From [?] [?]
Summary
Hybrid fish.
| Author: | Unidentified |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.7: 283–4 (Letters) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13860 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … DAR 205.7: 283–4 (Letters) Unidentified unstated [? ] Charles Robert Darwin …
To [?] [?]
Summary
Last page of a letter with a P.S. "I am getting together a few points to investigate".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [?] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (18 December 1995) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13864G |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Last page of a letter with a P.S. "I am getting together a few points to investigate". …
To ? [?]
Summary
[Signature cut from a letter; the reverse contains the words "you must … that I know nothing of your private".]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [?] |
| Classmark: | Eric Korn (dealer) (no date) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13864H |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Signature cut from a letter; the reverse contains the words "you must … that I know …
From [?] [?]
Summary
"but most of them [verily?] Christened by myself they may be indulged with a"
| Author: | Unidentified |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [?] |
| Classmark: | DAR (CD Library-Eschwege 1832) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13861 |
From [?] [?]
Summary
[Fragmentary strip.] Discusses pigeons, Australia, Regents Park.
| Author: | Unidentified |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [?] |
| Classmark: | DAR (CD Library - Volz 1852) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13862 |
From Mary Congreve 27 October [1821]
Summary
Writes about London plays; wishes CD had been of the party.
| Author: | Mary Congreve |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Oct [1821] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 186 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1 |
To Dear Friend 1 January 1822
Summary
Erasmus Alvey Darwin has rheumatism; his sisters complain of his bad temper but CD thinks him very good tempered. CD has received a new cabinet. [This is the first of six entries written in a "Memorandum book" comprising four sheets folded into a gather and sewn together in book form. The entries are in the style of letters addressed to an unnamed friend and are dated between 1 and 12 January 1822, shortly before CD’s thirteenth birthday. As they were written straight into the memorandum book, it is clear that they were never sent through the post, but were either to an imaginary recipient, or intended to be read by someone in the household, possibly CD’s youngest sister, Emily Catherine Darwin (Catherine).]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Friend |
| Date: | 1 Jan 1822 |
| Classmark: | DAR 271/1/1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … samples (see Correspondence vol. 1, letter from E. A. Darwin, 14 November 1822 ). …
- … book form. The entries are in the style of letters addressed to an unnamed friend and are …
- … book form. The entries are in the style of letters addressed to an unnamed friend and are …
- … as Catherine; see this volume, Supplement, letters to Dear Friend, 2 January 1822 , n. 3, …
- … absence of any reference to her in the letters is best explained by her being the intended …
- … home on holiday during the period when the letters were written. The school year comprised …
To Dear Friend 2 January 1822
Summary
Erasmus Alvey Darwin is good tempered and their sisters have "not abused at all". Hopes the recipient will help "in looking out and washing the fossils out of the plate closet".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Friend |
| Date: | 2 Jan 1822 |
| Classmark: | DAR 271/1/1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1G |
Matches: 7 hits
- … can conveniently, I hope you received yesterdays letter— I remain, you know what A PUg , …
- … Catherine, and his brother, Erasmus (see Correspondence vol. 1, letters from E. A. …
- … October 1822] and [10 January 1825] , and letter from E. C. Darwin, [ c. June 1823]). …
- … was used by Erasmus to store scientific books (see ibid. , letter from E. A. Darwin, [8 …
- … affectionate pug’; see this volume, Supplement, letter to Dear Friend, 12 January 1822 . …
- … been identified. See this volume, Supplement, letter to Dear Friend, 1 January 1822 , n. …
- … 1. See this volume, Supplement, letter to Dear Friend, 1 January 1822 and n. 2. CD had …
To Dear Friend 3 January 1822
Summary
"Monseur Beodoes" is inquisitive and impertinent; Mr Bayly "was formerly a devlish boor". Asks who his sisters have been talking about.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Friend |
| Date: | 3 Jan 1822 |
| Classmark: | DAR 271/1/1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1H |
To Dear Friend 4 January 1822
Summary
Caroline disapproves of his not washing.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Friend |
| Date: | 4 Jan 1822 |
| Classmark: | DAR 271/1/1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1K |
Matches: 5 hits
- … burst ] w[ith] a nose as big as your fist January the 2, 1822 The second letter today …
- … see Oldham 1952 , p. 155. Erasmus Alvey Darwin . Since this letter appears in the …
- … book immediately after the letter to Dear Friend, 4 January 1822 (this volume, …
- … identified. See this volume, Supplement, letter to Dear Friend, 1 January 1822 , n. 1. CD …
- … p. 22, and this volume, Supplement, letter to Dear Friend, 1 January 1822 , n. 1). …
To Dear Friend 4 January 1822
Summary
Likes Mariane who is very good to Miss Jones; CD bought cakes in town while Mariane visited Miss Jones; he was embarrassed to be shown into her bedroom when he returned. Miss Clare has had an accident.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Friend |
| Date: | 4 Jan 1822 |
| Classmark: | DAR 271/1/1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1J |
Matches: 4 hits
- … a friend of the family (see Correspondence vol. 1, letter from Caroline and Susan …
- … Darwin, 2 [January 1826], and letter from Catherine Darwin, 15 January [1826] ). …
- … identified. See this volume, Supplement, letter to Dear Friend, 1 January 1822 , n. 1. CD …
- … Mrs O. Jones ( Correspondence vol. 1, letter from Susan Darwin, [27 March 1826] ). …
To Dear Friend 12 January 1822
Summary
Was joined by Colonel Burgh Leighton when walking in the quarry. Plans to make caves next summer to store "warlike instruments" and "relicks". Sketches a design for a signalling device. May go with his father to visit the Earl of Powys at Walcot; visited Mrs and Miss Reynolds and William Pemberton Cludde.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Friend |
| Date: | 12 Jan 1822 |
| Classmark: | DAR 271.1.1: 6v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1M |
From Erasmus Alvey Darwin 25 [October 1822]
Summary
Has found a shop with supplies of chemical equipment, and a mineral collector.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 [Oct 1822] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2 |
From E. A. Darwin 14 November 1822
Summary
EAD wants changes made and shelves built to improve the laboratory at the Mount [Darwin residence]; sends drawings and will bring chemical instruments, a book, and his record of experiments done in his chemistry course.
He has now been matriculated.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Nov 1822 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … laboratory expenses. On the cover of the letter, perhaps in CD’s hand, is written: 5. 2. 6 …
From E. A. Darwin 8 December 1822
Summary
Suggestions for laboratory equipment. Will buy some mineral specimens. Describes experiments he has seen.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Dec 1822 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4 |
From E. A. Darwin 5 [March 1823]
Summary
More suggestions for the laboratory, including some experiments.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 [Mar 1823] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … E Darwin P.S. The first page of your letter was very well written so I give you a [tick] …
From E. A. Darwin 18 May 1823
Summary
Discusses plans for CD to visit Cambridge.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 May 1823 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … approved of, you must in your answer to this letter in close a ten pound note to frank me …
From Emily Catherine Darwin [c. June 1823]
Summary
Writes, while visiting the Wedgwoods at Maer and Parkfields, to thank CD for his "entertaining letter".
She misses him and the laboratory.
Asks "how Mineralogy, Botany, Chemistry and Entomology go on".
| Author: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. June 1823] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Parkfields, to thank CD for his "entertaining letter". She misses him and the laboratory. …
- … Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta Litchfield. 2 …
- … which was planned for early July 1823 (see letter from E. A. Darwin, 18 May 1823 ), and …
- … my box and find your very entertaining letter till after they were gone. — I am very much …
- … so like to hear from you. — Of Course you will burn this letter the moment you have read …
- … it—and if you show this letter to any body I will never write to you any more— I am very …
From John Wood Warter 23 December 1824
Summary
Warns CD against idleness.
Suggests readings in Xenophon and Horace.
Quotes Oliver Goldsmith to correct CD’s pronunciation of "sloth".
| Author: | John Wood Warter |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Dec 1824 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 188 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … A. Darwin at school. John Price , in a letter of reminiscences to Francis Darwin , says …
From E. A. Darwin [10 January 1825]
Summary
Saw a mineral salesman, but he had nothing CD does not already have.
EAD has a piece of petrified sponge and some curious coal that John Price pulled out of his fire.
Griffith’s Animal kingdom [Griffith, Edward, et al. 1827–35. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, … with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed. 16 vols. London] just being published. He is sure CD would like it.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [10 Jan 1825] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9 |
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Correspondents in Commentary
John Murray
Summary
Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…
Matches: 20 hits
- … end of 1845, Darwin was not happy with Colburn’s terms ( Letter 856 ). Instead he asked his friend …
- … John Murray, to open negotiations with his own publisher ( Letter 824 ). Lyell’s talk with Murray …
- … have transacted the business with me’ (27 August [1845] Letter 908 ). Thus began the business …
- … copies some pages in Darwin’s chapter were transposed ( Letter 1244 ). Darwin was anxious lest an …
- … & make the poor workman some present’ (12 June [1849] Letter 1245 ). Darwin’s next …
- … his ‘big species book’; on 18 June 1858, he received a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace with the …
- … asked Lyell to act as his intermediary with John Murray ( Letter 2437 ), who, without even reading …
- … not repent of having undertaken it’ (15 October [1859] Letter 2506 ). Murray decided on a retail …
- … proud at the appearance of my child’ ([3 November 1859] Letter 2514 ). In the event, all Murray’s …
- … – and a second edition was immediately called for ( Letter 2549 ). In the end Murray paid Darwin …
- … (Variation ), but work progressed slowly ( Letter 3078 ); meanwhile in 1862 Murray published On …
- … Murray only offered Darwin half profits for this title ( Letter 3261 ); it was never a best-seller …
- … ‘I fear it can never pay’ (3 January [1867] Letter 5346 ). In the end Murray decided to print …
- … to Brazil, the beginning of a life-long correspondence ( Letter 4881 ). Subsequently Darwin …
- … the risk himself. Murray suggested printing 750 copies ( Letter 6597 ), but Darwin decided on 1000 …
- … fail, I think, to be much read’ (28 September [1870] Letter 7329 ). Murray decided to print 2500 …
- … hope to Heaven book will sell well’ (12 January [1871] Letter 7438 ). A second printing was …
- … America, of St George Mivart‘s Genesis of species ( Letter 7907 ) ; this was Darwin’s …
- … By November of that year, fourteen copies had been sold ( Letter 8044 ). Meanwhile, Darwin was …
- … Darwin chose to print the photographic illustrations ( Letter 7773 ), proved to be expensive ( …
St George Jackson Mivart
Summary
In the second half of 1874, Darwin’s peace was disturbed by an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review suggesting that his son George was opposed to the institution of marriage and in favour of ‘unrestrained licentiousness’. Darwin suspected, correctly,…
Matches: 19 hits
- … it for publication in the next issue of the Quarterly ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 29 July 1874 …
- … kind of thing Murray would be likely to wish to circulate ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] …
- … them explicitly, he might be thought to endorse them ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 ). …
- … of encouraging licentiousness. A postscript to Darwin’s letter, which may belong to another letter, …
- … on board Darwin’s comments and sent a fair copy of his letter with his letter of 6 [August] 1874 …
- … of words having been used in a Pickwickian sense’ ( letter to John Murray, 18 October 1874 ). In …
- … Huxley’s protégé, and Huxley’s reaction was savage ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [6 December 1874] ). …
- … have Mivart admit his authorship of the attack on George ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1874 …
- … unjustifiably attacked a friend of mine.’ ( Enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 …
- … , felt to be due to Mr Darwin. For when I read his letter in August, I certainly felt that he …
- … Archives) Huxley did not share this letter with Darwin but wrote to him, ‘he not …
- … he is not devoid of all the instincts of a gentleman’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 23 December 1874 …
- … of London.) Mivart swiftly replied to Huxley’s letter : again, Darwin did not see this. …
- … Confidential Dear Huxley, I thank you for your letter of yesterday’s date as also for …
- … in my own name. The way however, in which you take my letter makes it necessary for me, in …
- … delayed through no fault of mine. Thus, as I said in my letter, I did not feel in August as I have …
- … This was the misunderstanding I dreaded & to which my last letter referred. As to the …
- … to Mr Darwin Senior because, from his expression in the last letter I received from him, I thought …
- … Archives) ‘Expression in the last letter’ probably refers to Darwin’s letter to …
Thomas Burgess
Summary
As well as its complement of sailors, the Beagle also carried a Royal Marine sergeant and seven marines, one of whom was Thomas Burgess. When the Beagle set sail he was twenty one, having been born in October 1810 to Israel and Hannah Burgess of Lancashire…
Matches: 4 hits
- … probably never thought about him again until he opened a letter from him in March 1875 . It was …
- … Orme sr in 1860 (TNA RG11/3490/34/13). In his second letter Burgess explained that he had never …
- … a copy of one. Darwin complied and Burgess sent a third letter expressing his thanks for the …
- … friend ‘who Doubted Some of my Assertions’. Presumably a letter and photograph were not sufficient …
Edward Lumb
Summary
Edward Lumb was born in Yorkshire. According to the memoirs of his daughter Anne, Lady Macdonell, he travelled to Buenos Aires aged sixteen with his merchant uncle, Charles Poynton, and after some fortunate enterprises set up in business there. In 1833…
Matches: 3 hits
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Summary
The 1400 letters exchanged between Darwin and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) account for around 10% of Darwin’s surviving correspondence and provide a structure within which all the other letters can be explored. They are a connecting thread that spans…
Matches: 8 hits
- … to discuss his emerging ideas. In perhaps his most famous letter of all , Darwin wrote to Hooker …
- … When Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) sent Darwin a letter in 1858 outlining an almost identical …
- … of the writer, in particular anxiety or agitation (as in the letter about the death of baby Charles …
- … “It is miserable in me” Darwin wrote in his second letter “to care at all about priority”. …
- … and just write gossip . There is a good example in a letter in which Darwin speculates that a lady …
- … made fun of Darwin’s appearance: he addressed one letter to his “ Glorified Friend ” after …
- … of one of Hooker’s sons interrupted the writing of one letter, and Darwin teased him for …
- … friend, the Harvard botanist Asa Gray (see for example letter 3395 ); Darwin’s views were chiefly …
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
Summary
George Eliot was the pen name of celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She was born on the outskirts of Nuneaton in Warwickshire and was educated at boarding schools from the age of five until she was 16. Her education ended when she…
Matches: 3 hits
- … visitors (23 March 1873; Emma described his visit in a letter to Fanny Allen, [26 March 1873], DAR …
- … it too hot and left before the manifestations started ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] …
- … (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) and Charles Darwin’s letter to Francis Darwin, [1 May 1876] ). …
Virginia Isitt: Darwin’s secretary?
Summary
In an undated and incomplete draft letter to a “Miss I.”, Emma Darwin appears to be arranging for Miss I. to come to Down for a trial period as a secretary. When the letter first came to light, no one had heard of the mysterious “Miss I.” and, as far as we…
Matches: 5 hits
- … I have received from my niece your letter to her (in which you say you wd like to undertake the …
- … Mr D[arwin]. In an undated and incomplete draft letter to a “Miss I.”, Emma Darwin …
- … that a formal post was even considered. The letter (editorial expansions in square …
- … the evening w. us but I hope you will A second letter in the Darwin Archive–CUL (DAR …
- … secretary. The niece that Emma mentions in her draft letter to Miss Isitt was probably Julia …
Bartholomew James Sulivan
Summary
On Christmas Day 1866, Bartholomew Sulivan sat down to write a typically long and chatty letter to his old friend, Charles Darwin, commiserating on shared ill-health, glorying in the achievements of their children, offering to collect plant specimens, and…
Florence Caroline Dixie
Summary
On October 29th 1880, Lady Florence Dixie wrote a letter to Charles Darwin from her home in the Scottish Borders; “Whilst reading the other day your very interesting account of A Naturalist’s Voyage round the world,” she said, “I came across a passage…of…
Matches: 1 hits
- … On October 29th 1880, Lady Florence Dixie wrote a letter to Charles Darwin from her home in the …
Henrietta Huxley
Summary
A colourful and insightful exchange occurred in 1865 in a light-hearted conversation between Darwin and Henrietta Huxley, the wife of Darwin’s friend and colleague, Thomas Henry Huxley. Like her husband, Henrietta was a close friend and great champion of…
Matches: 1 hits
- … “—I agree with the Bishop of Oxford”. ( see the letter ) Here, Henrietta makes reference to …
Adam Sedgwick
Summary
One of the early leaders of geology in Britain, Adam Sedgwick was born in the Yorkshire village of Dent in 1785. Attending Trinity College Cambridge, he was ordained as clergyman and in 1818 was appointed to the Woodwardian Chair of Geology, which offered…
Matches: 1 hits
- … and 'set him up wonderfully', as he told Henslow in a letter , 'Tell Prof: …
George Robert Waterhouse
Summary
George Waterhouse was born on 6 March 1810 in Somers Town, North London. His father was a solicitor’s clerk and an amateur lepidopterist. George was educated from 1821-24 at Koekelberg near Brussels. On his return he worked for a time as an apprentice to…
Matches: 1 hits
- … to their ‘ descent from common stock’ in a letter of 1843 . In the same year, Darwin …
George Busk
Summary
After the Beagle voyage, Darwin’s collection of bryozoans disappears from the records until the material was sent, in 1852, for study by George Busk, one of the foremost workers on the group of his day. In 1863, on the way down to Malvern Wells, Darwin had…
Matches: 1 hits
- … for their ostracism by Charles and Lady Lyell ( letter from J. D. Hooker [2 June 1865] ). …
Syms Covington
Summary
When Charles Darwin embarked on the Beagle voyage in 1831, Syms Covington was ‘fiddler & boy to Poop-cabin’. Covington kept an illustrated journal of his observations and experiences on the voyage, noting wildlife, landscapes, buildings and people and,…
John Lort Stokes
Summary
John Lort Stokes, naval officer, was Charles Darwin’s cabinmate on the Beagle voyage – not always an enviable position. After Darwin’s death, Stokes penned a description of their evenings spent working at the large table at the centre, Stokes at his…
Hermann Müller
Summary
Hermann (Heinrich Ludwig Hermann) Müller, was born in Mühlberg near Erfurt in 1829. He was the younger brother of Fritz Müller (1822–97). Following the completion of his secondary education at Erfurt in 1848, he studied natural sciences at Halle and Berlin…
Charles Lyell
Summary
As an author, friend and correspondent, Charles Lyell played a crucial role in shaping Darwin's scientific life. Born to a wealthy gentry family in Scotland in 1797, Lyell had a classical and legal education but by the 1820s had become entranced by…
Matches: 1 hits
- … record.) Darwin told Lyell of his species work in a letter of 1838, but shared the details of …
Jane Gray
Summary
Jane Loring Gray, the daughter of a Boston lawyer, married the Harvard botanist Asa Gray in 1848 and evidence suggests that she took an active interest in the scientific pursuits of her husband and his friends. Although she is only known to have…
Matches: 7 hits
- … botanists such as George Bentham and Francis Boott. In one letter Bentham reported to her on the …
- … of ‘about 40 ladies and a few gentlemen’ (letter to Jane Gray from George Bentham, 10 March …
- … sending him observations about the behaviour of her dog (letter from J. L. Gray, 14 February 1870 …
- … of Darwin’s current research preoccupations. In their letter to Darwin from Egypt, Jane Gray wrote: …
- … The other women only the up & down wrinkles— (letter from Asa Gray and J. L. Gray, 8 …
- … whilst I have won, hurrah, hurrah, 2795 games. (letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876 ) …
- … boys and for the gift of pincushions sent back with them (letter from Emma Darwin to Jane Gray, 28 …
Frank Chance
Summary
The Darwin archive not only contains letters, manuscript material, photographs, books and articles but also all sorts of small, dry specimens, mostly enclosed with letters. Many of these enclosures have become separated from the letters or lost altogether,…
Matches: 6 hits
- … pigeon-fancier W. B. Tegetmeier, 25 April [1871] . In his letter Chance is responding to the …
- … from my hair & another from my beard & whiskers. (Letter from Frank Chance, [before …
- … was given to personal adornments’), CD annotated the letter with what was probably a draft of the …
- … hair could not be found. However, while footnoting a second letter from Chance in 1873, a discovery …
- … in the winter but has actually turned \quite white\ (Letter from Frank Chance, 31 July–7 …
- … case that CD had observed on 13 May 1871. William’s letter of 5 June 1871 reported the forest …
John Lubbock
Summary
John Lubbock was eight years old when the Darwins moved into the neighbouring property of Down House, Down, Kent; the total of one hundred and seventy surviving letters he went on to exchange with Darwin is a large number considering that the two men lived…
