To Richard Kippist 22 April [1868]
Summary
"Please give Bearer Books for me.–"
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Kippist |
| Date: | 22 Apr [1868] |
| Classmark: | John Hay Library, Brown University (Albert E. Lownes Manuscript Collection, Ms.84.2 (Box 3, Folder 36)) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6136 |
To George Bentham 22 April 1868
Summary
Is not surprised that GB cannot digest Pangenesis, but it has been an immense relief to CD in tying together large classes of facts.
Sends names of men writing on crossing of plants. Criticises some French observations. Praises Hildebrand and Federico Delpino.
Sends pamphlets.
CD is experimenting on a large scale on difference in plants raised from self-fertilised and crossed seeds.
F. Hildebrand has produced a graft-hybrid which seems to lend important support to Pangenesis.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 22 Apr 1868 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: ff. 703–4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6138 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To George Bentham 22 April 1868 …
- … 703–4) Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 Apr 1868 George Bentham …
- … Bromley. | Kent. S.E. Ap 22 nd . 1868 My dear M r . Bentham …
- … See letter from George Bentham, [before 22 April 1868] . …
- … from George Bentham, [before 22 April 1868] and n. 15. …
- … from George Bentham, [before 22 April 1868] and n. 3. …
- … In his letter of [before 22 April 1868] , Bentham had asked …
- … In his letter of [before 22 April 1868] , Bentham referred …
- … from George Bentham, [before 22 April 1868] and n. 20. CD …
To Edward Hewitt [c. 22 March 1868]
Summary
Asks for facts relating to courtship of birds and especially cases of females preferring particular males.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Hewitt |
| Date: | [c. 22 Mar 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5963 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To Edward Hewitt [ c. 22 March 1868] …
- … Robert Darwin unstated [c. 22 Mar 1868] Edward Hewitt …
- … the letter to J. J. Weir, 22 March [1868] , and the letter …
- … 18 December 1857 and 22 December 1857 ). See letter to J. …
- … J. Weir, 22 March [1868] , n. 4. CD refers to Robert Heron …
- … CD’s request in the Field , 22 February 1868, p. 144 …
From Charles Langstaff [after 22? April 1868]
Summary
Describes the appearance of the nose in crying.
| Author: | Charles Langstaff |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 22? Apr 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7413 |
To Jean Jacques Moulinié 22 February [1868]
Summary
Sends corrections [for French edition of Variation].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jean Jacques Moulinié |
| Date: | 22 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | Bibliothèque de Genève (Ms suppl. 66, ff. 5–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5913 |
From John Murray 22 September [1868]
Summary
Lost copy of Variation sent to B. D. Walsh has been traced as far as New York.
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Sept [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 361 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6385 |
From John Harward 22 May 1868
Summary
Will obtain information on sheep.
| Author: | John Harward |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 May 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 118 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6200 |
To J. J. Weir 22 March [1868]
Summary
Glad to hear about pigeons. Did not know some birds could win affections of females more than others, except among peacocks.
Comments on polygamy in birds.
Discusses sex ratios among birds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Jenner Weir |
| Date: | 22 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | Private collection |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6038 |
To Deane Parker Pennethorne 22 May [1868]
Summary
Comments on DP’s paper on man ["Transmutation of man according to the Darwinian theory" (n.d.)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Deane Parker Pennethorne |
| Date: | 22 May [1868] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.350) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6198 |
From W. S. Dallas 22 February 1868
Summary
Has sent his translations [of parts of Theodor Piderit, System der Mimik und Physiognomik (1867)].
Fritz Müller’s Für Darwin [1864] would sell if well translated. WSD would be glad to undertake it.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Feb 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5917 |
To the editor of Annals and Magazine of Natural History 22 September [1868]
Summary
Sends addition to T. H. Farrer’s [Lobelia] paper [Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 4th ser. 2 (1868): 255–63].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Annals and Magazine of Natural History |
| Date: | 22 Sept [1868] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.36) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6384 |
From V. O. Kovalevsky 22 December 1868
Summary
The first half of vol. 2 of Variation is printed.
News of his marriage.
Sends portraits of Russian scientists.
Hopes CD will write his book on man and asks permission to translate it.
Moving to Germany for two or three years.
| Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Dec 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 77 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6510 |
From Oskar Schmidt 22 June 1868
Summary
Has received copy of Variation.
Sends copy of his book [Die Spongien der Küste von Algier (1868)]. Comments on it.
| Author: | Eduard Oskar (Oskar) Schmidt |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 June 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6256 |
To H. W. Bates 22 April [1868]
Summary
Thanks HWB for answering questions.
The MS on Lepidoptera is almost finished and he is glad HWB will read it; he is fearful of mistakes, not being familiar with the subject.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Date: | 22 Apr [1868] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6135 |
From Edward Wilson 22 February 1868
Summary
CD’s queries on expression.
Sends photo of a native Australian.
| Author: | Edward Wilson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Feb 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 124 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5916 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 22 May [1868]
Summary
Inquires about plumage of poultry breeds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 22 May [1868] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6199 |
To W. E. Darwin 22 [March 1868]
Summary
Asks WED to observe a suppressed yawn.
Asks whether scratching a tickling point makes tears come to his eyes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 22 [Mar 1868] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR A23) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8396 |
To Leonard Jenyns 22 February [1868]
Summary
Asks LJ which British birds are polygamous. His query relates to the possession by the male of secondary sexual characters.
CD is also interested in the numerical proportion of the sexes in birds.
Asks about the use of the horns in male lamellicorn or coprophagous beetles.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
| Date: | 22 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5911 |
To A. R. Wallace 22 February [1868]
Summary
Reports work on sexual selection. Problems with the relative numbers of the two sexes and polygamy. Asks ARW’s help with several questions on polygamous birds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 22 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 104–5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5912 |
From W. E. Darwin [22? April 1868]
Summary
Charles Langstaff on action of muscles in crying. He believes the primary object of the contraction of the orbicularis is to protect the eye from blood.
Blushing on the body.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [22? Apr 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 83, 80, 80/1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6137 |
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