To Syms Covington 9 March 1856
Summary
Thanks SC for his interesting account of the state of the colony. SC was wise to settle there where his sons have much better prospects.
Has finished his book on barnacles [1854]. Royal Medal awarded him chiefly for this work.
Asks SC whether he has observed any odd imported breeds of poultry, for his work on variation of species.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Syms Covington |
Date: | 9 Mar 1856 |
Classmark: | Sydney Mail, 9 August 1884, p. 255 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1840 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … DCP-LETT-1840 …
To Charles Babbage 19 [February 1839 – August 1842]
Summary
Asks to be allowed to bring his sister to CB’s party "that she may see the World".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Babbage |
Date: | 19 [Feb 1839 - Aug 1842] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 37191: 299) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-479 |
Matches: 12 hits
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To Robert Fitzroy [20 February 1840]
Summary
Cancelled. Same as To Robert FitzRoy [20 February 1840]. Dated 21 [May 1840], in first edition of the printed Calendar, but cancelled before the second edition.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert FitzRoy |
Date: | [20 Feb 1840] |
Classmark: | DAR 144: 117 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-569 |
Matches: 4 hits
To G. N. Smith 20 November [1840]
Summary
Sorry that ill health prevented sooner reply. Letter about caves at Caldy was already read by Buckland. Will examine birds’ beaks when better and present to Geological Society of London in Smith’s name.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Gilbert Nicholas Smith |
Date: | 20 Nov [1840] |
Classmark: | Angus Carroll (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-580F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To G. N. Smith 20 November [1840] …
- … collection) Charles Robert Darwin 12 Upper Gower St 20 Nov [1840] Gilbert Nicholas Smith …
- … to Smith (see Correspondence vol. 2, letter to G. N. Smith, [ c . 15 August 1840]). …
- … the Geological Society of London in autumn 1840 (see Correspondence vol. 2, letter to G. …
- … N. Smith, [ c . 15 August 1840]). The letter from …
- … Greaves to William Buckland , dated 6 June 1840, on the discovery of the bones of birds, …
- … had been read at the meeting of 10 June 1840 ( Proceedings of the Geological Society of …
- … s family home in Staffordshire, on 5 June 1840 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); CD fell …
- … his letter to Smith of [ c. 15 August 1840] ( Correspondence vol. 2). CD had asked Smith …
To William Buckland [November 1840 – 17 February 1841]
Summary
He encloses an unidentified paper received from R. I. Murchison the previous day.
Is unable to provide information about Dr Du Gard.
Appreciates the maps of Glen Roy sent by WB. Would welcome the opinions of WB and Louis Agassiz concerning the parallel roads but cannot give up the idea of their marine origin.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Buckland |
Date: | [Nov 1840 – 17 Feb 1841] |
Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Buckland papers, Glaciation /4 (iv)) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-641A |
Matches: 11 hits
- … To William Buckland [November 1840 – 17 February 1841] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 [Nov 1840 – 17 Feb 1841] William Buckland …
- … fellow of the Geological Society, died on 19 January 1840 ( Gentleman’s Magazine n.s. …
- … 14 (1840): 556). Buckland, who was president of the Geological Society, included a brief …
- … Bibliography Buckland, William. 1840. Memoir on the evidences of glaciers in Scotland and …
- … Read 4 and 18 November, and 2 December 1840. ] Proceedings of the Geological Society of …
- … found in the Darwin Archive–CUL. Buckland and Agassiz visited Glen Roy together in 1840 ( …
- … Buckland 1840 , p. 333). Agassiz’s account of his theory …
- … at the Geological Society on 4 November 1840, was summarised in the Proceedings of the …
- … Society of London (J. L. R. Agassiz 1840 , p. 332; see also Rudwick 1974 ); Buckland’s …
- … November were also reported ( Buckland 1840 , p. 333). Buckland and Agassiz had concluded …
From David Milne 28 March 1840
Summary
Comments on CD’s paper on South American volcanoes [Trans. of the Geol. Soc. of London, 2d ser., pt 3, 5 (1840): 601–31]. Jets of steam or flame issuing from the side of a hill in Glen Almond.
Author: | David Milne Home |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 28 Mar 1840 |
Classmark: | Milne Home 1891, pp. 69–72 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-562F |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From David Milne 28 March 1840 …
- … pp. 69–72 David Milne Home Edinburgh, York Place, 10 28 Mar 1840 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Geol. Soc. of London , 2d ser. , pt 3, 5 (1840): 601–31]. Jets of steam or flame issuing …
- … See Correspondence vol. 2, letter to David Milne, [19 March 1840] , which should now …
- … be dated 20 [February 1840] (see n. 1, above). Milne discussed the evidence for the …
- … York Place, Edinburgh, 28 th March 1840. Sir,— I have been so much occupied professionally …
- … in 1839, and had written to CD in early 1840 ( Milne Home 1891 , p. 63; this letter has …
- … that should now be dated 20 [February 1840] (it was published in Correspondence vol. …
- … 2 with the date [19 March 1840] and in Milne Home 1891 , pp. …
- … 67–9, with the date 20 March 1840). In the letter, CD offered to send Milne, in a week or …
To Thomas Walker 5 May [1840]
Summary
Acknowledges TW’s letter supplying him with William Kemp’s address.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Walker |
Date: | 5 May [1840] |
Classmark: | Jim Somerville (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-565G |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Thomas Walker 5 May [1840] …
- … Society (‘ The Galashiels geological society’, Scotsman , 21 March 1840, p. 3). …
- … Jim Somerville (private collection) Charles Robert Darwin 5 May [1840] Thomas Walker …
- … Charles Maclaren to Thomas Walker, 30 March 1840 (this volume, Supplement). This letter …
- … Charles Maclaren to Thomas Walker, 30 March 1840 and n. 1. CD refers to William Kemp . …
From W. C. Redfield 6 May 1840
Summary
Thanks CD for information about Captain Tillard’s account of the volcanic eruption in the Azores in 1811.
Author: | William C. Redfield |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 May 1840 |
Classmark: | Yale University: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (William C. Redfield’s outbound letter book 1835–41 (z117 00151 2), pp. 179–80) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-565H |
Matches: 9 hits
- … From W. C. Redfield 6 May 1840 …
- … z117 00151 2), pp. 179–80) William C. Redfield New York 6 May 1840 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … New York State Senate, no. 64, 2 March 1840), also inscribed by Redfield, is in DAR 137.5. …
- … vol. 2, letter to W. C. Redfield, 24 February [1840] . James Tillard’s observations on the …
- … letter to Benjamin Silliman, 26 February 1840 ). In Oersted 1839 , Hans Christian Oersted …
- … New York May 6 th 1840 To Charles Darwin Esqr ∣ 12 Upper Gower St. London Dear Sir Your …
- … CD acknowledged these gifts in December 1840 (see Correspondence vol. 2, letter to W. …
- … C. Redfield, [22 December 1840] ). There are two geological survey reports for …
- … York dated 27 February 1839 and 24 January 1840, and inscribed by Redfield, in DAR 137.3 …
To Richard Owen [March? 1840]
Summary
Sends a proof title page and asks RO to send a list of plates and contents [of Fossil mammalia] to the printer, Mr Stewart.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Richard Owen |
Date: | [Mar? 1840] |
Classmark: | Christie’s, New York (dealers) (29 October 1993) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-559F |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To Richard Owen [March? 1840] …
- … 29 October 1993) Charles Robert Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 [Mar? 1840] Richard Owen …
- … the letter to Richard Owen, 24 [February 1840] ( Correspondence vol. 2), containing CD’s …
- … of publication of Zoology was originally 1 March 1840, and the absence of any reference to …
- … in the letter to Owen of 24 [February 1840] , suggest that the letter may have been …
- … 2, letter to Leonard Jenyns, [27 February 1840] ). Stewart and Murray were the printers of …
- … 2, letter to Richard Owen, 24 [February 1840] ). The last number of each part was issued …
- … Fossil Mammalia was published in April 1840 ( Freeman 1977 ). Fossil Mammalia , by Richard …
- … The ‘whole work’ to which CD refers is the 1840 publication of all the separate numbers of …
- … Owen’s final number appeared in January 1840 ( Freeman 1977 , pp. 27, 29). Therefore, …
To John Gould [after 1 December 1840]
Summary
Feels he cannot keep the gift of Gould’s "magnificent work" or take out a subscription now that he is a married man.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Gould |
Date: | [after 1 Dec 1840] |
Classmark: | Profiles in History (dealers) (12 December 2012) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-578F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To John Gould [after 1 December 1840] …
- … 12 December 2012) Charles Robert Darwin 12 Upper Gower St [after 1 Dec 1840] John Gould …
- … Bibliography Gould, John. 1840–8. The birds of Australia. 7 vols. London: the author. …
- … 2, below). The first part of Gould’s Birds of Australia ( J. Gould 1840–8 ) was published …
- … on 1 December 1840 ( Aust. dict. biog. ). It contained seventeen folio plates with …
- … on 29 January 1839. The first number of J. Gould 1840–8 was based on Gould’s direct …
- … observation of Australian birds from 1838 to 1840; prior to his trip to Australia in 1838, …
- … on prospective subscribers to J. Gould 1840–8 , he evidently offered to take back the two …
To William Kemp 1[1] May [1840]
Summary
CD has read WK’s abstract in the Scotsman, 15 February 1840, p. 3, and asks for further details.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Kemp |
Date: | 1[1] May [1840] |
Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/2) (gift of Ruth Cramond and David Cramond) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-565F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To William Kemp 1[1] May [1840] …
- … WK’s abstract in the Scotsman , 15 February 1840, p. 3, and asks for further details. …
- … Cramond) Charles Robert Darwin 12 Upper Gower St, London 1[1] May [1840] William Kemp …
- … Maclaren to Thomas Walker, 30 March 1840 (this volume, Supplement). Before conservation in …
- … but read as May 10, 16, or 18. In 1840, 18 May fell on a Monday; after conservation the …
- … Charles Maclaren to Thomas Walker, 30 March 1840 and n. 1. Thomas Walker . CD refers …
- … had already read ( Scotsman , 15 February 1840, p. 3). He did not publish further on the …
To G. R. Gray [20 November – 11 December 1840]
Summary
Thanks GRG for his gift [A list of the genera of birds (1840)] and trusts that now GRG will be able to finish John Gould’s MS for Zoology.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Robert Gray |
Date: | [20 Nov – 11 Dec 1840] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Egerton MS 2348: 237–8) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-581 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … To G. R. Gray [20 November – 11 December 1840] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 [20 Nov – 11 Dec 1840] George Robert Gray …
- … his gift [ A list of the genera of birds (1840)] and trusts that now GRG will be able to …
- … University Press. 1985–. Gray, George Robert. 1840. A list of the genera of birds, with an …
- … Probably the first edition of Gray 1840 . A second, corrected edition was published in …
- … that he returned to London on 14 November 1840; on 15 December he ‘Commenced last number …
To Basil Hall 15 March 1840
Summary
Discussion of the geology of Coquimbo, Chile.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Basil Hall |
Date: | 15 Mar 1840 |
Classmark: | Musée royal de Mariemont, Belgium (Aut. 1061/1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-558F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To Basil Hall 15 March 1840 …
- … Aut. 1061/1) Charles Robert Darwin 12 Upper Gower Street, London 15 Mar 1840 Basil Hall …
- … See, for example, Correspondence vol. 1, letter from J. G. Malcolmson, 2 January 1840 . …
- … Archibald Constable and Co. Hall, Basil. 1840. Extracts from a journal written on the …
- … 12 Upper Gower Street Sunday 15 th March 1840 My dear Sir I much regret, that from the …
- … Hall has been found. According to B. Hall 1840 , p. 77, CD had been asked to comment on …
- … CD was unwell from January to 26 March 1840 (see Correspondence vol. 2, Appendix II). …
- … was three or four miles wide ( B. Hall 1840 , p. 75 n. ); he also published CD’s letter in …
- … beaches at each new level ( B. Hall 1840 , pp. 76 and 77). The River Spean originates in …
To W. A. Leighton 1 December 1840
Summary
Acknowledges election as Honorary Member of Shropshire and North Wales Natural History and Antiquarian Society.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Allport Leighton |
Date: | 1 Dec 1840 |
Classmark: | Shropshire Archives (SA 6001/133/57) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-584 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To W. A. Leighton 1 December 1840 …
- … Charles Robert Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 1 Dec 1840 William Allport Leighton …
- … ibid. 1: 53–86) were published in the Transactions of the Geological Society of 1840. …
- … Geological Society of London 2d ser. 5 (1840): 505–9. [ Shorter publications , pp. 124– …
- … 12 Upper Gower St December 1 st . 1840 Sir I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of …
To the Geological Society of London 18 November [1840]
Summary
Recommends that Consul Chatfield’s communication on an earthquake in San Salvador [read 5 Feb 1840; Proc. Geol. Soc. Lond. 3 (1840): 179] not be published in Transactions.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Geological Society of London |
Date: | 18 Nov [1840] |
Classmark: | Geological Society of London (GSL/COM/P/4/2/35) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-580 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To the Geological Society of London 18 November [1840] …
- … Robert Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 18 Nov [1840] Geological Society of London …
- … Chatfield’s communication on an earthquake in San Salvador [read 5 Feb 1840; Proc. Geol. …
- … Soc. Lond. 3 (1840): 179] not be published in Transactions . …
To John Washington, Secretary, Royal Geographical Society 16 May 1840
Summary
Has much pleasure "in accepting the honour of being proposed as a member of the Council of the Geographical Society".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Washington; Royal Geographical Society |
Date: | 16 May 1840 |
Classmark: | Royal Geographical Society |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-568 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To John Washington, Secretary, Royal Geographical Society 16 May 1840 …
- … Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 16 May 1840 John Washington Royal Geographical Society …
- … the Society in 1838. Elected to the Council on 25 May 1840, he served for only one year. …
- … 12 Upper Gower St May 16 th 1840 Sir I beg leave to inform you, that I shall have much …
From J. S. Henslow 2 November 1840
Summary
Would like further experimentation to confirm report about germination of wheat from Egyptian tombs. Sir G. Wilkinson may have been deceived by the Arabs.
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Nov 1840 |
Classmark: | DAR 205.2: 236 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-579 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From J. S. Henslow 2 November 1840 …
- … DAR 205.2: 236 John Stevens Henslow Hitcham 2 Nov 1840 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … at the General Meeting, 12 December 1840, Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society 2 ( …
- … by Martin Farquhar Tupper of Albury, Guildford, dated ‘Sept. 1840’, was published in The …
- … Record of 15 October 1840. It describes his success in raising wheat from grains found in …
- … Hitcham 2 Nov r 1840 My dear Darwin, I was very glad to see your handwriting & trust you …
To Benjamin Silliman 26 February 1840
Summary
Asks that a letter on tornados be forwarded to W. C. Redfield. Hopes Silliman received a copy of Journal of Researches.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Benjamin Silliman, Sr |
Date: | 26 Feb 1840 |
Classmark: | Gallery of History (dealers) (4 December 1996) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-557F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Benjamin Silliman 26 February 1840 …
- … dealers) (4 December 1996) Charles Robert Darwin 26 Feb 1840 Benjamin Silliman, Sr …
- … receipt of the volume in his letter to CD of 7 April 1840 ( Correspondence vol. 2). …
- … letter to Redfield, dated 24 February [1840], is printed in Correspondence vol. 2. See …
- … letter to W. C. Redfield, [22 December 1840] . Journal of researches was first published …
To John Phillips [November 1840]
Summary
Sends his paper on earthquakes [(1840), Collected papers 1: 53–86]. Now sets less value on theoretical reasoning in geology than when he wrote it.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Phillips |
Date: | [Nov 1840] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.22) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-578 |
To J. M. Herbert [after 5 June 1840]
Summary
Writes to find whether the date of the event [JMH’s marriage?] has been fixed.
Has been unwell and does not yet feel up to work.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Maurice Herbert |
Date: | [after 5 June 1840] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.19) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-571 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To J. M. Herbert [after 5 June 1840] …
- … Society (Mss.B.D25.19) Charles Robert Darwin Maer [after 5 June 1840] John Maurice Herbert …
- … Garthmyl, Montgomeryshire. It took place on 13 August 1840 ( Gentleman’s Magazine n.s. …
- … 14 (1840): 423). CD stayed at Maer until November (‘Journal’; Correspondence vol. 2, …
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human evolution in Commentary
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
Summary
At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
Matches: 1 hits
- … Taylor Fish in order to confirm the view expressed in his 1840 paper ‘Formation of mould’ of the …