To W. E. Darwin 22 February [1863 or later]
Summary
Seeks investment advice.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Feb [1863 or later] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 131 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13799 |
From Richard Frean 17 February 1863
Summary
Discusses his reading and understanding of Origin.
| Author: | Richard Frean |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | Launceston Library (State Library of Tasmania): Local Studies Collection – Manuscripts (Robert Norman Smith Diaries and correspondence LMSS 0020) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3993F |
From John Lubbock 20 February 1863
Summary
Dining arrangements.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4002 |
From John Lubbock 28 February 1863
Summary
Will come to dine on Monday unless he hears to the contrary.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4017 |
From Thomas Rivers [3 February 1863]
Summary
His observations of "selection" in growth of seedling trees.
| Author: | Thomas Rivers |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [3 Feb 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 46.1: 95 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3965 |
From Ludolph Christian Treviranus 12 February 1863
Summary
Sends his paper ["Über Dichogamie nach C. C. Sprengel und Ch. Darwin", Bot. Ztg. (1863): 1–7, 9–16].
| Author: | Ludolph Christian Treviranus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 182 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3980 |
To Williams & Norgate [7 February 1863 or earlier]
Summary
Wishes to order Botanische Zeitung for 2 and 9 January 1863.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Williams & Norgate |
| Date: | [7 Feb 1863 or earlier] |
| Classmark: | Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections (Paul Philemon Kies Autograph Collection, 1533–1970: 1 Autograph letters, 1533–1970 box 1, folder 55) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3897F |
From Henry Holland [10 February 1863]
Summary
Cites [C. F.?] Burdach as the source of a note on atavism in alternate generations.
Wants to talk to CD about inheritance.
| Author: | Henry Holland, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [10 Feb 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 243 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3959 |
CD memorandum 14 February 1863
Summary
Agreement to cancel the bond of D. T. Ansted, dated 19 April 1855. Prof. Ansted is arranging to pay CD what he can.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | David Thomas Ansted |
| Date: | 14 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.10: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3985A |
To Charles Lyell 17 [February 1863]
Summary
Criticises Dana’s classification of man and his use of fore-limbs as a basis for systematic classification.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 17 [Feb 1863] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.288) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3993 |
From F. T. Buckland [before 1 February 1863]
Summary
Invites CD to visit offices of the Field; editor wishes CD to place natural history inquiries there.
| Author: | Francis Trevelyan (Frank) Buckland |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 1 Feb 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 356 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3960 |
From George Maw 25 February 1863
Summary
Discusses the deposition of coal and considers the possibility of coal aggregating into seams after deposition.
| Author: | George Maw |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 98 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4012 |
From Francis Walker 26 February 1863
Summary
Identifies flies sent to him by CD. [CD note states that these were found with orchid pollinia adhering to them.]
| Author: | Francis Walker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4014 |
From Daniel Oliver 17 February 1863
Summary
DO thinks an essay [Alexander Braun’s "Rejuvenescence", Ray Society (1853)] is not worth reading with respect to some difficulty concerning phyllotaxy.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8770 |
To Thomas Rivers [14 February 1863]
Summary
Delighted by curious case of inheritance in the weeping ash [cited in missing letter from TR] "which produced weeping seedlings and itself lost the weeping peculiarity!" Wishes he could get authentic information on the weeping elm.
What TR says of seedlings conquering each other well illustrates struggle for existence and natural selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Rivers |
| Date: | [14 Feb 1863] |
| Classmark: | 19th Century Shop (dealers) (catalogue 5, 1988) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3982 |
To Camille Dareste 16 February [1863]
Summary
Thanks for letter and pamphlet.
His approbation of Origin is extremely gratifying, especially since Origin produced no effect whatever in France.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Gabriel-Madeleine-Camille (Camille) Dareste |
| Date: | 16 Feb [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 368 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3992 |
To Richard Frean 22 February 1863
Summary
Glad RF approves of book [Origin].
Impossible in many cases to conjecture how structures acquired.
Comments on degeneration of civilised man.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Frean |
| Date: | 22 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 298 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4005 |
From Daniel Oliver 27 February 1863
Summary
Answers CD’s query on Primula longiflora and P. scotica.
Would like abstract of CD’s paper ["Two forms of Linum", Collected papers 2: 93–105] for Natural History Review.
| Author: | Daniel Oliver |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 108: 178 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4015 |
To George Maw 28 February [1863]
Summary
Thanks GM for a curious lily.
Recommends some papers on coal.
Gives his opinion on the importance of forming theories if one is to be a good and original observer.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Maw |
| Date: | 28 Feb [1863] |
| Classmark: | Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (MAW/1/9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4018 |
From Edwin Brown 14 February 1863
Summary
Sends copy of his second paper on mutability of race forms ["On the mutability of species", Proceedings of the Northern Entomological Society, 22 December 1862, pp.4–26].
On tactics of his opponents.
He and Bates have divided up Carabidae and Vanessa for studying relationship of forms.
| Author: | Edwin Brown |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 325 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3983 |
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