From D. Thomas [after 11 March 1871]
Summary
CD is "bent upon linking the monkey race to us"; DT finds it striking that CD should so resemble an ape.
Author: | D. Thomas |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 11 Mar 1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 108 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13849 |
To Frederick Currey 11 March 1871
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Frederick Currey |
Date: | 11 Mar 1871 |
Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (Report on J. P. Weale Society paper SP1250) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7568 |
From A. R. Wallace 11 March 1871
Summary
Admiration for vol. 2 of Descent, and plans for his review of it for the Academy [2 (1871): 177–82].
News of his new residence.
Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Mar 1871 |
Classmark: | DAR 106: B98–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7569 |
From Arthur Nicols 11 March 1871
Summary
His previous account of Phascolarctos was based on notes made at the time of observation.
His report of the successful adoption of a koala infant by a cat comes from a trustworthy observer.
Author: | Robert Arthur (Arthur) Nicols |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Mar 1871 |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 56 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7570 |
From B. J. Sulivan 11 March 1871
Summary
Recounts case of parrot whose talking seems to show "power of connecting definite sounds with definite ideas" [see Descent, 2d ed., p. 85 n.].
Has not seen CD’s daughter yet. Hopes the fine weather will continue while she is there [in Bournemouth].
Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Mar 1871 |
Classmark: | DAR 87: 96–100, DAR 177: 296 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7571 |
From John Jeremiah 11 March 1871
Author: | John Jeremiah |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Mar 1871 |
Classmark: | DAR 87: 101–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7572 |
From Charles and Emma Darwin to F. J. Wedgwood [after 11 March 1871]
Summary
A draft letter [but sent in the original state by Emma Darwin]. Approves of FJW’s notice of his views.
CD has slightly revised parts in view of both approving and disapproving critics, but still remains convinced about his fundamental notions.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Frances Julia (Snow) Wedgwood |
Date: | [after 11 Mar 1871?] |
Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 57–31570) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8127 |
letter | (7) |
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Darwin, Emma | (1) |
Jeremiah, John | (1) |
Nicols, Arthur | (1) |
Sulivan, B. J. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
Currey, Frederick | (1) |
Wedgwood, F. J. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
Currey, Frederick | (1) |
Darwin, Emma | (1) |
Jeremiah, John | (1) |
Nicols, Arthur | (1) |