From Edward Blyth 23 February 1856
Summary
Opposition to EB within the Asiatic Society.
Possibility of establishment of a zoological garden at Calcutta.
Has seen Gallus varius alive for the first time.
Will procure domestic pigeons for CD; could CD pay for them by returning hardy creatures, such as macaws and marmosets, which EB can sell for a high price in India?
Does not recall his authority for genealogy of the asses of Oman. If a genuine wild ass exists EB believes it will be in south Arabia.
Infertility of Irish and Devon red deer.
Details of an unusual species of wild dog.
Fertility of canine hybrids. General tendency toward hybrid sterility.
Has skins of hybrid Coracias and the parent species.
Wide-ranging species; skua found in Europe and Australia, but not in the tropics.
| Author: | Edward Blyth |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Feb 1856 |
| Classmark: | DAR 98: A128–A132 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1832 |
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- … DCP-LETT-1832 …
From Catherine Darwin 25 July [– 3 August] 1832
Summary
Tells of the family’s pleasure in reading CD’s first two letters and his journal.
Comments on Shrewsbury politics, the cholera, and the family. Sedgwick calls often; Catherine thinks he is interested in Susan.
| Author: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 July [– 3 Aug] 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 85 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-179 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From Catherine Darwin 25 July [– 3 August] 1832 …
- … Catherine (Catherine) Langton Shrewsbury 25 July [– 3 Aug] 1832 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Charles Roger. 1972. Electoral facts from 1832 to 1853 impartially stated … Edited with an …
- … introduction and bibliographical guide to electoral sources, 1832–1885. , by H. J. Hanham. …
- … Brighton: Harvester Press. Earle, Augustus. 1832. A narrative of a nine months’ residence …
- … Fanny) Wedgwood ‘died on August 20th, 1832, aged twenty-six, after a few days’ illness …
- … Shrewsbury. July 25 th . 1832. My dearest Charles On the 31 st of June we were delighted …
- … Zealand and travelled in the Pacific in 1827. The work referred to was published in 1832 ( …
- … Earle 1832 ). See letter to Caroline Darwin, 27 December 1835 for the reaction of Robert …
From Charlotte Wedgwood 12 January – 1 February 1832
Summary
Writes about Hensleigh Wedgwood’s marriage to Frances Mackintosh and her own engagement to Charles Langton. Also gives news of other relatives and friends.
| Author: | Charlotte Wedgwood; Charlotte Langton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 and 29 Jan 1832 and 1 Feb 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 116 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-155 |
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- … From Charlotte Wedgwood 12 January – 1 February 1832 …
- … DAR 204: 116 Charlotte Wedgwood/Charlotte Langton Dulwich 12 Jan 1832 29 …
- … Jan 1832 1 …
- … Feb 1832 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … William, 2d Earl of Craven. In December 1832 Charles Langton obtained a living from him …
- … Dulwich Jan y 12— 1832 My dear Charles I think it will be a very good opportunity to begin …
Buckland, William. 1832. On the fossil remains of the Megatherium recently imported into England from South America. Report of the British Association meeting in Oxford (1832), pp. 104–7.
Dod, Charles Roger. 1972. Electoral facts from 1832 to 1853 impartially stated … Edited with an introduction and bibliographical guide to electoral sources, 1832–1885., by H. J. Hanham. Brighton: Harvester Press.
Mohl, Hugo von, trans. 1832. Nachträgliche Beobachtungen über die Sexualorgane und die Befruchtungsweise der Orchideen und Asclepiadeen von Robert Brown. Flora oder allgemeine botanische Zeitung 15 (1832): 673–6.
Brown, Robert. 1832. Additional observations on the mode of fecundation in Orchideæ. [Read 5 June 1832.] Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 16 (1833): 739–45.
From Caroline Darwin 12–28 June [1832]
Summary
Brings CD up to date on family and many friends. Describes the wedding of Fanny Owen and R. M. Biddulph. Sedgwick called on return from Wales. W. D. Fox has been very ill.
| Author: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12–28 June [1832] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 72 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-173 |
From W. D. Fox 30 June 1832
Summary
Has been away from parish because of a three-month illness. Refers briefly to events in England since the Beagle sailed.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 June 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 106 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-175 |
From Susan Darwin 15[–18] August 1832
Summary
News of family and friends.
| Author: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15[–18] Aug 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 97 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-180 |
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- … From Susan Darwin 15[–18] August 1832 …
- … DAR 204: 97 Susan Elizabeth Darwin Shrewsbury 15[–18] Aug 1832 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Cantab. ; Clergy list London 1852). Babbage 1832 . Great Ness and Little Ness, villages …
- … Press. 1922–54. Babbage, Charles. 1832. On the economy of machinery and manufactures. …
- … Shrewsbury August 15 th . | 1832 My dear Charles— We received your last letter to …
From Francis Beaufort to C. S. Darwin 29 June [1832]
Summary
Cancelled. Third party letter quoted in . See Correspondence 1: 253. Forwards letters, adding that Capt. FitzRoy expresses "unqualified satisfaction in Mr. Darwin’s society" and says "D is equally liked and respected by every person in the ship".
| Author: | Francis Beaufort |
| Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Date: | 29 June [1832] |
| Classmark: | DAR 223: 12a |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-174 |
From J. M. Herbert 1[–4] December 1832
Summary
Sends news of himself and CD’s friends. Discusses changes in England, the coming elections, Cambridge politics.
| Author: | John Maurice Herbert |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1[–4] Dec 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 112 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-193 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From J. M. Herbert 1[–4] December 1832 …
- … DAR 204: 112 John Maurice Herbert Manchester 1[–4] Dec 1832 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 1831; 9 February, 7 June, and 21 June 1832. ] ]Philosophical Transactions of the Royal …
- … Joseph. 1967. Romilly’s Cambridge diary 1832–42. Selected passages from the diary of the …
- … Manchester 1 Dec r . 1832. My dear Darwin, I am indeed obliged to you for so soon meeting …
- … Cam Hobhouse did, however, stand, and was elected for Westminster in December 1832. George …
- … unsuccessfully contested Westminster in 1832. Henry Percy Gordon . He was approached by …
From C. L. Hughes 2 November 1832
Summary
Notes for CD on a river trip to Mercedes on the Rio Negro [Uruguay].
| Author: | Charles Lawrence Hughes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Nov 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 34: 14–15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-190 |
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- … From C. L. Hughes 2 November 1832 …
- … DAR 34: 14–15 Charles Lawrence Hughes Buenos Aires 2 Nov 1832 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … quantities. — B s . Aires Nov r . 2 nd . 1832 | C. L. H. End of letter : ‘Notes by M r …
- … to Caroline Darwin, 24 October – 24 November [1832] ). CD made the journey from Colonia to …
From Bartholomew James Sulivan [17 January – 7 February 1832]
Summary
Heights of various points on Quail Island [Cape Verde Is.].
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [17 Jan – 7 Feb 1832] |
| Classmark: | DAR 32: 16a |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-156 |
Dumont d’Urville, Jules Sébastien César, ed. 1830–5. Voyage de la corvette l’Astrolabe. Histoire 5 vols. 1830–5; Zoologie 4 vols. 1830–4; Botanique 1 vol. 1832; Entomologie 2 pts in 1 vol. 1832–5; Philologie 1 vol. 1833. Paris: J. Tastu, éditeur-imprimeur.
Babbage, Charles. 1832. On the economy of machinery and manufactures. London.
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- … Babbage, Charles. 1832. On the economy of machinery and manufactures. London. 1 …
Gould, John. 1832–7. The birds of Europe. 5 vols. London.
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- … Gould, John. 1832–7. The birds of Europe. 5 vols. London. 1,2,16 …
Watson, Hewett Cottrell. 1832. Outlines of the geographical distribution of British plants. Edinburgh.
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- … Watson, Hewett Cottrell. 1832. Outlines of the geographical distribution of British …
Schmidt-Zabierow, Ida von (b. 1832 d. 1881 or later)
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- … Ida von Schmidt-Zabierow b. 1832 d. 1881 or later German-born Austro-Hungarian noblewoman. …
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Darwin in letters, 1861: Gaining allies
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The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. He had weathered the storm that followed the publication of Origin, and felt cautiously optimistic about the ultimate acceptance of his ideas. The letters from this year provide an…
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- … The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. By then, he had …
Darwin in letters, 1858-1859: Origin
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The years 1858 and 1859 were, without doubt, the most momentous of Darwin’s life. From a quiet rural existence filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on species, he was jolted into action by the arrival of an unexpected letter from Alfred Russel Wallace…
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- … The years 1858 and 1859 were, without doubt, the most momentous of Darwin’s life. From a quiet …
