To T. H. Huxley 9 April [1856]
Summary
Arrangements for visit of Huxleys to Down on 26 Apr.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 9 Apr [1856] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 33) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1852 |
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- … DCP-LETT-1852 …
To Josiah Wedgwood III 20 November 1852
Summary
A statement of payments made by trustees to CD and by CD to trustees for the years 1851 and 1852.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Josiah Wedgwood, III |
| Date: | 20 Nov 1852 |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 1019) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1490 |
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- … 18 . 6 ———– £658 . 1 . 6 Paid in excess by me to Trustees ramme Nov 20. 1852 | C. Darwin …
- … To Josiah Wedgwood III 20 November 1852 …
- … Collection (MS W/M 1019) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Nov 1852 Josiah Wedgwood, III …
- … of payments made by trustees to CD and by CD to trustees for the years 1851 and 1852. …
- … R. shares, purchased in 1847 at 4339 . 7 . 1852. July 30. Two shares of Monmouth R. …
- … These shares stood in Erasmus’es sole name 1852 Nov. 12. N.W. R y Stock purchased at …
- … Aug. Part of Mortgage to Major Owen— 5000 1852. Nov. 87 Pref. shares in N. Stafford R. …
To J. D. Dana 25 November [1852]
Summary
Thanks JDD for information.
Discusses Acasta sporillus.
Comments on review of first volume of Living Cirripedia [Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 14 (1852): 125–7].
Asks JDD to examine Lerneidae.
Will read with interest the geographical discussion of Crustacea when JDD’s volume [Crustacea (1852–5)] appears. John Lubbock will purchase a copy.
Discusses error in Living Cirripedia.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Dwight Dana |
| Date: | 25 Nov [1852] |
| Classmark: | Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (Dana Family Papers (MS 164) Series 1, Box 2, folder 43) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1492 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … To J. D. Dana 25 November [1852] …
- … Series 1, Box 2, folder 43) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Nov [1852] James Dwight Dana …
- … Living Cirripedia [ Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 14 (1852): 125–7]. Asks JDD to examine Lerneidae. …
- … of Crustacea when JDD’s volume [ Crustacea (1852–5)] appears. John Lubbock will purchase a …
- … see letter to J. D. Dana, 15 February [1852] , n. 9). Several species of Balanus lived …
- … publication of the last section of Dana 1852 –3. The cover carries the inscription: ‘ …
- … see letter to J. D. Dana, 8 May [ 1852] ). Dana had sent CD specimens of this cirripede ( …
- … see letter to J. D. Dana, 15 February [1852] ). For CD’s descriptions, see Living …
- … hosts (see letter to J. D. Dana, 15 February [1852] ). Dana included drawings of A. …
- … sporillus in the Atlas to Dana 1852–3 , the only cirripede included in his monograph on …
- … Journal of Science and Arts 2d ser. 14 (1852): 125–7, which drew attention to CD’s …
- … See letter to J. D. Dana, 8 May [1852] , in which CD first pointed out to Dana the …
- … two quarto volumes on Crustacea ( Dana 1852 –3), supplemented by an atlas containing …
- … 1838–42. John Lubbock , aged 18 in 1852, devoted much of his free time that year to ‘ …
From John Higgins 31 July 1852
Summary
Asks for more information about CD’s idea of a ‘more permanent arrangement’ with his tenant.
Explains the drawback of a lease or a corn rent.
| Author: | John Higgins |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 July 1852 |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/2/5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1484H |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From John Higgins 31 July 1852 …
- … Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/2/5) John Higgins Alford 31 July 1852 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Supplement, letter from John Higgins, 27 July 1852 . Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton , …
- … Alford 31 st . July 1852 Dear Sir I am favored with your note of the 29 th . Ins t in …
- … See this volume, Supplement, letter from John Higgins, 27 July 1852 , and letter to …
- … John Higgins, 29 July [1852] . Francis Hardy was CD’s tenant at Beesby Farm, …
- … There had been a change of ministry in February 1852, and Parliament was dissolved for …
- … a General Election on 1 July 1852 ( Annual …
- … register 1852, pp. 33 and 122). Gold …
- … California and Australia ( The Times , 1 July 1852, p. 4). Corn-rent: a rent paid in corn …
To John William Parker 5 May [1852]
Summary
As an author of some scientific works CD is of the opinion that each bookseller should settle, each for himself, the retail price.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John William Parker |
| Date: | 5 May [1852] |
| Classmark: | Stationers’ Company (Records Pt XI (III) J. W. Parker: autograph letters from authors (TSC/1/F/07/22)) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1480A |
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- … ought to prevail in commercial transactions’ ( Gentleman’s Magazine n.s. 37 ( 1852): 592). …
- … To John William Parker 5 May [1852] …
- … from authors (TSC/1/F/07/22)) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 May [1852] John William Parker …
- … West Strand, London ( DNB ). On 30 April 1852, Parker had written to ‘Authors, and Others …
- … the lord chief justice and others. On 19 May 1852, Lord John Campbell concluded that the …
Boisduval, Jean Alphonse. 1852. Lépidoptères de la Californie. [Read 25 February 1852.] Annales de la Société entomologique de France 2d ser. 10: 275–324.
To Josiah Wedgwood III 21 October [1852]
Summary
Informs JW of his intention to sell his N. W. Railway shares.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Josiah Wedgwood, III |
| Date: | 21 Oct [1852] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.10: 17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1488 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Josiah Wedgwood III 21 October [1852] …
- … DAR 210.10: 17 Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Oct [1852] Josiah Wedgwood, III …
- … with the Midland Railway ( Railway Times 1852). CD’s Investment book (Down House MS) …
- … Emma Darwin’s trust were sold on 25 October 1852 at a loss of £587. CD, who had purchased …
- … an aggressive, expansionist policy. In 1852 the company engaged in a bitter dispute with …
- … the company’s profits for the early part of 1852 and stock values crashed dramatically. In …
To William Parsons, earl of Rosse, Chairman of the Committee of Papers, Royal Society 16 March [1852]
Summary
Referee’s report on paper by Daniel Sharpe ["On foliation and cleavage", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 142 (1852): 445–62].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Parsons, 3d earl of Rosse, Lord Rosse, Lord Oxmantown; Royal Society of London |
| Date: | 16 Mar [1852] |
| Classmark: | The Royal Society (RR2: 226) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-840 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … earl of Rosse, Chairman of the Committee of Papers, Royal Society 16 March [1852] …
- … RR2: 226) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Mar [1852] William Parsons, 3d earl of Rosse, Lord …
- … Sharpe ["On foliation and cleavage", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 142 (1852): 445–62]. …
- … type and this is also spelled out in the explanatory text ( Sharpe 1852 , pp. 460–1). …
- … Sharpe 1852 , which Daniel Sharpe had told CD he was writing for the Royal Society ( …
- … of the Royal Society on 12 and 19 February 1852 ( Abstracts of the papers communicated to …
- … of London 12: 178– 96. Sharpe, Daniel. 1852. On the arrangement of the foliation and …
- … In his explanation of the map ( Sharpe 1852 , pp. 460–1), Sharpe stated that: ‘The strike …
- … Sharpe’s paper be published, dated 4 March 1852, was written by Adam Sedgwick . Sedgwick …
To John Higgins 29 July [1852]
Summary
Thanks JH for his exposition of the effects of falling grain and lifestock prices on farm income.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 29 July [1852] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/2/3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1484G |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To John Higgins 29 July [1852] …
- … Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/2/3) Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 July [1852] John Higgins …
- … this letter and the letter from John Higgins, 27 July 1852 (this volume, Supplement). See …
- … letter from John Higgins, 27 July 1852 . Francis Hardy was CD’s tenant at Beesby farm, …
From Japetus Steenstrup 8 April 1852
Summary
His difficulties in answering CD’s letter of 3 Jan [1852] [see 1469]. There is no Lepas mitra in the Lorenz Spengler collection. He undertakes to compare the specimens of Balanus sent by CD with those of Spengler.
He thanks CD for his book [Fossil Cirripedia (1851)].
His work with Professor Forchhammer and Mr Worsaae.
| Author: | Johannes Japetus Smith (Japetus) Steenstrup |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Apr 1852 |
| Classmark: | Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1478A |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Japetus Steenstrup 8 April 1852 …
- … Johannes Japetus Smith (Japetus) Steenstrup Copenhagen 8 Apr 1852 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … you the different papers, we have published on that subject. — 8/4 1852 Til Ch. Darwin …
- … in answering CD’s letter of 3 Jan [1852] [see 1469 ]. There is no Lepas mitra in the …
- … to J. J. S. Steenstrup, 3 January [1852] . Henrick Henricksen Beck . Steenstrup had lent …
- … Copenhagen the 8 th . April 1852. My dear Sir I have been so late in answering your …
- … his letter to Steenstrup of 3 January [1852] ( Correspondence vol. 5), CD mentioned the ‘ …
To Gardeners’ Chronicle [before 10 January 1852]
Summary
Asks readers of Gardeners’ Chronicle whether they have experience with light wire rope instead of chain in drawing water buckets from deep wells. Describes the problem of his own well with its 325 foot chain.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Gardeners’ Chronicle |
| Date: | [before 10 Jan 1852] |
| Classmark: | Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, no. 2, 10 January 1852, p. 22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1470 |
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- … To Gardeners’ Chronicle [before 10 January 1852] …
- … Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , no. 2, 10 January 1852, p. 22 …
- … Charles Robert Darwin unstated [before 10 Jan 1852] Gardeners’ Chronicle …
- … appeared in the next issue, no. 3, 17 January 1852, p. 38: ‘ Wire Rope (see p. 22). — I …
Holland, Henry. 1852. Chapters on mental physiology. London.
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- … Holland, Henry. 1852. Chapters on mental physiology. London. 7,19 …
Richard, Adolphe. 1852. Essai sur l’anatomie philosophique et l’interprétation de quelques anomolies musculaires du membre thoracique dans l’espèce humaine. [Read 26 January 1852.] Annales des sciences naturelles (zoologie) 3d ser. 18: 5–20.
Schmarda, Ludwig Karl. 1852. Zur Naturgeschichte der Adria. I: Bonellia viridis. Denkschriften der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse (1852) part 2: 117–40.
Tulasne, Louis René. 1852. Monographia Podostemacearum. Paris.
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- … Tulasne, Louis René. 1852. Monographia Podostemacearum. Paris. 6 …
Marshall, A. M. (1852–93)
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- … Arthur Milnes Marshall 1852–93 Zoologist and embryologist. …
To J. D. Dana 10 October [1853]
Summary
Thanks JDD for copy of his Crustacea [1852–5]
and D. D. Owen’s Report [of a geological survey of Wisconsin, etc. (1852)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Dwight Dana |
| Date: | 10 Oct [1853] |
| Classmark: | Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (Dana Family Papers (MS 164) Series 1, Box 2, folder 43) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1534 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Thanks JDD for copy of his Crustacea [1852–5] and D. D. …
- … Owen’s Report [ of a geological survey of Wisconsin, etc. (1852)]. …
- … illustrations of fossils in D. D. Owen 1852 were ‘particularly fine for the period’ ( …
- … Milford. 1928–95. Owen, David Dale. 1852. Report of a geological survey of Wisconsin, …
- … D. D. Owen 1852 . The copy sent to CD by Dana is now in the library of the Department of …
- … this volume from Dana, CD had borrowed Dana 1852 –3, which includes Dana 1853 , from John …
To Henry Norton Shaw, Secretary, Royal Geographical Society 17 May [1852]
Summary
Asks for catalogue and latest number of the Journal [of the Royal Geographical Society].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Norton Shaw; Royal Geographical Society |
| Date: | 17 May [1852] |
| Classmark: | Royal Geographical Society |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1482 |
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mimicry in Commentary
Beauty and the seed
Summary
One of the real pleasures afforded in reading Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the discovery of areas of research on which he never published, but which interested him deeply. We can gain many insights about Darwin’s research methods by following these …
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- … Müller, a German naturalist who had emigrated to Brazil in 1852, and who had begun to correspond …
