From W. E. Darwin [before 18 June 1874]
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 18 June 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 137; Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 154) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9201 |
From Leonard Darwin to W. de W. Abney [before 27 June 1874]
Summary
Asks for proportion of water and of nitrogen in various ammonium salts.
[WWA’s replies are with the letter.]
Author: | Leonard Darwin |
Addressee: | William de Wiveleslie Abney |
Date: | [before 27 June 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 147 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9202 |
From Thomas Aitken [c. 25 June 1874]
Summary
Reports that Pinguicula is found in north of Scotland. Gives local names and uses. None of his patients, who are from all parts of Scotland, has heard of the use of Pinguicula to curdle milk.
Author: | Thomas Aitken |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [c. 25 June 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 150–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9204 |
From W. J. L. Wharton [15 September 1874 or later]
Author: | William James Lloyd Wharton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [15 Sept 1874 or later] |
Classmark: | DAR 69: A67–70 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9205 |
From H. H. Howorth [27 January 1874]
Summary
Sends paper ["Strictures on Darwinism, pt 2", J. Anthropol. Inst. 3 (1874): 208–28].
Refers to articles in the Art Journal on changes in English countenance since the Tudor period.
Author: | Henry Hoyle Howorth |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [27 Jan 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 279 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9210 |
From G. H. Darwin [24 October 1874 or later]
Summary
Discusses the conduction of heat in crystals and fibrous bodies.
Author: | unknown |
Addressee: | unknown |
Date: | |
Classmark: | DAR 58.2: 54 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9211 |
From J. D. Hooker [1874?]
Author: | unknown |
Addressee: | unknown |
Date: | |
Classmark: | DAR 58.2: 96 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9212 |
From J. S. B. Sanderson [1874]
Summary
Note on the chemical composition of teeth.
Author: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 58.2: 58 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9214 |
To T. L. Brunton [1874–5?]
Summary
Comments on behaviour of babies.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
Date: | [1874–5?] |
Classmark: | DAR 143 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9215 |
To ? [1874–5?]
Summary
Although he formed a high opinion of one of the correspondent’s papers, regrets that he could not presume to give an opinion of the merits of a candidate in chemistry.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | [1874–5?] |
Classmark: | DAR 97: C40 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9217 |
To Francis Darwin [17 September 1874]
Summary
Asks FD to come early to write from dictation.
Thanks Amy for her drawing of Utricularia montana.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [17 Sept 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.3: 12 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9218 |
To William Ogle [4 December 1874, 10 December 1875, 17 December 1875, or 12 January 1877]
Summary
Invites WO to lunch.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Ogle |
Date: | [4 Dec] 1874 or [10 or 17] Dec 1875 or [12 Jan] 1877 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.460) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9219 |
To G. H. Ford [before 4 April 1874]
Summary
Regrets that a cut [for Descent] does not do justice to TWW’s original drawing and if it cannot be improved then CD will have to omit it. [Refers to fig. 60 in Descent (1874).]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Henry Ford |
Date: | [before 4 Apr 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 97: C41 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9220 |
To G. H. Darwin 12 [December 1874 or January 1875?]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 12 [Dec 1874 - Jan 1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 43 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9221 |
To ? 1 January 1874
Summary
CD sends thanks for the honour conferred by his election as an honorary member, though ill health may prevent his taking advantage of the privileges granted.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 1 Jan 1874 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9222 |
To Fritz Müller 1 January 1874
Summary
Thanks for two pamphlets.
Sends Thomas Belt’s [The naturalist in Nicaragua (1874)], "the best Nat. Hist. book of travels ever published".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 1 Jan 1874 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 36) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9223 |
To ? 3 January 1874
Summary
Has no objection to having his name appear as honorary member of [unidentified] club.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 3 Jan 1874 |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9224 |
From E. P. T. Houk 3 January 1874
Summary
Sends paper she read before AAAS, but which was not accepted for Proceedings.
Author: | Eliza Phillips Thruston Houk |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Jan 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 272 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9225 |
From B. J. Sulivan 5 January 1874
Summary
Mentions family news;
sends a little magazine [missing] dealing with South American mission and showing "what teaching and the gospel of Christ is doing for those poor Natives".
Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Jan 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 299 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9226 |
To James Crichton-Browne 5 January 1874
Summary
Requests help for George Darwin’s investigation of marriages of first cousins. Seeks to determine proportion of first-cousin offspring among the insane, deaf and dumb, blind, etc.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | James Crichton-Browne |
Date: | 5 Jan 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 143: 347 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9227 |
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