To W. B. Tegetmeier 14 March [1865]
Summary
Asks for WBT’s help in arranging for woodcuts to illustrate pigeon chapters of Variation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 14 Mar [1865] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4786 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … letter of [28 February – 5 March 1865] , Tegetmeier mentioned that he had injured his right eye. See letter from W. B. …
- … 24 January 1866. See also letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 March 1865 and nn. 3 and 4. …
- … letter and the letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 13 March 1865 . See letter from W. B. …
- … Field with his letter of 27 March 1865 (see letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 March 1865 …
- … See also letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 March 1865 , letters to W. B. Tegetmeier …
- … 1865, p. 139 (see letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 13 March 1865 and n. 7). The article …
- … drawn by Wells (see letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, [7 April 1865] ). See n. 8, above. CD …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 28 March [1865]
Summary
Arrangements for woodcuts for Variation.
WBT’s excellent article on crossing.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 28 Mar [1865] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4798 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … was reading and correcting (see letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 February [1865] ). …
- … letter and the letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 March 1865 . See letter from W. B. …
- … had been taken (see letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 March 1865 and n. 7). The editor …
- … letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 March 1865 and n. 5. CD refers to Luke Wells (see letter from W. B. …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 2 June [1865]
Summary
Has lost time through illness.
Suggests an experiment to see whether the progeny of a pigeon cross are affected by a previous impregnation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 2 June [1865] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4848 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … for Variation to Tegetmeier on 7 April 1865 (see letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, [7 April …
- … between this letter and the letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 10 April 1865 . CD sent his …
- … presumably for CD (see letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 10 April 1865 and n. 5). There is …
- … See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 [February 1865] , and letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, [ …
- … CD thought fit (see letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, [29 March – 7 April 1865] and n. 6). …
From W. B. Tegetmeier 20 June 1865
Summary
WBT will try experiment for CD if Mr Zurhorst cannot do it.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 June 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4864 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … voyageur belge ( Chapuis 1865 ) to Tegetmeier (see letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 2 June [ …
- … from CD through Tegetmeier. See letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 10 April 1865 and n. 5. …
- … extant letter from CD to Tegetmeier is the letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 2 June [1865] . …
From W. B. Tegetmeier to John Murray and Robert Francis Cooke 17 April 1865
Summary
CD has asked him to supervise drawings of pigeons and fowls [for Variation]. Sends estimates for drawings and engravings by artists who do such work for the Field.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | John Murray; Robert Francis Cooke |
| Date: | 17 Apr 1865 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 136–138) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4815 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Field were printed (see letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 March 1865 and nn. 5 and 7). …
- … weeks of April (see letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 6 April [1865] and n. 10). See letters …
- … 5, and 10 April 1865 , and letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, [7 April 1865] , n. 2). The …
- … section (see letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, [after 27 February 1865] ). Butterworth and …
- … of pigeons in the Field (see letters from W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 March 1865 and n. …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 6 April [1865]
Summary
Instructions for Luke Wells about woodcuts for Variation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 6 Apr [1865] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4804 |
From W. B. Tegetmeier 27 March 1865
Summary
Sends copies of the Field containing all the pigeon articles [see 4785].
Luke Wells will undertake engravings for Variation.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Mar 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4796 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … pp. 156–7, 460–1. Letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 March [1865] . The article has not …
- … See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 March [1865] . Tegetmeier sent the issues of the …
- … the postscript to the letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 March [1865] and nn. 9, 11, and …
- … William Weir . See also letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 March [1865] and nn. 8 and 10. In …
- … 1: 135 n. 6). See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 March [1865] and n. 11. Tegetmeier …
- … letter to Tegetmeier of [7 April 1865] ; the issue is in DAR 138.3: 6 and is lightly annotated. Tegetmeier was editor of the poultry section of the Field (see letter from W. B. …
- … letter of 13 March 1865 . The series of articles provided descriptions of the standard characteristics of specific breeds of pigeons and fowls, illustrated by wood-engravings (see letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, …
To W. B. Tegetmeier [7 April 1865]
Summary
Fowl MS has arrived safely.
Sends pigeon MS for WBT’s perusal.
Further instructions for Luke Wells.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | [7 Apr 1865] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4806 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … letters to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 February [1865] and 28 March [1865] , and letter from W. B. …
- … Tegetmeier sent the manuscript with his letter of [29 March – 7 April 1865] . The reference is to the issue of the Field for 1 April 1865 (see letter from W. B. …
- … of pigeon. See letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, [29 March – 7 April 1865] . The note has …
From W. B. Tegetmeier 13 March 1865
Summary
Will return page on pigeons.
Has concluded his crossing experiments and found no trace of hybrid sterility or loss of fertility.
The Field is publishing a series of papers on different pigeon varieties [24 (1864): 366, 395, 459; 25 (1865): 115, 139, 155, 228, 258].
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Mar 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 63 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4785 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 6 [March 1865] and n. …
- … archives. See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 February [1865] , and letter from W. B. …
- … 1865, p. 139 (see letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 March [1865] ). In the article, …
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 6 [March 1865] and n. 1. Tegetmeier had undertaken experiments to find out whether particular domestic varieties of fowls and pigeons produced sterile hybrids when crossed inter se (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to W. B. …
- … right eye. See letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, [28 February – 5 March 1865] . Tegetmeier …
From W. B. Tegetmeier 10 April 1865
Summary
MS [of CD’s pigeon chapter] arrived safely.
Pigeon and poultry engravings [for Variation].
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Apr 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4808 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … for Variation (see letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, [7 April 1865] ). The reference is to …
- … see letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 March 1865 and n. 5, and letters to W. B. …
- … letter to Tegetmeier on down feathers is dated 12 [May 1857] ( Correspondence vol. 6); Tegetmeier probably made additional enquiries in the missing portion of his letter of [29 March – 7 April 1865] after reading CD’s manuscript on ‘Fowls’ (see letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, [ …
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier of 6 April [1865] , CD asked that Wells send an estimate of the cost of the engravings to John Murray . See letter from W. B. …
From W. B. Tegetmeier [29 March – 7 April 1865]
Summary
WBT’s eye is getting on very well.
Enclosure comments on a note to folio 1 [of CD’s MS on variation], WBT thinks his works not worth citing: his edition of the Poultry book was never completed and Profitable poultry is out of print.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [29 Mar – 7 Apr 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 62, 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4803 |
To John Murray 31 March [1865]
Summary
Has made progress [on Variation]. Hopes it will go to press in the autumn. Lists his needs for cuts to be made – altogether 50.
Supposes Origin has ceased selling. Would be sorry to have labour of another edition. A new French edition is wanted.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 31 Mar [1865] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff. 131–135) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4801 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Field (see letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, [28 February – 5 March 1865] ). CD presumably …
- … 1865] , and letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 March 1865 and n. 5. See letter from W. B. …
- … letter to John Lubbock, 10 [September 1853] and n. 3, and Correspondence vol. 9, letter to John Murray, 21 September [1861] and n. 4). See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 March [1865] . …
From W. B. Tegetmeier [28 February – 5 March 1865]
Summary
Encloses some poultry feathers.
Will read over and return CD’s MS on fowls. Has been delayed by an eye injury.
| Author: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Feb – 5 Mar 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 64 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4787 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … between this letter and the letters to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 February [1865] and 6 [ …
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier of 27 February [1865] were in CD’s hand. The reference is to CD’s manuscript on fowls for Variation (see letter to W. B. …
- … letter from B. P. Brent, 2 September 1864 ). See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 27 February [1865] …
From R. F. Cooke to W. B. Tegetmeier 18 April 1865
Summary
Concerning an illustration for CD’s book.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 18 Apr 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4815F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … See letter from W. B. Tegetmeier to John Murray and R. F. Cooke, 17 April 1865. Luke …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 6 [March 1865]
Summary
Asks for return of page about pigeon crossing.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 6 [Mar 1865] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4779 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … letter to Tegetmeier of 27 February [1865] , CD asked for the return of a manuscript of a draft chapter on domestic fowls written for inclusion in Variation (see Variation 1: 225–75). CD had sent the manuscript for Tegetmeier’s comments in June 1861 (see Correspondence vol. 9, letters to W. B. …
To William Bernhard Tegetmeier 27 February [1865]
Summary
Wants his fowl MS.
Will shortly return WBT’s skulls.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 27 Feb [1865] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4776 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 14 June [1861] ). In November 1864 CD had started revising the earlier chapters of Variation ; he continued working on the chapters on domestic animals until 22 April 1865 ( …
- … letters to W. B. Tegetmeier, 21 [February 1859] and 9 April [1859] ; see also J. Secord 1985 , p. 526). For CD’s health in 1864 and early 1865, …
To J. D. Hooker 16 [March 1865]
Summary
Thanks for Thomson’s and JDH’s views on Scott’s paper. Will send it back with advice and explanations.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 16 [Mar 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 264 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4788 |
To John Murray 2 June [1865]
Summary
There is no chance of publication [of Variation] by autumn, because of CD’s illness.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 2 June [1865] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 f. 130) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4850 |
Document type
| letter | (18) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (10) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (7) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (1) |
Addressee
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (8) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Murray, John (b) | (3) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (16) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (15) |
| Murray, John (b) | (3) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
