From Armand de Quatrefages 8 July 1873
Summary
CD’s nomination to French Academy fails again.
| Author: | Jean Louis Armand (Armand de Quatrefages) Quatrefages de Bréau |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 July 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 175: 11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11041 |
To Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen 28 January [1873]
Summary
Is pleased that HHHvZ has appended his notes to his translation [of Expression and is obliged for the abstract of these notes [see 8712].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen |
| Date: | 28 Jan [1873] |
| Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) (Catalogue 68, 1990) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11337A |
To W. W. Baxter 11 December [1873–5?]
Summary
Requests hydrated magnesia.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 11 Dec [1873-5] |
| Classmark: | Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (144/2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13772G |
From E. A. Darwin [1873–81]
Summary
Notes on the shoveller, taken from John Gould’s Birds of Great Britain [1862–73].
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1873–81] |
| Classmark: | DAR 69: 47–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13790 |
To Francis Darwin [before 26 June 1873]
Summary
Sends FD £5 for the loan of his microscope.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [before 26 June 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13794 |
From Henry Jackson [1873?]
Summary
Notes referring to passages in Expression [annotated in places by Francis Darwin, presumably when preparing 2d ed.].
| Author: | Henry Jackson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1873?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 53.2: 91–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13819 |
From Cecil Smith [1873?]
Summary
Describes some behaviour in herring gulls similar to that of sheldrakes as described by CD in Expression [pp. 47–8].
| Author: | Cecil Smith |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1873?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 187 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13841 |
To V. O. Kovalevsky 4 March 1873
Summary
[Empty cover]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Date: | [4 Mar 1873] |
| Classmark: | Institut Mittag-Leffler |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13905F |
From George Hookham 6 May [1873]
Summary
A fact on expression: sheep do use hoofs in fighting.
| Author: | George Hookham |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 May [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 266 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7742 |
To J. D. Hooker 27 January [1873]
Summary
Drosophyllum arrived; none of his observations turned out as he expected, but nevertheless he understands its habits better than he did. The secreting hairs that he observed may be explained as a mere chemical reaction.
Comments on various articles he has read.
Asks for Thiselton-Dyer’s notes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 27 Jan [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 253–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8185 |
To E. H. Giglioli 6 February [1873]
Summary
Thanks his Italian colleague for articles on the skull of a chimpanzee.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Enrico Hillyer Giglioli |
| Date: | 6 Feb [1873] |
| Classmark: | Andrusier Autographs (dealer) (22 November 2013) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8201A |
To Henry Willett 26 March [1873]
Summary
CD subscribes an additional £10.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Willett |
| Date: | 26 Mar [1873] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8251 |
To E. R. Lankester 15 April [1873]
Summary
Discusses error in CD’s calculation of natural increase of elephants.
Includes extract from Origin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edwin Ray Lankester |
| Date: | 15 Apr [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 31 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8287 |
To H. C. F. Jenkin 30 April [1873]
Summary
HCFJ’s review of the Origin was the wittiest and in some respects the best written.
Thanks him for his Electricity and magnetism [1873].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin |
| Date: | 30 Apr [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 27 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8304 |
To [W. W. Baxter?] 11 May [1873]
Summary
Requests litmus paper and gum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 11 May [1873] |
| Classmark: | Columbia University in the City of New York, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Herter Box 1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8319 |
To J. J. Weir 18 September [1873]
Summary
JJW is quite at liberty to use CD’s name as patron of cat show.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Jenner Weir |
| Date: | 18 Sept [1873] |
| Classmark: | Boston Medical Library in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine (B MS Misc.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8524 |
To Charles Lyell [9 April 1873]
Summary
Hopes that Charles Lyell has enjoyed his excursion.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [9 Apr 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 327 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8552F |
From G. H. Darwin [1 October 1873]
Summary
Discusses his health following a visit to Dr C[lark?]. Has made an appointment for CD.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Oct 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 29 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8702 |
From Henry Reeks 3 March 1873
Summary
Praise for and detailed comments on Expression.
Two cases of coloration in animals – one from sexual selection, the other helping to procure prey [see Descent, 2d ed., pp. 542–3].
| Author: | Henry Stephen (Henry) Reeks |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Mar 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8703 |
To Bromley Rural Sanitary Authority [1873?]
Summary
Gives opinion on the merits of Mr [Stephen P. J.] Eng[leheart (Darwin family doctor)]. Believes he would make an excellent county officer if elected to the district office of health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Bromley Rural Sanitary Authority |
| Date: | [1873?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 165 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8704 |
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