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List of correspondents

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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent.    "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…

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  • … (1) Caird, James (9) Caldcleugh, Alexander …
  • … (3) Canestrini, Giovanni (9) Canfield, C. A. …
  • … (1) Caton, J. D. (9) Cattell, John …
  • … (6) Claus, C. F. (9) Clendon, George, Jr …
  • … (1) Conway, M. D. (9) Conybeare, J. C. …
  • … (3) Dareste, Camille (9) Darwin family …
  • … (1) Darwin, C. M. C. (9) Darwin, C. R. …
  • … (1) Darwin, Elizabeth (9) Darwin, Emma …

Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year

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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…

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  • … bad & have done pretty well’ ( letter to Horace Darwin, 9 January [1874] ). Horace came …

Darwin in letters, 1880: Sensitivity and worms

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‘My heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of…

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  • … Ernst Krause, 7 June 1879 , and letter to Ernst Krause, 9 June [1879] ). The final text of the …
  • … inflated to an elephant’ ( letter from Ernst Krause, 9 December 1880 ). Again, Darwin felt …
  • … the success of our efforts’ ( letter to A. B. Buckley, 9 November 1880 ). He worked with Huxley on …
  • … about their party quarrels’ ( letter to James Torbitt, 9 May 1880 ). Politicians grew concerned …