From Catherine Darwin 8 January – 4 February 1832
Summary
News of family and friends, much of it about forthcoming marriages: Fanny Owen and R. M. Biddulph, Fanny Mackintosh and Hensleigh Wedgwood. Charlotte Wedgwood will write to him of her own engagement to Charles Langton.
| Author: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Jan – 4 Feb 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 83 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-154 |
From Charlotte Wedgwood 12 January – 1 February 1832
Summary
Writes about Hensleigh Wedgwood’s marriage to Frances Mackintosh and her own engagement to Charles Langton. Also gives news of other relatives and friends.
| Author: | Charlotte Wedgwood; Charlotte Langton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 and 29 Jan 1832 and 1 Feb 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 116 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-155 |
From Bartholomew James Sulivan [17 January – 7 February 1832]
Summary
Heights of various points on Quail Island [Cape Verde Is.].
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [17 Jan – 7 Feb 1832] |
| Classmark: | DAR 32: 16a |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-156 |
From J. S. Henslow 6 February 1832
Summary
News of Cambridge: the recent examinations; memorial tablet for Marmaduke Ramsay.
| Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 110 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-157 |
To R. W. Darwin 8 February – 1 March 1832
Summary
Writes with great happiness about the first part of the voyage, after his misery from seasickness passed. He finds himself well prepared, the ship quiet, comfortable, and compact; he has already a "rich harvest" and finds the natural history (especially geology) exceedingly interesting. The tropics are full of great beauty.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Waring Darwin |
| Date: | 8 & 26 Feb & 1 Mar [1832] |
| Classmark: | DAR 223: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-158 |
To R. W. Darwin 10 February 1832
Summary
Sends a short résumé of his trip on the chance that it will arrive in England earlier than longer letter [158] which he hopes to send by surer means.
He is "incessantly occupied by new and most interesting animals" and thinks he will be able to do some original work in natural history.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Waring Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Feb 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 223 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-159 |
From Susan Darwin 12 February [– 3 March] 1832
Summary
Chronicles the events of February, principally of the family and of a few friends: engagements, marriages, deaths, some visits.
| Author: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Feb [– 3 Mar] 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 95 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-160 |
From William Mostyn Owen Sr 1 March 1832
Summary
Writes of his family and Shropshire events. Comments on the slow progress of the Reform Bill.
| Author: | William Mostyn Owen |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 115 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-161 |
From Fanny Owen 1 March 1832
Summary
Writes affectionately of the good times they have had and of her friendship for CD. Tells him of her forthcoming marriage to R. M. Biddulph.
| Author: | Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 55 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-162 |
From Caroline Darwin (with postscript by Marianne Parker) 12[–31] March [1832]
Summary
Describes the gathering at Maer and the events culminating in Charlotte Wedgwood’s marriage to Charles Langton.
| Author: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12–[31] Mar [1832] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 71 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-163 |
To Caroline Darwin 2–6 April 1832
Summary
CD’s enjoyment of the beauty of the tropics is worth all the misery of seasickness. His mail gave him great pleasure. For two weeks he will visit a large estate in the country, and on return live at Botofogo for some weeks, collecting and learning to know the tropics.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Date: | 2–6 Apr 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 223 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-164 |
From J. M. Herbert 15–17 April 1832
Summary
Writes news of Cambridge friends, professors, music, the Reform Bill, and cholera. Expresses belief that CD will take his place with Cuvier and Humboldt.
| Author: | John Maurice Herbert |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15–17 Apr 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 113 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-165 |
To Caroline Darwin 25–6 April [1832]
Summary
His trip to the interior was full of interest, but exhausting physically. Expects to stay at least a fortnight at Botofogo, because the Beagle returns to Bahia to correct a difference in the longitude measurements. Writes of his companions, of FitzRoy, and of his journal – which he has sent home.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Date: | 25–6 Apr [1832] |
| Classmark: | DAR 223: 11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-166 |
From Catherine Darwin 26[–7] April [1832]
Summary
Writes chiefly of family affairs: Erasmus’ visit, further delay in Fanny Owen’s marriage, Sarah [Owen] Williams’ illness, Arthur Owen’s sad departure for India; cholera.
| Author: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26[–7] Apr [1832] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 84 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-167 |
To W. D. Fox May 1832
Summary
Writes of voyage and his work in natural history: geology, collecting insects (freshwater beetles and spiders at Botofogo Bay); life at sea, sublime views ashore.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | May 1832 |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 46) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-168 |
To Catherine Darwin May–June [1832]
Summary
Lists letters received and those sent; comments on family happenings.
The Beagle is back [from Bahia]; two sailors and "little [Charles] Musters" died of fever. In 14 days they sail for Montevideo, then to Rio Negro, then on to where no man is known to have been before.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton |
| Date: | May–June [1832] |
| Classmark: | DAR 223 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-169 |
From Susan Darwin 12 May [– 2 June] 1832
Summary
News from Maer and Shrewsbury of family, friends, and reports of reactions to CD’s first letters.
Sedgwick suggests he look for fossils in gravel banks of rivers.
Fanny Owen is married to R. M. Biddulph. Reform Bill prospects.
| Author: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 May [– 2 June] 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 96 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-170 |
To J. S. Henslow 18 May – 16 June 1832
Summary
His first letter to JSH since December. Recounts his seasickness, geologising and marine collecting at St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde Is.]; his first tropical forest. Collecting small insects from the tropics. His Welsh trip with Sedgwick has been extremely valuable.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 18 May & 16 June 1832 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 12 DAR/1/1/12) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-171 |
To J. M. Herbert [1–6] June 1832
Summary
Summarises experiences since leaving England. "How intimately what may be called the ""moral part"" is connected with the enjoyment of scenery." The loneliness of the voyage.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Maurice Herbert |
| Date: | [1–6] June 1832 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-172 |
From Caroline Darwin 12–28 June [1832]
Summary
Brings CD up to date on family and many friends. Describes the wedding of Fanny Owen and R. M. Biddulph. Sedgwick called on return from Wales. W. D. Fox has been very ill.
| Author: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12–28 June [1832] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 72 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-173 |
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| Henslow, J. S. | (3) |
| Darwin, Catherine | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (39) |
| Darwin, Caroline | (7) |
| Wedgwood, Caroline | (7) |
| Darwin, Catherine | (6) |
| Langton, Catherine | (6) |
Be envious of ripe oranges: To W. D. Fox, May 1832
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Henry Cowles talks about a heartfelt letter Darwin sent from Brazil on the Beagle voyage to his cousin.
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- … Henry Cowles talks about a heartfelt letter Darwin sent from Brazil on …
Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
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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- … vol. 1, letter to Catherine Darwin, May–June [1832] ). Years later, the great hothouses at …
Darwin’s first love
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Darwin’s long marriage to Emma Wedgwood is well documented, but was there an earlier romance in his life? How was his departure on the Beagle entangled with his first love? The answers are revealed in a series of flirtatious letters that Darwin was…
4.2 Augustus Earle, caricature drawing
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< Back to Introduction The paucity of evidence for Darwin’s appearance and general demeanour during the years of the Beagle voyage gives this humorous drawing of shipboard life a special interest. It is convincingly attributed to Augustus Earle, an…
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- … often went ashore for coastal walks with Earle in April-May 1832, and Leonard Bell has suggested …
- … Earle had to resign his post and leave the ship in late 1832 or 1833 due to illness, and he …
- … (attributed) date of creation probably Sept. 1832 computer-readable date c …
- … p. 16, and ‘Iconography’, p. 133, with assumed date of 1832. …
Natural Science and Femininity
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Discussion Questions|Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine thoughts, habits and feelings, male naturalists like Darwin inhabited an uncertain gendered identity. Working from the private domestic comfort of their homes and exercising…
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- … 158 - Darwin to Darwin, R. W., [8 & 26 February & 1 March 1832] Darwin writes to …
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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- … hommes & des Animaux by Isid. Geoffroy de S t Hilaire 1832 [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1832–7] …
- … on Sensitive Plants in his Physiology [A. P. de Candolle 1832] Col. le Couteur has written on …
- … [W. F. Edwards 1829]; read Letter to M. Therry [Broughton 1832]— a 2 d Edit preparing in 1841.— …
- … Hilaire, 3 vols. 8vo. et atlas de 20 planches. ibid, 1832–36. £1 7 s . 25 [I. Geoffroy Saint …
- … animale, par A. Dugés, 4to. avec 6 planches, ibid, 1832. 6 s . [Dugés 1832] Azara Voyages …
- … America [Robertson 1777] Zorab the Hostage [Morier] 1832] La Vaillant. Travels …
- … 1797] Wellington’s General Orders [Wellesley 1832] Sir. W. Nott’s Life [W. Nott 1854]. …
- … Birds of Himalaya [Gould 1834] (& of Europe?) [Gould 1832–7] & of Australia [Gould 1848]; …
- … vol March 16 Gardner’s Music of nature [Gardiner 1832] Life of Haydn & Mozart …
- … Ap 5 D r Edwards on Influence of causes [W. F. Edwards 1832]— well skimmed 25 Lockhart’s …
- … Dec 1 st . Jesse Gleanings [Jesse 1832–5] (3 d series) full of ill-attested stories. 25 …
- … G. St. Hilaire Anomalies 3. vols. [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1832–7] Wilkes [Wilkes 1845]. …
- … Necker 1823] —— Owen on pearly Nautilus [R. Owen 1832].— —— 20 th Temminck. Hist. …
- … 2 d vol. —— Jesses Gleanings [Jesse 1832–5] 3 d . Series —— Bucklands Bridgewater …
- … [Stephen 1853] Warrens Diary of a Physician [Warren 1832–8] De Quincy Opium Eater [De …
- … l’espèce [Naudin 1852].— Bib. Universelle. March 1832. paper on cultivation of Dahlias [Anon. …
- … Nott and Gliddon 1854] Roselini Monumenta [?Rosellini 1832–44]. Lipsius Denkmaller [Lepsius …
- … Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal ]. Vol. I. (1832) 2. 3. 4. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. (1843) …
- … 1822] (very poor) —— Diary of a Physician [Warren 1832–8]. (detestable) Nov. 27 th . …
- … . Ulm. [Darwin Library.] 128: 20 Anon. 1832. Catalogue contenant un choix des plus beaux …
- … pts. London. 119: 21b Broughton, William Grant. 1832. A letter in vindication of …
- … of plants . Edinburgh. *119: 1v. ——. 1832. Physiologie végétale; ou, exposition des …
- … 4 in Darwin Library.] 119: 3a Dugès, Antoine. 1832. Memoir sur la conformité organique …
- … voyages and adventures in the Indian Archipelago, in 1832, 1833, 1834 . London. 119: 3a …
- … l’histoire . Paris. *119: 8v.; 119: 20a ——. 1832. On the influence of physical agents …
- … [Darwin Library.] 128: 11 Gardiner, William. 1832. The music of nature; or, an …
- … . 17 vols. Paris. 1822–31. *119: 14v. ——. 1832–7. Histoire générale et particulière …
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
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This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
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- … of the east and west coasts of South America, in the years 1832, 1833, 1834, and 1835, with an …
- … under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836 . By Charles Darwin. London: …
- … under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: …
- … under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: …
Books on the Beagle
Summary
The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … 1831. (DAR 31.1: 276v.; 33: 253v.). Darwin Library–CUL, 1832 Philadelphia edition ††. Bible …
- … in vol. 2: ‘Charles Darwin Rio Plata Aug 7 th . 1832’). Darwin Library–CUL †. ‡ Bory de …
- … of Science. Report of the 2d meeting . . . Oxford, 1832 . London, 1833. (Letter to J. S. …
- … months’ residence in New Zealand in 1827 . . . London, 1832. (Letter to Caroline Darwin, 27 …
- … formed . . . 1826–30. Zoological Journal 5 (1832–4). (Inscribed ‘Charles Darwin Esq from the …
- … America. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 1 (1832): 155–175. (DAR 32.1: 120v.). …
- … vol. 1 (1830), ‘Given me by Capt. F.R C. Darwin’; vol.2 (1832), ‘Charles Darwin M: Video. Novem r …
- … London, 1825. (Inscription: ‘Chas. Darwin Octob: 1832 Buenos Ayres’; DAR 33: 160). Darwin Library …
- … diary , p. 107; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 November 1832). * Molina, Juan Ignacio. …
- … London, 1824. (Inscription in vol. 2: ‘Chas. Darwin Octob: 1832 Buenos Ayres’; DAR 32.1: 7). Darwin …
- … The sacred history of the world . . . Vol. 1. London, 1832. (DAR 30.1: 2v.; letter to J. M. …
- … 2 vols. Paris, 1828. (Letter to Catherine Darwin, 5 July [1832]). Linnaeus, (Carl von Linné). …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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Here is a list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from scientific admirers in the Netherlands. Many thanks to Hester Loeff for identifying and researching them. No. …
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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- … your trouble’ ( letter from C. L. Hughes, 2 November 1832 ). Darwin made the journey on horseback …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
Religion
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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
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- … Letter 182 — Darwin, E. A. to Darwin, C. R., 18 Aug [1832] Darwin’s brother Erasmus A. Darwin …
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of …
Elleparu (York Minster)
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Elleparu was one of the Alakaluf, or canoe people from the western part of Tierra del Fuego. He was captured by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, in 1830 after one the small boats used for surveying the narrow inlets of the coast of Tierra del Fuego…
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- … Elleparu was one of the Alakaluf, or canoe people from the western part of Tierra del Fuego. He …
Mary Everest Boole
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Mary Everest was born in 1832 in Wickwar, Gloucestershire, daughter of Reverend Thomas Everest. Her uncle was George Everest, Surveyor General of India, after whom Mount Everest is named. Her family moved to France seeking to improve her father’s ill…
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- … Mary Everest was born in 1832 in Wickwar, Gloucestershire, daughter of Reverend Thomas Everest. Her …
South America
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The Beagle arrives in South America
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Thomas Burgess
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As well as its complement of sailors, the Beagle also carried a Royal Marine sergeant and seven marines, one of whom was Thomas Burgess. When the Beagle set sail he was twenty one, having been born in October 1810 to Israel and Hannah Burgess of Lancashire…
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- … and crew copied from the ship’s watch-bill on 24 July 1832 ( ‘Beagle’ diary p. 81); and he …
Tierra del Fuego
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The Beagle reaches Tierra del Fuego
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