From F. S. B. F. de Chaumont 31 January 1873
Summary
Sends a paper on evolution by his friend J. D. MacDonald ["Distribution of Invertebrata", Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 21 (1872–3): 218–23] for CD’s perusal before dispatching it to the Royal Society.
| Author: | Francis Stephen Bennet François de Chaumont |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Jan 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 138 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8753 |
From Thomas Meehan 3 March 1873
Summary
Although he believes in evolution, TM feels that natural selection is an inadequate cause;
nor is he satisfied with E. D. Cope’s law of acceleration and retardation.
Discusses some of his work relating to nutrition and sex and colour and sex.
| Author: | Thomas Meehan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Mar 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 109 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8796 |
From Arthur Mostyn-Owen 21 May 1873
Summary
Offers to exchange a water-colour portrait of CD, done, he believes, by Fanny Biddulph, for a copy of Descent.
There has been a decrease of game-birds in the area.
| Author: | Arthur Mostyn Owen |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 May 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8917 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … E. Darwin, 4 December [1825], and letter from Fanny Owen, [26 October 1828] ). In 1832, she recalled her painting turret at Woodhouse, and the fun that she and CD had there (see ibid. , letter from Fanny Owen, 1 March 1832 ). Mostyn-Owen probably refers to the portrait of CD that appeared in the Illustrated London News , 11 …
From Francis Darwin 14 August [1873]
Summary
Has found Lathyrus maritima on the cliffs near Barmouth.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Aug [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 26 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9009F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1870. The student’s flora of the British Islands. London: Macmillan. Randall, R. E. 1977. The past and present status and distribution of sea pea, Lathyrus japonicus Willd. , in the British Isles. Watsonia 11: …
Document type
| letter | (4) |
Author
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| François de Chaumont, F. S. B. | (1) |
| Meehan, Thomas | (1) |
| Mostyn Owen, Arthur | (1) |
