To W. E. Darwin 27 [February 1858]
Summary
CD intends to enter WED at Christ’s College.
Thanks him for inquiries made about horses.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 27 [Feb 1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 23 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2227 |
To W. E. Darwin [26 April 1858]
Summary
Has been at Moor Park since Tuesday. Is passing his time watching ants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [26 Apr 1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2265 |
To Louis Agassiz 21 February [1858]
Summary
Thanks LA for presentation copy of Contributions [to the natural history of the United States of America, vol. 1, pt 1: Essay on classification, and vol. 1, pt 2: North American Testudinata (1857)]. Flattered; CD sees there is much of highest interest to him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jean Louis Rodolphe (Louis) Agassiz |
| Date: | 21 Feb [1858] |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Am 1419: 279) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2217 |
To J. D. Hooker [17 February 1858]
Summary
General success of survey makes CD very concerned about sources of error. Wants to meet JDH for an important talk about big genera. Arranges meeting.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [17 Feb 1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 222 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2209 |
To W. E. Darwin [30 October 1858]
Summary
Glad WED has begun under George Henslow in the way that he has. CD wishes he had had such practice under J. S. Henslow.
Has had luck in his search for striped horses.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [30 Oct 1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: A29–30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2350 |
To W. E. Darwin [3 May 1858]
Summary
Discusses bees’ cells
and WED’s botanical interests.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [3 May 1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 25 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2268 |
To Trenham Reeks? 10 March [1858]
Summary
Asks whether correspondent can assist in determining value of slate slabs with relief figures executed for Josiah Wedgwood [I].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Trenham Reeks |
| Date: | 10 Mar [1858] |
| Classmark: | British Geological Survey Archives (GSM 1/501) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2236 |
To W. E. Darwin [20 June 1858]
Summary
Relates domestic affairs.
Thinks his bees’ cell theory will hold good.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [20 June 1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2267 |
To W. D. Fox 16 April [1858]
Summary
Asks WDF for facts about stripes in horses and ponies.
Health has been very bad.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 16 Apr [1858] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 112a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2256 |
To William Erasmus Darwin 11 [February 1858]
Summary
Writes of domestic matters
and asks WED to observe cart-horses for traces of dark stripes on spine and cross-stripes on shoulder.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 11 [Feb 1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2215 |
To John Lubbock [November 1858]
Summary
Praise for abstract of JL’s paper on insects ["On the ova and pseudova of insects", Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 9 (1857–9): 574–83].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | [Nov 1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 263: 25 (EH 88206474) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2331 |
To W. E. Darwin 5 [November 1858]
Summary
Discusses matters relating to WED’s first term [at Cambridge].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 5 [Nov 1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2353 |
To W. E. Darwin 22 [September 1858]
Summary
Discusses domestic affairs.
Is working at the abstract of his book [Origin].
Asks WED to examine birds’ feet for dirt sticking to them, as this may represent a means of seed dispersal across seas.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 22 [Sept 1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 29 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2328 |
To J. D. Hooker 2 November [1858]
Summary
On moving the natural history collection of the British Museum to Kensington.
Subscription for John Ralfs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 2 Nov [1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 252 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2351 |
To W. E. Darwin 6 October [1858]
Summary
Sends £20. Family news.
Answers WED’s questions about CD’s Journal of researches: Galapagos "productions" all came from America, but "they have since been modified by my principle of Natural Selection".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Oct [1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: A19–21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2334 |
From Leonard Jenyns [before 18 April 1858]
Summary
[Copy of some rough notes.] References about species. Variations within species.
| Author: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 18 Apr 1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 45: 20–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2250 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin Library–CUL. CD had asked Edward William Vernon Harcourt about the birds of Madeira in 1856 (see Correspondence vol. 6, letter from E. W. V. Harcourt, 31 May 1856) . The information, as given in the letter, was printed in a report of a meeting of the Zoological Society ( Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2d ser. 17 (1856): 510–11). …
| letter | (16) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (15) |
| Blomefield, Leonard | (1) |
| Jenyns, Leonard | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (9) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Agassiz, Louis | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (16) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (9) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Agassiz, Louis | (1) |
| Blomefield, Leonard | (1) |
