From J. B. Innes 4 September [1863]
Summary
Explains "Duke Darwinii" reference [in 4283].
Family news.
Writes of Scottish immorality and pious talk.
| Author: | John Brodie Innes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Sept [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 167: 12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4290 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … from J. B. Innes, 29 August [1863] , and letter to J. B. Innes, 1 September [1863] . …
- … Innes, 29 August [1863] , and letter to J. B. Innes, 1 September [1863] . The reference …
- … the reference to the letter to J. B. Innes, 1 September [1863] . See letter to J. B. …
- … Innes, 1 September [1863] . See letter from J. B. …
- … to J. B. Innes, 1 September [1863] and n. 9. See letter to J. B. …
- … 1863. In 1864, Alexander Monro was appointed medical superintendent of the new establishment, which was formally opened in August 1865. See Metcalfe 1906 , pp. 158–64, and Douglas 1934 , pp. 347–8. See letter …
- … 1863] and n. 6. The reference is to John Smith . Smith lived at Down Court, Down, Kent; he apparently also owned and let Down Hall, which was nearby, beside the parish church (Census returns 1861 (Public Record Office, RG9/462: 78), Post Office directory of the six home counties 1862). For some time before his removal to Milton Brodie, near Forres, Scotland, in 1862, Innes had been looking for a suitable property in Down to use as a parsonage (see Correspondence vol. 8, letters …
From J. B. Innes 17 December [1863]
Summary
Suggests a new school for CD’s son [Horace].
| Author: | John Brodie Innes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Dec [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 167: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4357 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … education with the Reverend George Varenne Reed in January 1863 (see letter from G. V. …
- … Innes presumably refers to his letter to CD of 4 September [1863] , which was apparently …
- … this letter and the letter to J. B. Innes, 1 September [1863] . CD underwent treatment …
- … this letter. See letter to J. B. Innes, 1 September [1863] and n. 3. The reference is …
- … 1863) . Horace resumed his studies with Reed in April 1864 (CD’s classed account books (Down House MS)). See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter …
To J. B. Innes 1 September [1863]
Summary
Family and local news, and memories of old times.
CD’s youngest son, Horace, is too delicate to go to school.
CD has had a bad summer, is still ill, can do very little work – "Botany … is all that I am good for".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Brodie Innes |
| Date: | 1 Sept [1863] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4287 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Malvern Wells (see letter to William Darwin Fox, 4 [September 1863] ). Horace Darwin had …
- … from J. B. Innes, 29 August [1863] . See letters from J. B. Innes, 29 August [1863] …
- … on 3 September 1863 (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) and letter to W. D. Fox, 4 [ …
- … J. B. Innes, 1 May [1862] ). See letter from J. B. Innes, 29 August [1863] and n. 9. …
- … See letter from J. B. Innes, 29 August [1863] . The references are to Eliza Mary and …
- … to December 1862 (see letter to G. V. Reed, 12 January 1863 and n. 1). On Horace’s …
- … 1863 (kentarchaeology.org.uk, accessed 10 May 2016). John Smith himself survived until 1873. See letter …
- … 1863, p. 8). CD had been fond of shooting game-birds in his youth (see Correspondence vol. 1 and Autobiography , pp. 54–5). Tartar had apparently been left with the Darwin family, along with Innes’s son’s dog Quiz, when Innes moved to Scotland in 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter …
From John Brodie Innes 29 August [1863]
Summary
Duke of Argyll has been dubbed "Duke Darwinii" by papers.
Large number of toads have been found in railway cuttings; wishes a scientific observer had taken pains to explain where they came from.
Comments on Scottish schools and on the morals of the adult poor.
| Author: | John Brodie Innes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Aug [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 167: 11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4283 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … families ). In April and May 1863, Cumming sent letters to the Elgin Courier and the …
- … this letter and the letter to J. B. Innes, 1 September [1863] . Thomas Sellwood Stephens …
- … of August (see letter from J. B. Innes, 4 September [1863] and n. 3). Although the …
- … was not ill (see letter from J. B. Innes, 4 September [1863] ). Innes also refers to …
- … 1863) and to the botanist and geologist George Gordon ( R. Desmond 1994 ). No correspondence between CD and Innes on this subject has been found. The reference is to the Church of Scotland, a state establishment, and one of the three churches which formed the main divisions of Scottish presbyterianism (Cameron et al. 1993). Eliza Mary Brodie Innes . Innes refers to Isabella Stuart Swan (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter …
To J. B. Innes 22 December [1862]
Summary
Family and local news.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Brodie Innes |
| Date: | 22 Dec [1862] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3872 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … the letter from Henrietta Emma to William Erasmus Darwin , dated [22 February 1863], in …
- … and The Times , 20 February 1863, p. 11). See letter from J. B. Innes, 16 December [ …
- … 1863 attracted local notoriety when convicted of smoking in a first-class railway carriage (see letter …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter from G. V. Reed, 12 January 1863 , and Notes on Horace …
- … letter from Charles Pritchard, 17 June [1862] ). During his convalescence he was tutored by George Varenne Reed , and returned to school in January 1863 ( …
From J. B. Innes 16 December [1862]
Summary
News of family and friends.
Saw a white rabbit with black-tipped ears on a moor where only brown ones commonly and black ones occasionally dwell.
| Author: | John Brodie Innes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Dec [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 167: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3863 |
From J. B. Innes 7 May 1875
Summary
Writes about a white rabbit which is turning fawn-coloured,
and about Scottish education.
| Author: | John Brodie Innes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 167: 32 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9973 |
From John Brodie Innes to Emma Darwin 16 January [1864]
Summary
Urges Emma to bring CD to hydropathic establishment at Forres.
| Author: | John Brodie Innes |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Jan [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 167: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4387 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … of Innes’s and had written letters in April and May 1863 to the Elgin Courier and the …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. T. Austen, 3 June 1863 ). The bank had been …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. B. Innes, 4 September [1863] . George Dollond …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. B. Innes, 29 August [1863] ). The story was …
- … letter from J. B. Innes, 2 January [1862] ). Innes then became priest in charge of Milton Brodie Mission and chaplain to the bishop of Moray; he continued to be the non-resident incumbent of Down until 1869 ( Crockford’s clerical directory 1894, Freeman 1978 ). Innes refers to the Cluny Hill hydropathic establishment near Forres, Morayshire. Building started in 1863, …
From J. B. Innes to Emma Darwin 23 January [1864]
Summary
Family affairs.
Mrs Innes’ brother-in-law has died.
| Author: | John Brodie Innes |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Jan [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 167: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4395 |
| letter | (9) |
| Innes, J. B. | (7) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Innes, J. B. | (2) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (2) |
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
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- … Towards the end of 1862, Darwin resolved to build a small hothouse at Down House, for …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants …
Thomas Rivers
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Rivers and Darwin exchanged around 30 letters, most in 1863 when Darwin was hard at work on the manuscript of Variation of plants and animals under domestication, the lengthy and detailed sequel to Origin of species. Rivers, an experienced plant breeder…
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- … The Project was contacted by the owner of an important Darwin letter that contains a rare instance …
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book …
'An Appeal' against animal cruelty
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The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The pamphlet, which protested against the cruelty of steel vermin…
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- … The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma …
Dining at Down House
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's Domestic Life While Darwin is best remembered for his scientific accomplishments, he greatly valued and was strongly influenced by his domestic life. Darwin's…
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- … Sources | Discussion Questions | Experiment Dining, Digestion, and Darwin's …
Science, Work and Manliness
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Discussion Questions|Letters In 1859, popular didactic writer William Landels published the first edition of what proved to be one of his best-selling works, How Men Are Made. "It is by work, work, work" he told his middle class audience, …
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- … Discussion Questions | Letters In 1859, popular didactic writer William Landels …
Darwin as mentor
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Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both sexes. Selected letters Letter 2234 - Darwin to Unidentified, [5 March 1858] Darwin advises that Professor C. P. Smyth’s observations are not…
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- … Darwin provided advice, encouragement and praise to his fellow scientific 'labourers' of both …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were …
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … Re: Design – performance version – 25 March 2007 – 1 Re: Design – Adaptation of the …
Darwin's health
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On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker from Great Malvern in Worcestershire, where Dr James Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to…
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- … On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … In 1865, the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of The variation of animals and …
Referencing women’s work
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Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
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- … Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but …
Inheritance
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It was crucial to Darwin’s theories of species change that naturally occurring variations could be inherited. But at the time when he wrote Origin, he had no explanation for how inheritance worked – it was just obvious that it did. Darwin’s attempt to…
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- … 'Hypotheses may often be of service to science, when they involve a certain portion of …
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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- … Friendship | Mentors | Class | Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … As the sheer volume of his correspondence indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year for …
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
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This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…
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- … This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific …
Climbing Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A monograph by which to work After the publication of On the Origin of Species, Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in…
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- … Sources | Discussion Questions | Experiment A monograph by which to work …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and …
