To ? [15 or 22 October 1848]
Summary
Thanks for note and enclosure. Has written to [David?] Landsborough to say dried specimen was just what he wanted. Would like some more in spirits.
Very unwell.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [15 or 22] Oct 1848 |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1204 |
| letter | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Unidentified | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Unidentified |
List of correspondents
Summary
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,…
Matches: 20 hits
- … (12) Agassiz, Louis (10) Agent for Mr Allen …
- … Arruda Furtado, Francisco d’ (10) Ashburner, Lionel (1) …
- … (1) Babbage, Charles (10) Babington, C. C. …
- … (1) Covington, Syms (10) Cowper-Temple, W. F. …
- … (9) Errera, L. A. (10) Erskine, H. N. B. …
- … (13) Forbes, Edward (10) Forbes, J. D. …
- … François de Chaumont, F. S. B. (10) Fraser, George (3) …
- … (1) Gosse, P. H. (10) Goubert, E. M. J. M. P. …
- … (1) Harcourt, E. W. V. (10) Hardwicke’s …
- … (1) Leighton, W. A. (10) Leng, H. H. …
- … (60) Litchfield, R. B. (10) Literary Fund …
- … (1) Miller, W. H. (10) Milne Home, David …
- … (7) Reeks, Henry (10) Reeks, Trenham …
- … (5) Reuter, Adolf (10) Reviewer (1) …
- … (1) Stanley, M. C. (10) Stanley, Thomas …
- … Linnean Society (1) Unidentified (204) …
- … (14) Wedgwood, F. J. (10) Wedgwood, F. M. …
- … (72) Weismann, August (10) Weisz, Béla …
- … (4) Westwood, J. O. (10) Wetherell, N. T. …
- … (1) Wollaston, T. V. (10) Wolstenholme, Joseph …
Black Venus
Summary
Sadiah Qureshi (University of Birmingham) on the film Vénus Noire (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2010) Sara Baartman has long been characterised as ‘Black Venus’, or ‘Vénus Noire’. The epithet encapsulates how her exploitation and objectification whilst alive…
Matches: 3 hits
- … After all, London had a black population numbering at least 10,000 but one that was dominated by …
- … after birth. Whilst in England she was also married to an unidentified groom. In the film, these …
- … Sarah finds dignity after 200 years’, Independent , 10 August 2002, p. 12. [2] …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
Summary
The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
Matches: 3 hits
- … that had been discovered in a thornbush in Cumberland. An unidentified correspondent offered facts …
- … am not sure’, Darwin reflected in a letter dated [8–10 September 1868] , ‘whether it w d not …
- … walked with village girls at night ( letter to J. B. Innes, 10 December [1868] ). ‘The Church will …
Books on the Beagle
Summary
The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
Matches: 4 hits
- … CD. According to Keith Thompson (1975), the cabin measured 10 feet by 11 feet. The books in …
- … Library–Down. Cook, James. Voyages (editions unidentified; see also Hawkesworth, John). …
- … round the world. London, 1697. ( Red notebook , pp. 8e, 10; ‘Beagle’ diary , p. 407). …
- … 2d ed. London, n.d. [1802]. (Letter to Robert FitzRoy, [10 October 1831]). DAR 196.2 †. * …
Darwin’s observations on his children
Summary
Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children, began the research that culminated in his book The Expression of the emotions in man and animals, published in 1872, and his article ‘A biographical sketch of an infant’, published in Mind…
Matches: 14 hits
- … 1 [9] W. Erasmus. Darwin born. Dec. 27 th . 1839.—[10] During first week. yawned, streatched …
- … with some skill.— I observe when taken out of 10 doors, & being annoyed by light …
- … led to endeavour to catch hold of it— 17 May 10 th. I made loud snoring noise, near …
- … Feb 3 rd . 5 weeks & 3 days. 7 lb – 10 4 wks 7 – 9½ …
- … 6½ Mar 20 12wks old. 10 – 14½ …
- … old. 9 lb 11 oz clothes 1 lb 10 oz ½ …
- … yet.— just over 5 months 20v. June. 5 th —10 th .— Showed a decided preference for …
- … corners of mouth, when Anne pretended to cry 10 th .— When looking at mirror, was aware …
- … was made, turned round to look at the person behind. 10 th . On this day, when into a …
- … March 18 th . On my return from Shrewsbury after 10[44] days absence, Doddy appeared slightly shy, …
- … think that physic does make me any gooder[81] April 10 th : In the morning whilst I was …
- … of the Manuscript alterations and comments section. [10] William Erasmus was Emma and CD’s …
- … M, p. 25 ( Notebooks ). [44] ‘March . . . after 10’ was written over a previous note made …
- … in Emma Darwin’s hand. [81] This sentence is in an unidentified child’s hand. …
