To W. B. Tegetmeier 15 March [1856]
Summary
Asks WBT to try to purchase some specific pigeons.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 15 Mar [1856] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1842 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … DCP-LETT-1842 …
To the Geological Society of London 4 October 1842
Summary
Papers by T. J. Newbold [Proc. Geol. Soc. Lond. 3 (1842): 702–5], T. C. Hunt [3 (1842): 565–6] and J. Phillips [3 (1842): 705–6] need not be printed in Transactions of the Geological Society.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Geological Society of London |
Date: | 4 Oct 1842 |
Classmark: | Geological Society of London (GSL/COM/P/4/2/130) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-647 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … To the Geological Society of London 4 October 1842 …
- … GSL/COM/P/4/2/130) Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Oct 1842 Geological Society of London …
- … Papers by T. J. Newbold [ Proc. Geol. Soc. Lond. 3 (1842): 702–5], T. …
- … C. Hunt [3 (1842): 565–6] and J. …
- … Phillips [3 (1842): 705–6] need not be printed in Transactions of the Geological Society . …
- … Newbold 1842 . …
- … Phillips 1842 . This is not John Phillips , the Yorkshire geologist, but possibly an …
- … 1838–42): 565–6. Newbold, Thomas John. 1842. On rock-basins in the bed of the Toombuddra, …
- … lat. 15 o to 16 o N. ). [Read 9 March 1842. ] Proceedings of the Geological Society of …
- … communications need not be printed in the Transactions Charles Darwin October 4 th . 1842 …
- … London 3 (1838–42): 702–5. Phillips, J. 1842. Three notices. [ …
- … Read 9 March 1842. ] Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 3 (1838-42): 705–6. …
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 |
From Thomas Blunt 11 August 1842
Author: | Thomas Blunt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Aug 1842 |
Classmark: | DAR 5: B17–18 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-639 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From Thomas Blunt 11 August 1842 …
- … DAR 5: B17–18 Thomas Blunt Shrewsbury 11 Aug 1842 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Shrewsbury August 11 th 1842 Dear Sir, I have ascertained that the elevation of the town …
- … Collected papers 1: 163–71. See letters from John Provis , 14 July 1842 and …
- … 20 July 1842 . …
- … Darwin. Philosophical Magazine 3d ser. 21 (1842): 180–8. [ Shorter publications , pp. 140– …
To Francis Boott [3 February 1842]
Summary
"My Dear Sir, I have called on you, to solicit your vote & interest at the Athenaeum Club […] in favour of my brother, Erasmus Darwin".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Boott |
Date: | [3 Feb 1842] |
Classmark: | Christie’s (dealers) (13 December 2006, lot 34) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-617F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To Francis Boott [3 February 1842] …
- … See n. 1, above. Erasmus became a member of the Athenaeum Club in 1842 ( Waugh [1888] ). …
- … s (dealers) (13 December 2006, lot 34) Charles Robert Darwin [3 Feb 1842] Francis Boott …
- … of the Athenaeum Club, Monday 7 February 1842 (see Correspondence vol. 2, letter to J. …
- … F. Royle, [2 February 1842] and n. 1, and n. 4, below). The preceding Thursday was 3 …
To ? [1842–82]
Summary
Will be glad to see recipient and Mr Morris at Down the following day.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | [1842–82] |
Classmark: | eBay (April 2001) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13867G |
To Charles Lyell [5 and 7 October 1842]
Summary
Cancelled: same as DCP-LETT-649. Discusses growth of various species of coral. Explains significance of dead reefs.
Describes meeting of the Council of the Geological Society; the controversy involving Edward Charlesworth.
Mentions conversations with William Lonsdale about Lonsdale’s work on corals and the financial support for his work.
Murchison’s views on glaciation in Wales.
Agassiz’s observations at Glen Roy.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 5 and 7 Oct 1842 |
Classmark: | CUL DAR 146: 149 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-645 |
Maclaren, Charles. 1842. Coral islands. (From the Scotsman of 29 October and 9 November 1842). Pamphlet reprint. [Edinburgh.]
Phillips, J. 1842. Three notices. [Read 9 March 1842.] Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 3 (1838-42): 705–6.
To Julian Jackson 13 October [1842]
Summary
Discusses JJ’s proposed review of his volume [Coral reefs].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Julian Jackson |
Date: | 13 Oct [1842] |
Classmark: | Royal Geographical Society |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-650 |
Matches: 4 hits
To Charles Lyell [5 and 7 October 1842]
Summary
Discusses growth of various species of coral. Explains significance of dead reefs.
Describes meeting of the Council of the Geological Society; the controversy involving Edward Charlesworth.
Mentions conversations with William Lonsdale about Lonsdale’s work on corals and the financial support for his work.
Murchison’s views on glaciation in Wales.
Agassiz’s observations at Glen Roy.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 5 and 7 Oct 1842 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.28) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-649 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Charles Lyell [5 and 7 October 1842] …
- … American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.28) Charles Robert Darwin Down 5 Oct 1842 7 …
- … Oct 1842 Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … by Louis Agassiz and James David Forbes . L. Agassiz 1842 , pp. 236–7 and plate 4. …
- … Darwin. Philosophical Magazine 3d ser. 21 (1842): 180–8. [ Shorter publications , pp. 140– …
- … 1837 , n. 9). See letter to Anne Susan Horner, [4 October 1842] , n. 4. See letter to …
- … W. H. Fitton, 23 June 1842 . For R. I. Murchison’s disbelief in Welsh glaciers see …
From John Provis 14 July 1842
Author: | John Provis |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 July 1842 |
Classmark: | DAR 27.1: B23 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-635 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From John Provis 14 July 1842 …
- … DAR 27.1: B23 John Provis Holyhead 14 July 1842 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … glaciers of Caernarvonshire’ , Collected papers 1: 163–71) published in September 1842. …
- … Darwin. Philosophical Magazine 3d ser. 21 (1842): 180–8. [ Shorter publications , pp. 140– …
- … Holyhead. 14 th . July 1842. Sir, In compliance with your request I now send you the …
To Charles Lyell [September–December 1842]
Summary
Discusses relationship of subsidence to the formation of coral reefs.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [Sept–Dec 1842] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.30) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-605 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … To Charles Lyell [September–December 1842] …
- … Robert Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 [Sept–Dec 1842] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
- … for CD’s coral theory. See CD’s letter to Charles Maclaren, [15 November–December 1842] . …
- … Charles Maclaren, [15 November – December 1842] , and Journal of researches, 2d ed. , p. …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. Correspondence : The correspondence of …
- … Lyell had returned from America (August 1842) and had discussed CD’s Coral reefs with him. …
- … Charles Maclaren, [15 November–December 1842] , and makes it probable that CD revised his …
To A. S. Horner [4 October 1842]
Summary
Emma recovering well from birth of third child, Mary Eleanor.
Sorry to hear Leonard Horner has been ill.
Has received high praise of Coral reefs from Lyell.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Anne Susanna Lloyd; Anne Susanna Horner |
Date: | [4 Oct 1842] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.11: 1 (EH 88206053) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-648 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To A. S. Horner [4 October 1842] …
- … 88206053) Charles Robert Darwin Down [4 Oct 1842] Anne Susanna Lloyd/Anne Susanna Horner …
- … Lonsdale on Friday, 30 September (see letter to Charles Lyell, [5 and 7 October 1842] ). …
- … December. See letters to Lyell, [5 and 7 October 1842] , and William Hallowes Miller , [ …
- … 16 October – 27 November 1842]. Lonsdale had retired from his position because of ill …
From Hensleigh Wedgwood 25 September [1842]
Summary
Gives an account of his father’s illness.
Author: | Hensleigh Wedgwood |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 Sept [1842] |
Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 258) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-644 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From Hensleigh Wedgwood 25 September [1842] …
- … Collection (MS W/M 258) Hensleigh Wedgwood Maer 25 Sept [1842] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … A letter (21 September 1842) from Charlotte Langton to Emma Darwin , describing a crisis …
- … on until 12 July 1843. Mary Eleanor Darwin was born on 23 September 1842 at Down House. …
To A. Y. Spearman 29 April 1842
Summary
The fourth number of part four is now published; the Smith, Elder & Co. account is presented.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet |
Date: | 29 Apr 1842 |
Classmark: | The National Archives (TNA) (T1/4723 paper 15949) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-625A |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To A. Y. Spearman 29 April 1842 …
- … Robert Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 29 Apr 1842 Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet …
- … from Smith, Elder & Co . , dated April 1842, detailing the various costs of Fish, No. 4. …
- … 12 Upper Gower St April 29 th . —1842 Sir I have the honour to transmit, as on former …
To A. Y. Spearman 5 August 1842
Summary
The Smith, Elder & Co. account for the first number of part five of the Zoology, now published, is presented.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet |
Date: | 5 Aug 1842 |
Classmark: | The National Archives (TNA) (T1/4723 paper 15949) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-637A |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To A. Y. Spearman 5 August 1842 …
- … Robert Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 5 Aug 1842 Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet …
- … from Smith, Elder & Co . , dated August 1842, detailing the various costs of Reptiles, No. …
- … 12 Upper Gower St August 5. 1842 Sir I have the honour to transmit, as on former …
From John Provis 20 July 1842
Author: | John Provis |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 July 1842 |
Classmark: | DAR 27.1: B24 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-636 |
To the Geological Society of London 31 January [1842]
Summary
Hopes to meet with museum committee after 11 o’clock next day.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Geological Society of London |
Date: | 31 Jan [1842] |
Classmark: | Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/7/25) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-616 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To the Geological Society of London 31 January [1842] …
- … Robert Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 31 Jan [1842] Geological Society of London …
- … Society for a year beginning in February 1842. CD signed the report of the Museum …
- … of the Geological Society, 18 February 1842 ( Proceedings of the Geological Society 3 ( …
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natural selection in Commentary
Natural Selection: the trouble with terminology Part I
Summary
Darwin encountered problems with the term ‘natural selection’ even before Origin appeared. Everyone from the Harvard botanist Asa Gray to his own publisher came up with objections. Broadly these divided into concerns either that its meaning simply wasn’t…
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- … heading in the earliest outline of his theory written in 1842 , and, as he told Asa Gray in …
Natural selection
Summary
How do new species arise? This was the ancient question that Charles Darwin tackled soon after returning to England from the Beagle voyage in October 1836. Darwin realised a crucial (and cruel) fact: far more individuals of each species were born than…
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- … How do new species arise? This was the ancient question that Charles Darwin tackled soon after …
Darwin in letters, 1858-1859: Origin
Summary
The years 1858 and 1859 were, without doubt, the most momentous of Darwin’s life. From a quiet rural existence filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on species, he was jolted into action by the arrival of an unexpected letter from Alfred Russel Wallace…
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- … coincidence. if Wallace had my M.S. sketch written out in 1842 he could not have made a better short …