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DCP-LETT-2498F

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Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2498F

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Thiel, Hugo. [1868?] Ueber einige Formen der landwirtschaftlichen Genossenschaften. [Offprint from unknown journal, pp. 132–45]. Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL.

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  • … Genossenschaften. [Offprint from unknown journal, pp. 132–45]. Darwin Pamphlet Collection– …

Jagt, John W. M. 1994. Nogmaals Joseph de Bosquet enzijncirrips. Naturhistorisch (Maandblad) 83 : 142–4.

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  • … Naturhistorisch (Maandblad) 83 : 142–4. From corrigenda. Source otherwise unknown. 6 …

To G. H. Darwin   12 July 1879

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CD thinks nothing had better be done about the deeds at present.

Henrietta thinks Erasmus Darwin almost too dull to publish.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  12 July 1879
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 87; unknown
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12149

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  • … DAR 210.1: 87; unknown Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 July 1879 George Howard Darwin …
  • … catalogued and its current location is unknown. George had sent Reginald Darwin several …

Colenso, William. 1843. An account of some enormous fossil bones, of an unknown species of the class Aves, lately discovered in New Zealand. Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science 2: 81–107.

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  • … of some enormous fossil bones, of an unknown species of the class Aves, lately discovered …

To Stephen Paul Engleheart?   [April 1867?]

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Asks for a note about sling for Leonard’s arm, as he is about to leave for school.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Stephen Paul Engleheart
Date:  [Apr 1867?]
Classmark:  Provenance unknown
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5385

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  • … Provenance unknown Charles Robert Darwin Down [Apr 1867? ] Stephen Paul Engleheart …

To ?   12 April 1874

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Thanks an unknown correspondent for the 4th edition of his 'remarkable work'.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Unidentified
Date:  12 Apr 1874
Classmark:  Enns Entomology Museum, University of Missouri
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9405F

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  • … Thanks an unknown correspondent for the 4th edition of his 'remarkable work'. …

Crabbe, E. T. (fl. 1880s)

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  • … George Crabbe. Offered CD a manuscript of an unknown poem, Materialism , by Erasmus Darwin …

To G. B. A. Duchenne   about 10 March [1871]

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Asks permission to copy plates from GBAD’s work [Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine (1862)] to illustrate Expression.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne
Date:  about 10 Mar [1871]
Classmark:  DAR 96: 103–8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7566

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  • … The date is in CD’s hand. The French part of the draft is in two unknown hands. …

To ?   26 June [1877]

Summary

Asks for a copy [of an unknown item] to be sent to Down.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Unidentified
Date:  26 June [1877]
Classmark:  John Wilson (dealer) (5 May 2008)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11016F

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  • … Asks for a copy [of an unknown item] to be sent to Down. …

To G. H. Darwin   24 August [1881]

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The General Post Office sent one penny in response to GHD’s complaint, and demanded a receipt, which CD has sent. CD will keep the penny.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  24 Aug [1881]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 106
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13295

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  • … The year is established by ‘81’ being written after the date in an unknown hand. …

From Albert Gaudry   22 May 1867

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Sends a notice on a reptile intermediate between true Triassic reptiles and Devonian fishes ["Sur le reptile (Actinodon)", C. R. Hebd. Acad. Sci. 63 (1866): 341–4].

Expresses his admiration for CD, and his growing sense that transformation of species is probable, though he does not share CD’s explanation of the cause. He avoids the question, since he lacks requisite knowledge and is convinced that there are causes of which God alone knows the secret.

Author:  Albert-Jean (Albert) Gaudry
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 May 1867
Classmark:  DAR 165: 15
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5546

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  • … to come there will be splendid work— I also agree how much unknown in Embryology & causes …
  • … of each variation—utterly unknown [ after del illeg — | My book in French | I am aware …
  • … to come there will be splendid work— I also agree how much unknown in Embryology & causes …
  • … of each variation—utterly unknown [ after del illeg ]— | My book in French | I am aware …

To W. A. Leighton   4 December [1862]

Summary

Apologises for the trouble he has caused over his enquiries about strawberries. Describes the problems he and Emma have had with Verbascum.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Allport Leighton
Date:  4 Dec [1862]
Classmark:  Unknown dealer
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3633F

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  • Unknown dealer Charles Robert Darwin 4 Dec [1862] Down William Allport Leighton …

From W. D. Fox   25 October [1872]

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Has not seen CD for about 25 years. Has heard an absurd story that CD and Emma are exploring an unknown part of America.

Author:  William Darwin Fox
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 Oct [1872]
Classmark:  DAR 164: 196
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8577

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  • … Has heard an absurd story that CD and Emma are exploring an unknown part of America. …
  • … M rs Darwin are at the present time in an unknown part of America somewhere by the Yellow …

To W. E. Darwin   15 [October 1858]

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Writes to WED about his living arrangements at Christ’s College; reminisces about his own Cambridge days.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  15 [Oct 1858]
Classmark:  Provenance unknown
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2341

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  • … Provenance unknown Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 [Oct 1858] William Erasmus Darwin …

To ?   18 July 1881

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Asks what to do with [unspecified] receipt.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Unidentified
Date:  18 July 1881
Classmark:  DAR 202: 94
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13248

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  • … correspondent in Brazil, Fritz Müller ; however, the context of this letter is unknown. …

To J. D. Hooker   10 February [1875]

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Is provoked by trouble he is having writing Insectivorous plants.

Curious case of an unknown form of Glaucium in earth covered with slag for 1400 years.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  10 Feb [1875]
Classmark:  DAR 95: 374–6
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9850

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  • … Insectivorous plants . Curious case of an unknown form of Glaucium in earth covered with …
  • … producing many plants of a Glaucium of an unknown form—ie var or species. — This sounds …

To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   24 October [1878]

Summary

Wants some plants for sleep-movement observations. Has almost finished experimental work and must start sorting his notes.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  24 Oct [1878]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 150–2)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11727

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  • … Caracus wigandia. Notes on the list in an unknown hand indicate that only C. album and A. …
  • … in 1880. Siegesbeckia flexuosa is an unknown combination (‘Siegesbeckia’ is a misspelling …

To George Maw   31 August [1861]

Summary

Would welcome any facts on correlation, or GM’s criticisms. Explains how natural selection could produce apparent correlation of characters, but feels GM’s Pelargonium example must arise from the leaves and petals being similarly affected at an early stage by an unknown cause.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Maw
Date:  31 Aug [1861]
Classmark:  Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (MAW/1/7)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3239

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  • … from the leaves and petals being similarly affected at an early stage by an unknown cause. …
  • … period & being similarly affected by some unknown cause. — Cases of old or injured females …
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Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex

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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…

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  • … turn, to a great influx of unsolicited letters from persons unknown to Darwin, offering additional …