From Caroline Darwin 30 September 1834
Summary
News of family and friends.
Word that William Clift thinks CD’s latest fossils are of much value.
Author: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 Sept 1834 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 81 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-257 |
From Caroline Darwin 29 December [1834]
Summary
Has sent all of CD’s directions to William Clift.
Erasmus has been very ill, but is now quite safe and well again. Caroline and Susan are with him.
They have heard FitzRoy is promoted and the Beagle is coming home.
Author: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Dec [1834] |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 82 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-265 |
From Caroline Darwin 9–28 March [1834]
Summary
They learn from a garbled report in the Times that CD’s specimens have arrived in Cambridge.
William Clift, at Royal College of Surgeons, delighted by CD’s letter about the bones that were sent to Plymouth.
Strange coincidence that Royal College of Surgeons has the front portion and CD has sent home the remainder of a skull, of which a drawing can now be completed.
Other news of family and friends.
Author: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 9 & 28 Mar [1834] |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 80 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-239 |
From Caroline Darwin 30 December [1833] – 3 January 1834
Author: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 Dec [1833] & 3 Jan 1834 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 79 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-234 |
From F. A. Eck [before 13 October 1834]
Summary
Heights of various places in Chile.
Author: | Frederick Andrew Eck |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 13 Oct 1834] |
Classmark: | DAR 35: 232 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-256 |
To Caroline Darwin 9–12 August 1834
Summary
Thanks for her letter of March, which gave him his first explanation of the interest in the [Megatherium] head he had sent.
Wants E. A. Darwin to tell William Clift not to remove numbers or markers on any specimens. The British Museum has first claim on any of his specimens; CD cannot at present say where any should go.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
Date: | 9–12 Aug 1834 |
Classmark: | DAR 223 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-253 |
To Caroline Darwin 13 October 1834
Summary
Became ill two weeks before on his return from Santiago after an interesting trip and some geology – though snow kept him out of the Andes. FitzRoy has had to sell the schooner; he was discouraged by the Admiralty, and the expense was too much for him to bear personally.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
Date: | 13 Oct 1834 |
Classmark: | DAR 223 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-259 |
To Adam Sedgwick 11 October [1850]
Summary
Thanks AS for a copy of his book, Discourse [on the studies of the University, 5th ed.].
Thinking of not sending his eldest son [William] to a classical school.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Adam Sedgwick |
Date: | 11 Oct [1850] |
Classmark: | Rensselaer Libraries, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Gerald and Sue Friedman manuscript collection MC 72 Box 1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1369F |
From Susan Darwin [23] May 1834
Author: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [23] May 1834 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 103 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-246 |
To W. D. Fox [25 January 1841]
Summary
Birds has gone to the printer.
Continues "to collect all kinds of facts about ""varieties and species"" " for his "some-day work".
Would be grateful for descriptions of offspring of crossbred domestic animals.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | [25 Jan 1841] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 59) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-586 |
To Richard Owen 23 December [1847–54]
Summary
Is searching for a tooth of Carcharias which he might have left with RO.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | 23 Dec [1847-54] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13834 |
From Thomas Sutcliffe [28 August – 5 September 1834]
Summary
Gives a map of part of Chile between Santiago and San Fernando. Suggests places and people that CD might profitably visit [en route].
Author: | Thomas Sutcliffe |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [28 Aug – 5 Sept 1834] |
Classmark: | DAR 35: 405 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-255 |
Questions for Mr Wynne [February–July 1838]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | [–] Wynne |
Date: | [Feb–July 1838] |
Classmark: | DAR 206: 42 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-399 |
From B. J. Sulivan 5 January 1874
Summary
Mentions family news;
sends a little magazine [missing] dealing with South American mission and showing "what teaching and the gospel of Christ is doing for those poor Natives".
Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Jan 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 299 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9226 |
To Peter Lund Simmonds 25 February [1849]
Summary
Sends detailed report on the prospects for a settlement on the coast of Patagonia, pointing out many problems, and recommending instead the Falkland Islands.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Peter Lund Simmonds |
Date: | 25 Feb [1849] |
Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (Quentin Keynes collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1229A |
To W. D. Fox 19 [September 1831]
Summary
Describes his appointment, the Beagle, his companions, and the objectives of the voyage. Gives his schedule before departure.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 19 [Sept 1831] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 44) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-132 |
To J. S. Henslow 12 [August] 1835
Summary
Looks forward to seeing volcanoes in Galapagos Islands.
Has altered his views on Cordillera formations as a result of another trip. Discusses his theory of their origin and history.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | 12 [Aug] 1835 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 27 DAR/1/1/27) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-283 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Caroline Darwin, [19] July – [12 August] 1835 , n. 1). The expected sailing ‘In a few days time’ mentioned in the first paragraph was delayed until 7 September. See South America , Appendix, for descriptions of CD’s specimens of fossil shells by George Brettingham Sowerby and Edward Forbes . A report on the scientific results of Orbigny ’s voyage was published in 1834 …
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