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To Charles Edward and Mary Kingford Mudie 10 December [1842–5 or 1855–68]

Summary

Declines invitation.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Edward Mudie; Mary Kingsford Pawling; Mary Kingsford Mudie
Date:	10 Dec [1842-5 or 1855-68]
Classmark:	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Charles E. Mudie Collection, 1816–1897: Correspondence, B29)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-13828

Matches: 20 hits

… To Charles Edward and Mary Kingford Mudie 10 December [1842–5 or 1855–68] …
… Down Bromley Kent Dec. 10 th . M r Darwin presents his compliments to M r & M rs . …
… E. Mudie Collection, 1816–1897: Correspondence, B29) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Dec …
… 1842 10 Dec …
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… 1867 10 Dec 1868 Charles Edward Mudie Mary Kingsford Pawling/Mary Kingsford Mudie …

To G. R. Waterhouse 10 [June 1844 – March 1845]

Summary

Invites GRW and his family to visit.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	George Robert Waterhouse
Date:	10 [June 1844 - Mar 1845]
Classmark:	Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-13852

Matches: 12 hits

… To G. R. Waterhouse 10 [June 1844 – March 1845] …
… Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 June …
… 1844 10 July …
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… 1845 10 Mar 1845 George Robert Waterhouse …
… Down Bromley Kent 10 th My dear Waterhouse We shall be truly glad to see M rs . …

To W. W. Baxter? 10 November [1872–4]

Summary

Would greatly prefer an enema with a shorter nozzle but with a somewhat larger diameter.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Walmisley Baxter
Date:	10 Nov [1872-4]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-13774

Matches: 5 hits

… To W. W. Baxter? 10 November [1872–4] …
… American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 November …
… 1872 10 November …
… 1873 10 November 1874 William Walmisley Baxter …
… Down. Nov 10 th Dear Sir I am sorry to cause you trouble, but I sh d . greatly prefer an …

To J. D. Hooker 13 January [1863]

Summary

Acquired characteristics.

Huxley’s lectures: good on induction, bad on sterility, obscure on geology.

Asa Gray on slavery.

Falconer’s partial conversion.

Alphonse de Candolle on Origin.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:	13 Jan [1863]
Classmark:	DAR 115: 179
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-3913

Matches: 23 hits

… See also ibid. , letter to J. D. Hooker, [10–]12 November [1862] . Hooker and Bentham …
… had been suffering from depression and ill-health (see Correspondence vols. 9 and 10). …
… Huxley 1863a . See letter to T. H. Huxley, 10 [January 1863] , and letter from J. D. …
… 1761–6 ). See letter to T. H. Huxley, 10 [January 1863] , and Correspondence vol. …
… 10, Appendix VI. T. H. Huxley 1863a , pp. 29–52. CD refers particularly to pages 39–41, …
… 18 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10). T. H. Huxley 1863a , pp. 153–6. While …
… 1862a and 1862b. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Alphonse de Candolle, 18 …
… letter and n. 7. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [ …
… 24 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD enclosed a ‘memorandum of enquiry’ for …
… of 3 November [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD enclosed a list of the seeds he wanted …
… I see I can buy Pitcher plants for only 10 s . 6! But the job is whether we shall be able …
… D. Hooker, [12 January 1863] , and letter to T. H. Huxley, 10 [January 1863] and n. 4. …
… Gray, 29 December 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10). In Asa Gray’s letter, CD marked some of …
… in the bud (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Asa Gray, 29 December 1862 ). In …
… adding differences’ (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. D. Hooker, 26 November …
… a homogeneous form. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter to Asa Gray, 26[–7] November [ …
… 29 December 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10), is incomplete; Gray’s statement concerning …
… 29 December 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10), is incomplete; the portion containing Gray’s …
… trans. 1862). See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. D. Hooker, [21 December …
… February 1849 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1862] , …
… and Mimosa in 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10). CD was keen to obtain fresh flowers of …
… this orchid genus, see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Scott, 11 November 1862 , …
… in medallions. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. D. Hooker, [27 or 28 …

To T. H. Farrer 10 April 1874

Summary

Delighted to hear about Coronilla. Urges publication ["Fertilisation of papilionaceous flowers– Coronilla", Nature 10 (1874): 169–70].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:	10 Apr 1874
Classmark:	Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/22)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-9400

Matches: 6 hits

… To T. H. Farrer 10 April 1874 …
… Fertilisation of papilionaceous flowers– Coronilla ", Nature 10 (1874): 169–70]. …
… LS Ms 299/22) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Apr 1874 Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and …
… Down, | Beckenham, Kent. Ap. 10 1874 My dear Farrer I am delighted to hear about …
… See letter from T. H. Farrer, [before 10 April 1874] and n. 2. Farrer published a short …
… CD refers to Francis Darwin . See letter from T. H. Farrer, [before 10 April 1874] . …

To Asa Gray 2 January [1863]

Summary

Thanks AG for Cypripedium and Mitchella.

Plans to investigate pollination of Cypripedium.

Has finished Linum paper [Collected papers 2: 93–105].

Would welcome facts on "bud-variations".

Hears that Cinchona is dimorphic.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Asa Gray
Date:	2 Jan [1863]
Classmark:	Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (56)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-3897

Matches: 23 hits

… 1862 and 9 December 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10). CD reported feeling unwell in …
… late December 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. D. Hooker, [21 December …
… him very uncomf—’. See Correspondence vol. 10, letters from Asa Gray , 24 November 1862 …
… steamer Africa (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Asa Gray, 9 December 1862 , and …
… of 15 July [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10). CD’s experimental notes on M. repens , made …
… the previous year (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to Asa Gray, 6 November [1862] ). …
… pp. 274–5. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Asa Gray, 17 November 1862 , letter …
… December 1861] , and Correspondence vol. 10, letter to Asa Gray, 15 March [1862] ). His …
… of the Rubiaceae (see Correspondence vol. 10, letters to G. H. K. Thwaites, 15 June [ …
… Dana, 4 December 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10). In 1859, James Dwight Dana had suffered …
… stamps for Leonard’s collection (see, for example, Correspondence vol. 10, letter to …
… Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] , and letter from Asa Gray, 2–3 July 1862 ). …
… of 24 November 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10) had been sent using a ‘peculiar stamp … for …
… in October 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix II), he had twice asked Gray about …
… been cultivated (see Correspondence vol. 10, letters to Asa Gray , 23 November [1862] and …
… of 29 December 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10), which CD received later in January. CD …
… 25 November 1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), and the annotated articles on strawberries …
… December 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix II), soliciting examples from several …
… Falconer (see Correspondence vols. 9 and 10). Joseph Dalton Hooker had been working on …
… 1861] and n. 4, and Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 August …
… D. Hooker 1862d ). See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. D. Hooker, [21 December …
… Francis Boott (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Asa Gray, 24 November 1862 ). …
… at Down House (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1862] ). …

To Fritz Müller 9 December [1865]

Summary

Has forwarded FM’s MS to Max Schultze, but did not read it.

Movement of stem apex in Linum.

Haeckel’s paper on reproduction in certain Medusae.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
Date:	9 Dec [1865]
Classmark:	The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 4)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-4949

Matches: 12 hits

… The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 4) Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Dec [1865] Johann …
… received your interesting letter of Oct. 10 th . with its new facts on branch-tendrils. …
… to Rosa Müller . See letter from Fritz Müller, 10 October 1865 and n. 12. Haeckel 1865b …
… the relationship between this letter and the letter from Fritz Müller, 10 October 1865 . …
… See letter from Fritz Müller, 10 October 1865 and n. …
… 10. CD added the information …
… tendrils contained in Müller’s letter of 10 October 1865 to the paper he sent to the …
… from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] and n. 1. Müller had sent CD …
… 1866 ). See letter from Fritz Müller, 10 October 1865 and nn. 6 and 7. CD’s letter to …
… to send a copy directly to CD (see letter from Fritz Müller, 10 October 1865 and n. 8). …
… In his letter to CD of 10 October 1865 , Müller had discussed the problem of explaining, …
… no mineral component. In his letter of 10 October 1865 , Müller had requested the original …

To Daniel Oliver [c. 10 June 1864]

Summary

Asks DO to draw diagram of Lythrum on board at Linnean Society for reference during the reading of CD’s paper.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Daniel Oliver
Date:	[c. 10 June 1864]
Classmark:	DAR 261.10: 61 (EH 88206044)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-4532

Matches: 6 hits

… To Daniel Oliver [ c. 10 June 1864] …
… DAR 261.10: 61 (EH 88206044) Charles Robert Darwin Down [c. 10 June 1864] Daniel Oliver …
… 2–3 August 1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10). The sketch is in DAR 185: 70. CD enclosed …
… sketch in his letter to Asa Gray, [3–]4 September [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10). …
… good hand at Diagrams; & I believe in 5 or 10 minutes you could copy a diagram in chalk on …
… enclosed with the letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 June [1864] . CD’s paper ‘Three forms of …

To Thomas Henry Huxley 10 [January 1863]

Summary

CD overwhelmed by THH’s praise.

Agrees with his reservations about species theory but not wholly about sterility and gives his reasons for differing.

On Natural History Review, Hugh Falconer, and R. Owen.

Has written a review [Collected papers 2: 87–92] of H. W. Bates’s paper ["Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon valley", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 23 (1862): 495–566].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:	10 [Jan 1863]
Classmark:	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 183)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-3852

Matches: 14 hits

… To Thomas Henry Huxley 10 [January 1863] …
… Archives (Huxley 5: 183) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 [Jan 1863] Thomas Henry Huxley …
… to T. H. Huxley, 28 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10; see nn. 3 and 7, below). …
… CD wrote ‘Dec. ’ in error. Between 10 November and 15 December 1862, Huxley delivered six …
… Down Bromley Kent Dec. 10 th My dear Huxley You will be weary of notes from me about the …
… for April 1863. See Correspondence vol. 10, letter from John Lubbock, 15 December 1862 , …
… to CD of 2 December 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10); for CD’s comments, see Correspondence …
… vol. 10, letters to T. H. Huxley, 7 December [1862] , 18 December [1862] , and 28 …
… Marginalia 1: 425). See Correspondence vol. 10, letter to T. H. Huxley, 28 December [ …
… Huxley 1863a , pp. 146–50, and Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix VI). Letter to T. H. …
… Huxley, 28 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10). CD and Huxley had been debating the …
… since January 1860 (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix VI). See also n. 6, above. …
… 28 December [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD wrote: ‘To get the degree of sterility …
… January 1860 (see Correspondence vols. 8–10, Appendix II). The domestic breeds that CD …

To Fritz Müller [before 10 December 1866]

Summary

Hildebrand’s paper on trimorphism in Oxalis ["Über den Trimorphismus in der Gattung Oxalis", Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1866): 352–74].

Problems of explaining brightly coloured, attractive seeds.

Haeckel has visited Down.

FM’s climbing plants paper is printed [J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 9 (1867): 344–9].

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
Date:	[before 10 Dec 1866]
Classmark:	The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 10)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-5261

Matches: 9 hits

… To Fritz Müller [before 10 December 1866] …
… The British Library (Loan MS 10 …
… no 10) Charles Robert …
… Darwin Down [before 10 Dec 1866] Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller …
… letter and the letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1866] (see nn. 6 and 7, below). See …
… letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] ). See letter to Linnean …
… attractive pulp. I soaked one of the seeds for 10 hours, in warm water which became only …
… pavonina ) with his letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1866] . CD recorded the trial …
… of the experiment in his letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1866] . CD had referred to …

To William Bowman 10 March [1863]

Summary

Will send portion of copied manuscript [of Variation 2: 8–10] for WB to examine. Asks about inherited abnormalities of the eye.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Bowman, 1st baronet
Date:	10 Mar [1863]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-5030

Matches: 5 hits

… To William Bowman 10 March [1863] …
… Society (Mss.B.D25. ) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Mar [1863] William Bowman, 1st baronet …
… of copied manuscript [of Variation 2: 8–10] for WB to examine. Asks about inherited …
… Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E. March 10 th My dear M r . Bowman I thank you heartily for …
… imperfections of the eye in Variation 2: 8–10. There is no specific mention of inherited …

To ? 10 July [1872–3]

Summary

Sends publication details of Coral reefs, which he thinks is now only available in Geology of the ‘Beagle’: Geological observations on coral reefs, volcanic islands, and on South America.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Unidentified
Date:	10 July [1872-3]
Classmark:	Stuart Lutz Historic Documents (dealer) (January 2020)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-8404F

Matches: 4 hits

… To ? 10 July [1872–3] …
… Stuart Lutz Historic Documents (dealer) (January 2020) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 July …
… 1872 10 July 1873 Unidentified …
… Down, | Beckenham, Kent. July 10 Dear Sir I have much pleasure in informing you that the …

To T. H. Huxley 10 December [1875]

Summary

Is coming to London. Will call on THH.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:	10 Dec [1875]
Classmark:	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 325)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-10292

Matches: 5 hits

… To T. H. Huxley 10 December [1875] …
… 5: 325) Charles Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 2 10 Dec [1875] Thomas Henry Huxley …
… 2. Bryanston St. | Portman Sqr Dec. 10 th My dear Huxley We have come up for a ten days …
… see you in the morning. May I come about 10 o clock next Sunday & my wife with me, if she …
… Henrietta Emma Litchfield in London from 10 to 20 December 1875 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …

To W. W. Bailey 10 December [1877]

Summary

"Many thanks for the specimens which will be very useful whenever a new Edition is required."

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	William Whitman Bailey
Date:	10 Dec [1877]
Classmark:	The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Manuscripts and Archives Division. (Alfred Williams Anthony collection: box 7, folder 10)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11274

Matches: 4 hits

… To W. W. Bailey 10 December [1877] …
… whenever a new Edition is required. C. Darwin Down, Beckenham, Kent | Dec. 10 th — …
… Archives Division. (Alfred Williams Anthony collection: box 7, folder 10) Charles Robert …
… Darwin Down 10 Dec [1877] William Whitman Bailey …

To Joseph Fayrer [after 10 January 1881]

Summary

Letter of introduction for Montagu Lubbock.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
Date:	[after 10 Jan 1881]
Classmark:	DAR 202: 109v
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-13001

Matches: 4 hits

… To Joseph Fayrer [after 10 January 1881] …
… DAR 202: 109v Charles Robert Darwin [Down] [after 10 Jan 1881] Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet …
… and the letter from Montagu Lubbock, 10 January 1881 . Montagu Lubbock , the younger …
… Cross Hospital, London (see letter from Montagu Lubbock, 10 January 1881 and n. 1). …

To Richard Kippist 10 January [1870 or 1871]

Summary

Is sending some books for the Linnean Society Library.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Richard Kippist; Linnean Society
Date:	10 Jan [1870-1]
Classmark:	Linnean Society of London
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-7434

Matches: 4 hits

… To Richard Kippist 10 January [1870 or 1871] …
… Linnean Society of London Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Jan …
… 1870 10 Jan 1871 Richard Kippist Linnean Society …
… Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E. Jan. 10 th My dear Sir I have duplicate copies of some …

To T. H. Farrer 10 January 1882

Summary

Requests that THF forward an enclosure if he thinks it proper. James Torbitt’s blunder in using the pollen of a diseased variety accounts for the bad varieties raised last year.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:	10 Jan 1882
Classmark:	Surrey History Centre (T. H. Farrer papers 9609/4/1/16 (part) by permission of Emma Corke)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-13608A

Matches: 5 hits

… To T. H. Farrer 10 January 1882 …
… of Emma Corke) Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Jan 1882 Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and …
… been found, but see the letter to James Torbitt, 10 January 1882 and n. 2. James Caird had …
… in March 1881 (see Correspondence vol. 29, letter from James Torbitt, 10 March 1881 ). …
… Down Beckenham Jan. 10 th 1882 My dear Farrer. — I have just received the enclosed & I …

To J. D. Hooker 10 October [1855]

Summary

Sick of seed-salting.

Reading Candolle with great interest.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:	10 Oct [1855]
Classmark:	DAR 114: 151
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-1763

Matches: 6 hits

… To J. D. Hooker 10 October [1855] …
… DAR 114: 151 Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Oct [1855] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
… Down Bromley Kent Oct r . 10 th . My dear Hooker I am glad to hear from M rs . Hooker that …
… for the seeds for salting received about 10 or 14 days ago from Kew; but I am sick of the …
… See letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 August [1855] , n. 4. After his appointment as assistant …
… determined to soak them in salt-water for 10 days to see if they continue to float, & then …

To J. D. Hooker 10 June [1864]

Summary

CD has proved common oxlip to be a hybrid of cowslip and primrose.

Reviewing literature on climbing plants, CD finds he has much new material.

W. H. Harvey claims evidence of saltation in a dandelion.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:	10 June [1864]
Classmark:	DAR 115: 238a–c
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-4525

Matches: 9 hits

… To J. D. Hooker 10 June [1864] …
… DAR 115: 238a–c Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 June [1864] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
… letter from John Scott, 8 June 1864 and n. 10. Thomas Thomson . See letter from J. D. …
… Down House MS) records a gift of £25 to Scott on 10 June 1864. CD enclosed the cheque in a …
… to Scott that has not been found. See second letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] . …
… Down June 10 th . My dear old Hooker I cannot help again thanking you most heartily about …
… Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 10 (1869): 437–54. ‘Three forms of Lythrum …
… 16 June 1864. See letter to Daniel Oliver , [ c. 10 June 1864]. CD had embarked in 1862 on …
… the same species (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 3 December [1862] and …

To Henry Willett 26 March [1873]

Summary

CD subscribes an additional £10.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Henry Willett
Date:	26 Mar [1873]
Classmark:	American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-8251

Matches: 4 hits

… CD subscribes an additional £10. …
… Dear Sir I enclose a cheque for an additional 10£ for the Wealden Exploration Fund & which …
… and a further £10 on 26 March 1873 (CD’s Classed account books (Down House MS)). A report …
… for funds in April 1872 ( [Willett] 1878 , pp. 5–6); CD contributed £10 on 20 July 1872 …

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Reading my roommate’s illustrious ancestor: To T. H. Huxley, 10 June 1868

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My roommate at Harvard College was Tom Baum, now a Hollywood screenwriter. Tom’s full name is Thomas Henle Baum, his middle name a reference to a German physician ancestor for whom the ‘Loop of Henle’ in the kidney had been named. Other than this iconic…

Matches: 1 hits

… catch my interest. And as I did so, my eyes fell on a 10 June 1868 Darwin letter to Huxley in which …

Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments

Summary

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…

Matches: 8 hits

… given it up by early July ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 July 1865] ). In July, he …
… finished hearing it read aloud ( letter to Fritz Müller, 10 August [1865] ). Over the next few …
… ( see letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] ; since it is impossible …
… similarly coloured varieties (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November …
… ‘industry & ability’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [10 March 1865] ). Scott took these …
… of transmutation to humans (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from J. H. Balfour, 14 January …
… ( Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, 10 June 1863 ). However, probably …
… Cresy, 7 September [1865] , and letter from Edward Cresy, 10 September 1865 ). Francis and …

Cross and self fertilisation

Summary

The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…

Matches: 6 hits

… self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a …
… of the young plants is highly remarkable’ ( To Asa Gray, 10 September [1866] ). By early December, …
… great measure my further working’ ( From Hermann Müller, 10 June 1873 ). Darwin, in turn, had …
… had ‘begun to prepare for press observations continued for 10 years on the effects of crossing …
… 12 November 1876 ). The book was published on 10 November 1876. Within days, Darwin received …
… of rye and wheat that he had studied ( From A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of …

The Lyell–Lubbock dispute

Summary

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…

Matches: 3 hits

… had tried, indirectly, to influence him. He told Hooker: 10 Do see Falconer & …
… , and letter to Charles Lyell, 18 April [1863 ]. 10. Correspondence vol. 11, …
… 19. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 May 1865 and n. 10. 20. See the second enclosure …

Darwin’s queries on expression

Summary

When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…

Matches: 3 hits

… Bowker, J.H. [10 Dec 1867] [Cape of Good Hope (South …
… Gray, Asa 10 & 14 March [1871] Cambridge, …
… Weale, J.P.M. [10 Dec 1867] Bedford, Cape of Good …

Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers

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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…

Matches: 5 hits

… within the family, Henrietta explained to Stephen on 10 January , hoping that he did not think …
… investigate aggregation. He explained to Fritz Müller on 10 September why he had embarked on …
… to the general stock of knowledge’ ( letter to E. W. Bok, 10 May 1881 ). Josef Popper, an expert …
… to R. F. Cooke, 5 October 1881 ). The publication date was 10 October, but by 7 October Darwin …
… of soil, while his brother James Geikie told Darwin on 10 October that no one would ‘any longer …

Schools Gallery: Using Darwin’s letters in the classroom

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English| History| Science English Pupils in Cumbria lead the way Year 9 English pupils at Ulverston Victoria High School spent several weeks studying Darwin’s letters, including comparing sections from Darwin’s ‘Voyage of the Beagle’ to letters…

Matches: 3 hits

… Letter 1174 - Charles Darwin to Joseph Dalton Hooker, 10 May 1848 …
… ideas Using a ‘pass the bomb’ technique, Year 10 History pupils at Bideford College in …
… Science Roast beef and urine Year 10 pupils at Hitchin Girls School were …

Darwin's notes for his physician, 1865

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On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher who had studied medicine in London and Paris in the early 1840s, visited Down to consult with Darwin about his ill health. In 1863 Chapman started to treat…

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… (see letter from Charles and Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, [10 July 1865]). Darwin’s condition …
… D. Fox, 8 December [1863]). In his letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 [November 1863] ( Correspondence …

Henrietta Darwin's diary

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Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…

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… now in the balance & I can laugh & talk & settle Bradshaw 10 etc etc just as …
… me so. If I cannot be a good wife I have indeed neglected my 10 talents. 11 July 5th. …
… all the world to me to see him smile to hear his voice 10 years on how will it be when we are 50 …
… . 9 Richard Buckley Litchfield . 10 Bradshaw’s railway guide . …

Was Darwin an ecologist?

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One of the most fascinating aspects of Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the extent to which the experiments he performed at his home in Down, in the English county of Kent, seem to prefigure modern scientific work in ecology.

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… to me.— Charles Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1866] . The ‘hard …

Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life

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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…

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… however, continued to be raised in various ways. On 10 January, Charles O’Shaughnessy , an Irish …
… them to such extent?’ enthused Hermann Hoffmann on 10 January , while on 23 June, Auguste Forel …
… of plant digestion further, had already reported on 10 January that he had confirmed the ‘more …
… Caroline home, they had experienced a further calamity. On 10 May, William suffered serious …
… mentioned his oldest daughter Annie, who died at the age of 10 in 1851, but William, who was 11 …

Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest

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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…

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… of coffee to two cups a day, since coffee, with the ‘10 drops of Muriatic acid twice a day (with …
… the chemistry go on better’ ( letter from H. B. Jones, 10 February [1866] ). Darwin began …
… you are in for it’ ( letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c . 10 May 1866] ). Henrietta’s letter …
… know how to begin’ ( letter to Fritz Müller, [before 10 December 1866] ). The intrusion of …
… other German states and Austria in June and July. Writing on 10 May from Württemberg, one of the …

Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'

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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…

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… in nature ( letter from Charles Lyell, 1–2 May 1856, n. 10 ). He was surprised that no naturalist …
… eaten have grown well.’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1856] ). His faith in his …

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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… (see Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] ). In the same letter …
… had been published in 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10). He sent a copy to Asa Gray to review in …
… of species, when crossed’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 10 [January 1863] ). He reminded Huxley again …
… Verbascum and Zea (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix VI). However, when Evidence as …
… other acquired differences’ (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix VI). In addition to crossing …
… orchid genus Acropera (see Correspondence vol. 10). Their 1863 letters reveal Darwin’s …

Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings

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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…

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… vol. 22, letters from E. E. Klein, 14 May 1874 and 10 July 1874 ). ‘I am astounded & …
… the process of writing and revising at all satisfying. On 10 February he complained to Hooker : …
… objectless & all being vanity of vanities,’ he wrote on 10 February . ‘But this will wear …

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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… you sent me as well as I could. DARWIN: 10 My dear Dr Gray. I really hardly know …
… Hooker is younger than Darwin and Gray by about 10 years. Like Gray, he is a professional botanist …
… right when he said the whole subject would be forgotten in 10 years. But now that I hear you will …
… a lesser degree ‘Blood’s One Penny Envelope, 1, 3, and 10 cents’. If you will make him this present, …
… HOOKER: 208 We had a horrid scare 10 days ago, in the form of a Telegram from ‘Nature’ to …
… XVII, 1882 4 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER 10 MAY 1848 5 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER …
… 9 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 22 MAY 1855 10 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 24 AUGUST 1855 …
… JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 72 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 10 JANUARY 1860 73 C DARWIN TO …
… A GRAY, 21 JULY 1861 120 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 10 JUNE 1861 121 A GRAY TO C …
… 18 FEBRUARY 1862 129 JD HOOKER TO C DARWIN, 10 MARCH 1862 130 C DARWIN …
… 23 NOVEMBER 1862 136 C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 10–20 JUNE 1862 137 A GRAY TO …
… AND 26 JANUARY 1862 142 A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 10 NOVEMBER 1862 143 A …

Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics

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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…

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… form’, namely those of embryology ( letter to Asa Gray, 10 September [1860] ). Only his theory, he …
… with other animals’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] )— he and others were well aware …
… views.—’ ( letter from J. S. Henslow to J. D. Hooker, 10 May 1860 ). What worried Darwin most …
… serve a purpose in Britain. He immediately wrote to Gray on 10 September after studying the first …

Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots

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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…

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… interesting to the public’ ( letter to Reginald Darwin, 10 April [1879] ). However, even members …
… he disagreed with Henrietta, or that Krause had written on 10 July to say that he had derived …
… & experiment’ ( letter from J. F. Moulton, 10 December 1879 ). In reply to Darwin’s response …
… Leopold Würtenberger fared better. When he wrote on 10 January to ask whether Darwin could find him …

Darwin’s reading notebooks

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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…

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… Marcel de Serres Cavernes d’Ossements 7 th Ed. 10 8 vo . [Serres 1838] good to trace Europ. …
… on wheat [Le Couteur 1836] Bechstein on Caged Birds. 10 s 6 d . translated by Rennie …
… Soc read Prichards. Nat: History of Man. Bailliere. 1.10 [Prichard 1843] must be studied . …
… Des ). De leur Anatomie, Reproduction et Culture. 4to. Avec 10 planches. Amsterdam, 1768. 12 s . …
… G. Browne 1799]— well skimmed 1839 Jan 10 All life of W. Scott [Lockhart 1837–8] …
… Voyage of Kolff to the Molucca Sea [Kolff 1840] 10 th Surville-Marion [Crozet 1783]. …
… 1839]. References at end. chiefly on instincts 10 th . Blackwalls Researches in Zoology …
… 1839–40]. references at end.— Maer (June 10 to Nov. 14. 1840) Smellies Buffon 3 d …
… Hilaire: [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1841] d[itt]o: 10 th Journal de Phys. [ Observations …
… [Lyman 1781] [DAR 119: 10b] Dec. 10 th The Hour & Man. H. Martineau [H. …
… Dog [C. H. Smith 1839–40] 2 d . vol. d[itt]o Nov. 10 th Sprengel. Endeckte Geheimniss. …
… Nat. Lib. vol 14 [Waterhouse 1841] Marked—— 10 th Veterinary [ Veterinarian ] 1828 Vol 1 …
… & Mary. & Anne [Smollett 1805].— 1842 Jan 10 M rs Hamilton Grays Etruria [E …
… Royle Prod. Resources of India [Royle 1840] abst June 10 th Miller’s old Red Sandstone [H. …
… Clarendons History [Hyde 1704]. 1843 Jan 10. Last Vol of Clarendons History [Hyde …
… 26 Hinds Regions of Vegetation [Hinds 1843]. June 10 th . Linnæan Trans. [ Transactions of …
… 3. vols. [Bradley 1724] (nothing) scarcely —— 10 Johnson’s Field Sports of India [D. Johnson …
… or Geograph. Distrib:” [Gérard 1844–5] Dec. 10 Ray. Society. Vol I. Reports [Ray Society 1845 …
… French in Algiers [Lamping 1845] 1846 Jan 10 th Mackintosh life of More …
… St. Lecons de Morph. Bot. [Saint-Hilaire 1841] April 10 Wagners Anatomy by Tulk [Wagner 1845] …
… of Ægyptians [J. G. Wilkinson 1837–41].— April 10 3 d vol of d[itt]o W. Scotts Life …
… May 5. Ray’s Memorials of [Ray 1846] —— 10 th The Falcon Family [Savage] 1845] 27 …
… Misc. Works. 3 vols: [Mackintosh 1846] Aug 10. Appendix to Carlyle’s Cromwell [Carlyle 1845]. …
… Travels in Brazil [Gardner 1846]. —— 10 th D r . Joseph Adams. Philosoph. Treatise on …
… Miller First Impressions of England [H. Miller 1847]. Nov. 10 Prichard Physical Researches. Hist. of …
… et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève ]. Tom I to 10. —— Annales du Museum [ Annales …
… W. Tone Autobiography [Tone 1826] very amusing March 10 John Galt Autobiography [Galt 1833] …
… Chancellors [J. Campbell 1845–7] —— 10 Neander’s Life of St Bernard [Neander 1843] …
… Miller Footsteps of the Creator [H. Miller 1849] Dec. 10. Dana’s Geology. U.S. Expedition [J. …
… to 1837. & thence I have read in Journals June 10 th Goulds Birds of Australia [Gould …
… . Feb. 1. Emigrants Manual [Burton 1851] March 10 th Hind’s Solar System [Hind 1852 …

The evolution of honeycomb

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Honeycombs are natural engineering marvels, using the least possible amount of wax to provide the greatest amount of storage space, with the greatest possible structural stability. Darwin recognised that explaining the evolution of the honey-bee’s comb…

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… her power of reaching.’ (Letter from G. R. Waterhouse, 10 February 1858 .) By now not only …
… a letter from Edward Cresy (letter from Edward Cresy, 10 September 1865 ), in which Cresy sent as …

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