Trenn, Thaddeus J. 1974. Charles Darwin, fossil cirripedes, and Robert Fitch: presenting sixteen hitherto unpublished Darwin letters of 1849 to 1851. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 118: 471–91.
To W. J. Hooker [c. February 1849]
Summary
Thanks WJH for information on J. D. Hooker’s progress.
J. D. Hooker promised a copy of his Galapagos paper. Can WJH forward one to the Athenaeum?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Jackson Hooker |
| Date: | [c. Feb 1849] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspondence English letters A–J 1849, 27: 155) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1218 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Directors’ Correspondence English letters A–J 1849, 27: 155) Charles Robert Darwin Down [ …
- … Archipelago’ ( J. D. Hooker 1846b ). See also letter to J. D. Hooker, 28 March 1849 . …
- … October 1848 (see second letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 February 1849 ). Parcels appear to …
- … letter to Maria Hooker, [17 December 1848] . J. D. Hooker 1845a and 1846b . Hooker had read these two papers on Galápagos flora to the Linnean Society in 1845 and 1846. Although they were not published in the Transactions until 1851, printed texts were available in 1849. …
To J. G. Forchhammer 12 November [1849]
Summary
Encloses a letter to be forwarded to Sven Lovén, asking for a specimen of a remarkable cirripede. Still anxious to receive JGF’s specimens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johan Georg Forchhammer |
| Date: | 12 Nov [1849] |
| Classmark: | University of Copenhagen, Mineralogical Museum Archives |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1268 |
To M. E. Lyell [24 October 1849]
Summary
Asks MEL to translate page of paper by Sven Lovén ["Ny art af Cirripedia", Ofvers. K. Vetensk. Acad. Forh. Stockholm 1 (1844): 192–4]. CD is "dreadfully interested" in the barnacles [Alepas squalicola] described.
Hopes Charles Lyell’s "craters of Denudation" prosper.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Mary Elizabeth Horner; Mary Elizabeth Lyell |
| Date: | [24 Oct 1849] |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 332 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1266 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … of Lovén’s paper ( Lovén 1844 ) in his letter to Albany Hancock, 29 September [1849] . …
- … See letter to Sven Lovén, 12 November 1849 . Hugh Miller’ …
- … The Wednesday before the letter to Albany Hancock, [29 or 30 October 1849] , in which CD …
- … Foot-prints of the creator ( Miller 1849 ). See letter to Swale and Wilson, [on or before …
To Abraham Clapham [29 October 1847?]
Summary
Accepts AC’s offer to conduct hybridisation experiments, and offers suggestions.
Sends book [Journal of researches, 2d ed. (1845)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Abraham Clapham |
| Date: | [29 Oct 1847?] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.47) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1137 |
To James Dwight Dana 9 September [1851]
Summary
Thanks him for letter and Balanus specimen.
Acasta is curious; may be a new genus.
Is sending copy [of Fossil Cirripedia 1]. Correcting proofs [of Living Cirripedia 1].
Mentions comment by Hermann Abich on JDD’s chapters on the Sandwich Islands [in Geology (1849)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Dwight Dana |
| Date: | 9 Sept [1851] |
| Classmark: | Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (Dana Family Papers (MS 164) Series 1, Box 2, folder 43) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1453 |
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- … December 1849] , and letter to J. D. Dana, 5 December [1849] , for CD’s comments on Dana’ …
- … See Correspondence vol. 4, letters to Charles Lyell , 4 December [1849] and [7? …
- … letter and Balanus specimen. Acasta is curious; may be a new genus. Is sending copy [of Fossil Cirripedia 1]. Correcting proofs [of Living Cirripedia 1]. Mentions comment by Hermann Abich on JDD’s chapters on the Sandwich Islands [in Geology (1849)]. …
- … letter from John Gwyn Jeffreys, 7 September 1851 . Living Cirripedia (1851) . See n. 1, above. CD presented copies of Fossil Cirripedia (1851) and Living Cirripedia (1851) to Dana, Augustus Addison Gould , and Louis Agassiz in the United States (MS attached to CD’s copy of Living Cirripedia (1854) , Cambridge University Library). Otto Hermann Wilhelm Abich , professor of mineralogy at Dorpat University. Dana 1849 . …
To Robert Fitch 6 January [1850]
Summary
Asks to borrow some more cirripede specimens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Fitch |
| Date: | 6 Jan [1850] |
| Classmark: | Norwich Castle |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1288 |
To Emily Harriet Stanhope 9 August [1849]
Summary
Accepts EHS’s invitation for Thursday.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emily Harriet Kerrison, Lady Mahon, Countess Stanhope, Lady Stanhope; Emily Harriet Stanhope, Lady Mahon, Countess Stanhope, Lady Stanhope |
| Date: | 9 Aug [1849] |
| Classmark: | Kent History and Library Centre (U1590 C481/18) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1249F |
Mineka, Francis E. and Lindley, Dwight N., eds. 1972. The later letters of John Stuart Mill, 1849–1873. Vol. 15 of The collected works of John Stuart Mill, edited by F. E. L. Priestley and J. M. Robson. 33 vols. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1963–91.
To Albany Hancock [26 January – March 1850]
Summary
Discusses mollusc specimens and related notes sent to AH. Thanks him for cirripede specimens. Discusses various cirripede species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Albany Hancock |
| Date: | [26 Jan – Mar 1850] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1311 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Ibla and Scalpellum . Anelasma squalicola (see letter to Sven Lovén, 12 November 1849 ). …
- … 7 April 1850] ). See letter to Albany Hancock, 29 September [1849] , in which CD offered …
- … Darwin Library–CUL. See letter to Albany Hancock, 25 December [1849] . This cirripede was …
- … 496, 512, 518–20). See CD’s letters to Albany Hancock , 29 September [1849] and [29 …
- … 1849] . CD was convinced that Lithotrya burrowed by mechanical means. See Living Cirripedia (1851): 344–8. Hancock thought it inhabited pre-existing cavities because the basal cup was not fitted for burrowing ( A. Hancock 1849b , p. 313, and Living Cirripedia (1851): 346 n. ). CD finally concluded that Verruca excavated using a solvent ( Living Cirripedia (1854): 512–18). Goodsir 1843 . See also letters …
To Charles Lyell [1 November 1849]
Summary
Discusses CL’s refutation of CD’s concept of "craters of elevation" and CL’s new concept of "craters of denudation". Mentions examples of such craters. Admits that his own concept of these craters was unsatisfactory. Urges CL to publish article ["On craters of denudation", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 6 (1850): 207–34].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [1 Nov 1849] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.83) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1264 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 16 November 1849. See letter to Charles Lyell, [18 November 1849] , n. 5, for an account …
- … de Beaumont. See also letter to Charles Lyell, [2 September 1849] . The translation of …
- … a pencil endorsement on the letter, ‘6 ? 8 Nov 1849’, but since CD did not attend another …
- … Lovén 1844 . See letter to M. E. Lyell, [24 October 1849] . Probably for the council …
[Newman, Edward.] 1849. The letters of Rusticus on the natural history of Godalming. London: John van Voorst.
To Richard Owen [January – 23 March 1850]
Summary
CD regrets the trouble RO has had about C. G. Ehrenberg’s parcel.
He is reading On the nature of limbs [1849] with uncommon interest and admires the way Owen worked out the toes.
Also has read On parthenogenesis [1849] with great interest.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Owen |
| Date: | [Jan – 23 Mar 1850] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1231 |
To Robert Fitch [28 January 1850]
Summary
Thanks him for cirripede specimens. Discusses RF’s collection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Fitch |
| Date: | [28 Jan 1850] |
| Classmark: | Norwich Castle |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1298 |
To J. F. W. Herschel 13 June [1849]
Summary
Thanks JFWH for the trouble he has taken to correct printing error in "Geology".
Discusses Dr Gully’s water-cure.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Frederick William Herschel, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 13 June [1849] |
| Classmark: | The Royal Society (HS6: 16) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1246 |
To Robert Fitch 15 January [1850]
Summary
Discusses fossil cirripede specimens from RF’s collection. Comments on problems of describing their valves.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Fitch |
| Date: | 15 Jan [1850] |
| Classmark: | Norwich Castle |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1291 |
To H. E. Strickland 10 February [1849]
Summary
HES’s letter will fructify to some extent: CD will try to be more faithful to rigid virtue and priority. Would not adopt his own notion in cirripede book without prior approval by others. Will not append "Darwin" to any of his species. Feels sure many others share his aversion.
Asks HES’s opinion on retention of generic name Conchoderma.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hugh Edwin Strickland |
| Date: | 10 Feb [1849] |
| Classmark: | Museum of Zoology Archives, University of Cambridge (Strickland Papers) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1225 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … to H. E. Strickland, [4 February 1849] , case A; and letter from H. E. Strickland, 8 …
- … universally adopted. See letter from H. E. Strickland, 15 February 1849 . Agassiz 1842– …
- … of C. auritum . See letter to H. E. Strickland, 29 January [1849] , n. 5. Lorenz Oken’s …
- … 1813–25 , 3(i): 362. See letter from H. E. Strickland, 15 February 1849 and n. 4. Lepas …
To J. S. Bowerbank 19 January [1850]
Summary
Describes result of his dissection of one of JSB’s cirripede specimens, "now a hundred fold more instructive". Awaits fossils from Copenhagen Chalk for comparison with British specimens. Asks permission for J. de C. Sowerby to draw specimens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Scott Bowerbank |
| Date: | 19 Jan [1850] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1294 |
To Robert Fitch [5 February 1850]
Summary
Asks permission to clean specimen. Describes research on cirripedes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Fitch |
| Date: | [5 Feb 1850] |
| Classmark: | Norwich Castle |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1301 |
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Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
Summary
Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … Species theory In November 1845, Charles Darwin wrote to his friend and confidant Joseph …
