To Hugh Falconer 8 March [1845?]
Summary
Has written down what he gathered from HF on Tibetan dogs. Would welcome a few more details at any time, as he knows of nothing parallel to it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hugh Falconer |
| Date: | 8 Mar [1845?] |
| Classmark: | Raab Collection (dealer) (2 October 2013) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1839 |
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To William Lonsdale [27 April 1839 or earlier]
Summary
Returns Whewell’s presidential address to the Geological Society of London (Whewell 1839), and suggests that ‘rules’ be changed to ‘customs’.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Lonsdale |
| Date: | [27 Apr 1839 or earlier] |
| Classmark: | University Archives (dealers) (3 March 2021, lot 73) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-496F |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To William Lonsdale [27 April 1839 or earlier] …
- … March 2021, lot 73) Charles Robert Darwin London [27 Apr 1839 or earlier] William Lonsdale …
- … Geological Society of London ( Whewell 1839 ), and suggests that ‘rules’ be changed to ‘ …
- … of its results to be given to the world’ ( Whewell 1839 , p. 93). The final version of …
- … the passage was also reprinted in Philosophical Magazine 3d ser. 14 (1839): 503, in the …
- … issue for May 1839. CD’s Journal and remarks was in print …
- … in early 1838, but was not published until late May or early June 1839 ( Freeman 1977 ). …
- … by the publication at the beginning of May 1839 of William Whewell ’s presidential address …
- … see n. 2, below). The last Saturday in April 1839 was 27 April. Immediately after Whewell …
- … Geological Society of London on 15 February 1839, CD had asked him to make his comments on …
- … letter to William Whewell, 16 February [1839] ). It is likely that CD was returning a page …
- … of the globe. London: Henry Colburn. 1839. [Separately published as Journal of …
- … researches. ] Whewell, William. 1839. Address to the Geological …
- … at the anniversary, on the 15th February, 1839. Proceedings of the Geological Society of …
To Charles Babbage 19 [February 1839 – August 1842]
Summary
Asks to be allowed to bring his sister to CB’s party "that she may see the World".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Babbage |
| Date: | 19 [Feb 1839 - Aug 1842] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 37191: 299) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-479 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … To Charles Babbage 19 [February 1839 – August 1842] …
- … Add MS 37191: 299) Charles Robert Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 19 Feb 1839 19 …
- … Mar 1839 19 …
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From William Yarrell 14 July 1839
Summary
Acknowledges Journal of researches and in return sends the first volume of his History of British birds [1839–43].
| Author: | William Yarrell |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 July 1839 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 185 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-526 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From William Yarrell 14 July 1839 …
- … DAR 204: 185 William Yarrell London, Ryder St, 6 14 July 1839 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 1837–43. The first bound volume, dated 1839, is annotated by CD (Darwin Library–CUL). …
- … researches and in return sends the first volume of his History of British birds [1839–43]. …
- … 6 Ryder Street | S t . Jamess 14 July 1839 Many thanks, my dear Sir, for your interesting …
Wiegmann, A. F. A. 1839. [Über die Unfruchtbarkeit bei den Bastardpflanzen.] Flora oder allgemeine botanische Zeitung 22 (1839): 703.
To John Washington [14 October 1839]
Summary
Returns proofs of J. O. French’s article ["Account of the province of La Rioja: S. America", J. R. Geogr. Soc. 9 (1839): 381–406].
Gratified by Humboldt’s praise of Journal of researches [J. R. Geogr. Soc. 9 (1839): 502].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Washington; Royal Geographical Society |
| Date: | [14 Oct 1839] |
| Classmark: | Royal Geographical Society |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-537 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To John Washington [14 October 1839] …
- … Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 [14 Oct 1839] John Washington Royal Geographical Society …
- … Rioja: S. America", J. R. Geogr. Soc. 9 (1839): 381–406]. Gratified by Humboldt’s praise …
- … of Journal of researches [ J. R. Geogr. Soc. 9 (1839): 502]. …
- … French 1839 . Dumont d’Urville, ed. 1830–5 , the account of a voyage to the South …
- … reefs . Horsburgh 1809–11 . Humboldt 1839 , p. 505: ‘The volume of Mr. Charles Darwin is …
- … éditeur-imprimeur. French, John Oliver. 1839. On the province of La Rioja in South America …
- … and Kingsbury. Humboldt, Alexander von. 1839. On the longitude of Valparaiso and Callao, …
From Robert FitzRoy [2 or 16 June 1839]
Summary
Has not yet had time to read CD’s Journal of researches attentively. He is sure there is no expression referring to himself personally that he could wish were not in it.
| Author: | Robert FitzRoy |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [2 or 16] June 1839 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 144 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-516 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Robert FitzRoy [2 or 16 June 1839] …
- … DAR 204: 144 Robert FitzRoy London, Chester St 2 June 1839 16 …
- … June 1839 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy. ] 3 vols. and appendix. London: Henry Colburn. 1839. …
- … referred to is either the Athenæum of 1 June 1839, which carried a review of Narrative, …
- … vols. 1 and 2, or the issue of 15 June 1839, in which CD’s volume was reviewed. …
- … was advertised in the issue of 1 June 1839 of The Publishers‘ Circular under the heading ’ …
From Andrew Smith 16 March 1839
Summary
Sends his congratulations and best wishes on CD’s marriage.
| Author: | Andrew Smith |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Mar 1839 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 172 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-498 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … From Andrew Smith 16 March 1839 …
- … DAR 204: 172 Andrew Smith Fort Pitt, Chatham 16 Mar 1839 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 6s’ Burgess’s Physiology or mechanism of blushing ( Burgess 1839 ) is listed in the The …
- … Publishers’ Circular of 15 March 1839, p. 120. CD cites it frequently in chapter 13 of …
- … for his early interest in blushing. A copy of Burgess 1839 is in the Darwin Library–CUL. …
- … Bibliography Burgess, Thomas Henry. 1839. The physiology or mechanism of blushing. London. …
- … C : 265, an entry reads ‘March 20 t h. 1839. Philosophy of Blushing lately advertised. / …
- … Fort Pitt Chatham 16 March 1839 My Dear Darwin I have been making inquiries of late …
To William Whewell 16 February [1839]
Summary
Asks WW to alter, before printing, the passages in WW’s Presidential Address to the Geological Society [Proc. Geol. Soc. Lond. 3 (1839): 93] which pointedly allude to the delay in publication of CD’s Beagle journal; they might annoy FitzRoy, who, as Captain, has a right to first use of the papers of all officers on board.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Whewell |
| Date: | 16 Feb [1839] |
| Classmark: | Trinity College Library, Cambridge (Add c 88: 4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-496 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To William Whewell 16 February [1839] …
- … c 88: 4) Charles Robert Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 16 Feb [1839] William Whewell …
- … Bibliography Whewell, William. 1839. Address to the Geological …
- … at the anniversary, on the 15th February, 1839. Proceedings of the Geological Society of …
- … the account of its results to be given to the world. ’ ( Whewell 1839 , p. 93). See also …
- … vol. 30, Supplement, letter to William Lonsdale, [27 April 1839 or earlier] . …
- … Society [ Proc. Geol. Soc. Lond. 3 (1839): 93] which pointedly allude to the delay in …
- … of the Geological Society, 15 February 1839. It is not known whether Whewell altered his …
To Charles Lyell [c. 9 January 1839]
Summary
Discusses his Glen Roy paper [(1839), Collected papers 1: 87–137], which he is sending to CL.
Remarks on Charles MacLaren’s treatment of alluvium. Comments on alluvial action in Lochaber.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [c. 9 Jan 1839] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.15) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-480 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Charles Lyell [ c. 9 January 1839] …
- … Robert Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 [c. 9 Jan 1839] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … Discusses his Glen Roy paper [(1839), Collected papers 1: 87–137], which he is sending to …
- … at the Royal Society on 7 February 1839 ( Collected papers 1: 87–137). The Secretaries of …
- … 87). Collected papers 1: 134 n. 26. Maclaren 1839 . CD added an appendix to Journal and …
- … of the globe. London: Henry Colburn. 1839. [Separately published as Journal of …
- … researches. ] Maclaren, Charles. 1839. A sketch of the geology of Fife and the Lothians, …
- … By Charles Darwin. [ Read 7 February 1839. ] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal …
To the Geological Society of London 22 January 1840
Summary
W. B. Clarke’s paper on ashes falling at sea off Cape Verde Islands [Proc. Geol. Soc. Lond. 3 (1839): 145–6] need not be published in Transactions.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Geological Society of London |
| Date: | 22 Jan 1840 |
| Classmark: | Geological Society of London (GSL/COM/P/4/2/38) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-551 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … William Branwhite Clarke . Clarke 1839 . …
- … Islands [ Proc. Geol. Soc. Lond. 3 (1839): 145–6] need not be published in Transactions . …
- … Bibliography Clarke, William Branwhite. 1839. A notice of showers of ashes which fell …
- … on board the Roxburgh, at sea, off the Cape de Verd islands, February, 1839. [ …
- … Read 6 November 1839. ] Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 3 (1838–42): 145– …
From William Whewell 11 April 1839
Summary
Sends a book [his translation of Goethe’s Hermann u. Dorothea] as a wedding gift.
| Author: | William Whewell |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Apr 1839 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 175 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-504 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From William Whewell 11 April 1839 …
- … DAR 204: 175 William Whewell Trinity College, Cambridge 11 Apr 1839 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … translated from the Hexameters of Göthe [by W. Whewell, privately printed, 1839]. …
- … love story. Believe me always | Very truly yours | W Whewell Trin. Col. Ap. 11. 1839 …
To William Shoberl [21 March 1839]
Summary
Captain FitzRoy has no objection to appending advertisement of other works connected with Beagle voyage to CD’s volume [Journal of researches].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Shoberl; Henry Colburn |
| Date: | [21 Mar 1839] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.18) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-501 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To William Shoberl [21 March 1839] …
- … Robert Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 [21 Mar 1839] William Shoberl Henry Colburn …
- … Charles Darwin. London: Henry Colburn. 1839. Mammalia : Pt 2 of The zoology of the voyage …
- … of Colburn book advertisements dated August 1839 in at least some copies of the Journal of …
- … letter from Robert FitzRoy, [20 March 1839] , n. 1). This announcement had been printed …
- … recipient is conjectural. The endorsement, ‘1839’, is in the distinctive hand attributed …
- … the letter from Robert FitzRoy, [20 March 1839] . However, the advertisement referred to …
Clarke, William Branwhite. 1839. A notice of showers of ashes which fell on board the Roxburgh, at sea, off the Cape de Verd islands, February, 1839. [Read 6 November 1839.] Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 3 (1838–42): 145–6.
Hood, Thomas. 1839. The railway. In extracts from The comic annual for 1839. Athenæum No. 586: 47–8.
Lund, Peter Wilhelm. 1839–40. Coup-d’oeil sur les espèces éteintes de Mammifères du Brésil; extrait de quelques mémoires présentés à l’Académie royale des Sciences de Copenhague. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Zoologie) 2d ser. 11 (1839): 214–34; 12 (1839): 205–8; 13 (1840): 310–19. [Vols. 6,10]
Silfverstrârcurbr;hle, Gustaf. 1839. Om Blads och Knoppars ställning: ârcurbr; Växters yta. Königlich Vetenskapsacademiens Handlingar (1839): 212–21.
From Emma Wedgwood [20–1 January 1839]
Summary
Preparations for the wedding, various callers, and other bits of news.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [20–1 Jan 1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 161 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-490 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Emma Wedgwood [20–1 January 1839] …
- … DAR 204: 161 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Maer [20–1 Jan 1839] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Frances Mosley Wedgwood, wife of Francis (Frank) Wedgwood. Talfourd 1837 . Hood 1839 . …
- … Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. 1977. Hood, Thomas. 1839. The railway. …
- … M ) was continued in Notebook N during 1839. The baby was Hensleigh Wedgwood’s son Ernest, …
- … his own son William was born in December 1839, CD began to keep systematic notes on the …
- … In extracts from The comic annual for 1839. Athenæum No. 586: 47–8. Notebook M. See …
From Thomas Evans Blackwell 26 January 1839
Summary
A newly-elected Fellow returns the obligation to be signed upon entering the Geological Society.
| Author: | Thomas Evans Blackwell |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Jan 1839 |
| Classmark: | Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/4/121) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-494 |
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DCP publications in Commentary
Charles Darwin’s letters: a selection 1825-1859
Summary
The letters in this volume span the years from 1825, when Darwin was a student at the University of Edinburgh, to the end of 1859, when the Origin of Species was published. The early letters portray Darwin as a lively sixteen-year-old medical student. Two…
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- … this time, 1854, Darwin had become a family man. In January 1839, he had married his cousin Emma …
