougham 1839–43]. (1 series, 2 vols. 12 mo.) poorish May 31. Evelyn’s …
- … life of Constable [Leslie 1843] (interesting) —— 12 Autobiography of a Working Man. A …
- … [ Palaeontographical Society. Monograph Series. ] 12. Sedgwicks Discourse on Study of …
- … Siege of Vienna [Schimmer 1847].— good Sept 12 th . B. Franklins life by Sparks [Sparks ed. …
- … 1847] Du loup et de ses ràces ou varietes 8 o . 12. p. 1 Pl. Poitiers 1851. Chez H. Oudin …
Vivisection: first sketch of the bill
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Strictly Confidential Mem: This print is only a first sketch. It is being now recast with a new & more simple form – but the substance of the proposed measure may be equally well seen in this draft. R.B.L. | 2 586 Darwin and vivisection …
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- … “ 11. —Renewal of license. “ 12. —Licensed persons experimenting to be not liable under …
- … as he would have incurred under the powers of the Act 12 & 13 Victoria, chapter 92, had he …
- … so offending shall be the same as is provided by the Act 12 & 13 Vic., cap. 92, for the …
- … to be not liable under Cruelty to Animals Act. 12.—No person holding a licence under …
Henrietta Darwin's diary
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Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…
Dates of composition of Darwin's manuscript on species
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Many of the dates of letters in 1856 and 1857 were based on or confirmed by reference to Darwin’s manuscript on species (DAR 8--15.1, inclusive; transcribed and published as Natural selection). This manuscript, begun in May 1856, was nearly completed by…
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Darwin’s observations on his children
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Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children, began the research that culminated in his book The Expression of the emotions in man and animals, published in 1872, and his article ‘A biographical sketch of an infant’, published in Mind…
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- … without a corresponding sensation. D r . Holland[12] informs me children do not learn …
- … each scream approaches it.— 8 Between 11 & 12 weeks old in smiling. I observe he …
- … present when screaming from pain When one day under 12 weeks took hold of Catherines[20] …
- … the first time he used his right hand, was observed 12 weeks & one day whilst violently …
- … it is easy to see, are those of inspiration.— 12 April 20 th .— Took my finger to his …
- … April 4 14wks & 1 day. 11 – 12 May 16 …
- … habit he continued for some months Jan 12 th . He observed, & gave cry of recognition …
- … Anne, on seeing her often kissed self in glass Jan 12 th — observed image in eye.— …
- … Door. the only difference between our door N o 12 and N o 11 is in the slit for the Letter …
- … CD’s original pencil text as closely as possible. [12] Henry Holland. [13] CD wrote …
- … Emma Darwin’s diary, stayed at Upper Gower Street between 12 February and 16 March 1842. [43] …
Darwin’s student booklist
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In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…
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- … & Lect. Pamph. 9 8 Vo. H K Whites Letters & Poems 12 mo 10 Pennants …
- … 15 1 Vol. 8 Vo Almack & Granby 16 6 Vols 12. mo Henry Chemistry 17 2 Vols …
- … essays in Rambler 19 Brambletye House 20 3 Vos 12 mo Clarkes travels 21 5 …
- … and Abernethy 1823 (see n. 3). 10 White 1826. 12 mo: duodecimo. 11 Pennant 1784 …
Darwin's notes for his physician, 1865
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On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher who had studied medicine in London and Paris in the early 1840s, visited Down to consult with Darwin about his ill health. In 1863 Chapman started to treat…
Darwin on marriage
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On 11 November 1838 Darwin wrote in his journal ‘The day of days!’. He had proposed to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, and been accepted; they were married on 29 January 1839. Darwin appears to have written these two notes weighing up the pros and cons of…
Visiting the Darwins
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'As for Mr Darwin, he is entirely fascinating…' In October 1868 Jane Gray and her husband spent several days as guests of the Darwins, and Jane wrote a charming account of the visit in a sixteen-page letter to her sister. She described Charles…
Abstract of Darwin’s theory
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There are two extant versions of the abstract of Darwin’s theory of natural selection. One was sent to Asa Gray on 5 September 1857, enclosed with a letter of the same date (see Correspondence vol. 6, letter to Asa Gray, 5 September [1857] and enclosure).…
'An Appeal' against animal cruelty
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The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The pamphlet, which protested against the cruelty of steel vermin…
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- … cruelty to animals, 1849 ( Statutes, public and general , 12 & 13 Vict. c. 92). 6 …
