To Friedrich Hildebrand 17 July [1862]
Summary
Thanks for Hildebrand’s offer to translate Orchids into German, but H. G. Bronn had finished his translation before his death (Bronn trans. 1862). Has not yet received Hildebrand’s work on the distribution of coniferous trees (Hildebrand 1861). Asks that his compliments be presented to L. C. Treviranus.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand |
| Date: | 17 July [1862] |
| Classmark: | Courtesy of Eilo Hildebrand (photocopy) (Original, previously owned by Klaus Groove, sold by Venator and Hanstein, Cologne (dealers), 16 March 2018.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3660F |
Matches: 3 hits
- … see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 14 July 1862 and n. 1). …
- … 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10). In his letter of 14 July 1862 ( Correspondence vol. 10), …
- … 10, letter from E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchandlung, 11 July 1862 and nn. 2 and 5). For the additional material that CD had asked Bronn to translate and include in the German edition, see the enclosures to the letter to H. G. Bronn, 30 June [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10). Hildebrand 1861 ; see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from Friedrich Hildebrand, 14 …
To Fritz Müller 15 August [1867]
Summary
Queries about expressions in crying monkeys.
Has received letter from Hermann Müller on orchid fertilisation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | 15 Aug [1867] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 18) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5605 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … see Correspondence vol. 14, letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1866] and n. 3). …
- … Correspondence vol. 14, letter to Fritz Müller, [before 10 December 1866] ). CD reported …
- … letter to Fritz Müller, [before 10 December 1866] , CD had written, ‘These seeds would make a beautiful bracelet for one of my daughters if I had enough’ ( Correspondence vol. 14). …
To Daniel Oliver 12 [April 1862]
Summary
DO’s observations on polymorphism in Primula and Campanula. CD recognises three classes of dimorphism, as in Primula, Thymus, and Campanula and violets.
DO’s Campanula paper and Royal Institution lecture [Not. Proc. R. Inst. G. B. 3 (1858–62): 431–3].
CD’s interest in Fumariaceae from A. Gray’s comments on "selfing".
Bees bite holes in flowers when same species grows in high density.
Organisation of CD’s notes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | 12 [Apr 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 1 (EH 88205985) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3504 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … from Daniel Oliver, 10 April 1862 , and to the letter from Daniel Oliver, 14 April 1862 . …
- … Society paid Fitch’s 10 s . bill (see letter from Daniel Oliver, 14 April 1862 ). North …
- … 10 April 1862 ), but subsequently decided against it (see letter from Daniel Oliver, 14 …
- … 10 April 1862 , CD wrote ‘short-styled’ above Oliver’s ‘ long-styled ’ (see CD annotations). Oliver repeated his conclusions without modification in [Oliver] 1862c, p. 237. See also letter from Daniel Oliver, 14 April 1862 , and letter …
To Edward Blyth [18 February 1867]
Summary
Asks to meet EB for a walk in the Zoological Gardens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Blyth |
| Date: | [18 Feb 1867] |
| Classmark: | McGill University Library, Department of Rare Books |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5406 |
To Daniel Oliver 15 June [1864]
Summary
L. H. Palm [Über das Winden der Pflanzen (1827)] is better on climbing plants than H. von Mohl [Über den Bau und das Winden der Ranken und Schlingpflanzen (1827)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | 15 June [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 49 (EH 88206032) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4536 |
From Hugh Falconer 9 January 1863
Summary
Answers CD’s query on the free digits of Archaeopteryx.
| Author: | Hugh Falconer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Jan 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3909 |
To Daniel Oliver 8 June [1862]
Summary
Describes floral anatomy of a Catasetum sent by DO.
Has gone on from orchids to studying insect agency in Pelargonium.
His doubts on the worth of publishing Orchids.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | 8 June [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 32 (EH 88206015) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3592 |
From Asa Gray 14 April 1871
Summary
Is reading Descent.
Encloses some answers to CD’s queries about expressions of Laura Bridgman.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Apr 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 175, 175/2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7683 |
From W. E. Darwin 12 February [1862]
Summary
Discusses his new microscope.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Feb [1862] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3443F |
Matches: 3 hits
- … and the letter to W. E. Darwin, 14 February [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10). The London …
- … in his letter to William of 14 February [1862] ( Correspondence vol. 10), CD suggested …
- … 14 February [1862] and n. 10). On 11 February 1876, he was taken to see the London physician Edward Headland ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Possibly the letter …
To Smith, Elder and Company 10 March [1863]
Summary
Receipt for cheque enclosed.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Smith, Elder & Co |
| Date: | 10 Mar [1863] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (MS.23181, ff.11-15 (S. E. & Co. work slip, ff.11-12, letter ff.13-14, address envelope f.15)) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4034 |
To Hugh Falconer 22 April [1863]
Summary
Good of HF to tell him about Brazilian beast. So intermediate a form is "very glorious". Must assume it is very old.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hugh Falconer |
| Date: | 22 Apr [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 31 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4121 |
From Joseph Prestwich 2 January 1880
Summary
Having reviewed the history of the Glen Roy debate ["On the origin of the parallel roads of Lochaber, and their bearing on other phenomena of the glacial period", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 170 (1880): 663–776], JP wishes to know whether it is accurate to say CD has abandoned the marine theory.
| Author: | Joseph Prestwich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12394 |
To Samuel Birch [12 March 1856]
Summary
Arranges an appointment.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Samuel Birch |
| Date: | [12 Mar 1856] |
| Classmark: | British Museum (Department of the Middle East, correspondence 1826–67: 1489) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1841A |
To G. R. Jesse 23 April 1881
Summary
CD will not permit publication of his previous letter on vivisection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Richard Jesse |
| Date: | 23 Apr 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 34 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13136 |
[Morley, John]. 1871b. Mr. Darwin on conscience. Pall Mall Gazette, 12 April 1871, pp. 10–11.
From Werner von Voigts-Rhetz [after 18 April 1881]
Summary
On vivisection. Has read CD’s letter to Frithiof Holmgren and answers the points raised in it.
| Author: | Werner Adolf Friedrich Wilhelm (Werner) von Voigts-Rhetz |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 18 Apr 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 180: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13127 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … 1881, p. 10. See letter to Frithiof Holmgren, [14] April 1881 ; the letter appeared in The …
- … 10. Noblesse oblige : nobility obligates (French); the phrase is taken to mean that someone with power and influence should use it to act honourably to others and fulfill social responsibilities. See letter to Frithiof Holmgren, [14] …
To [John Gould?] [before 10 May 1866?]
Summary
Asks for the name of a hummingbird.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Gould |
| Date: | [before 10 May 1866?] |
| Classmark: | Jeff Weber, Rare Books (dealer) (October 2018) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5075F |
To J. D. Hooker 17 [July 1861]
Summary
Orchids from Kew.
JDH’s income problems.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 17 [July 1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 106 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3210 |
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