From C. G. Ehrenberg 15 June 1844
Summary
Thanks for earth samples. Discusses Infusoria in samples from Galapagos and Cape Verde Islands. Would like samples from other sites. Will send further results of investigations.
Author: | Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 June 1844 |
Classmark: | DAR 163: 10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-758 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … July or August. See letter to J. D. Hooker, [1–29 August 1844] , and letter to C. G. …
- … late July or August. See letter to J. D. Hooker, [1–29 August 1844] , and letter to C. G. …
- … I. ’ ’Ehrenberg misread CD’s letter of 20 April [1844] . The specimens were provided by …
- … sense to mean Oceania. See his letter of 11 July 1844 in which he refers to the ‘Süd- …
- … Ehrenberg, 5 September [1844] . See letter to Ernst Dieffenbach, 25 January 1844 . Journal …
- … Ehrenberg, 5 September [1844] . For the transcription of this letter in its original …
To James David Forbes 11 October [1844]
Summary
Discusses a specimen of Mexican obsidian with an unusual laminated structure.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | James David Forbes |
Date: | 11 Oct [1844] |
Classmark: | University of St Andrews Special Collections (Papers of J. D. Forbes: msdep7 – Incoming letters 1844, no.57) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-781 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … of J. D. Forbes: msdep7 – Incoming letters 1844, no.57) Charles Robert Darwin Down 11 …
- … coming to different conclusions from CD ( J. D. Forbes 1844 ). See letter to J. D. …
- … Bibliography Forbes, James David. 1844. Sixth letter on glaciers. Addressed to the Right …
- … on the viscous ice. See letter to Adolf von Morlot, 9 August [1844] , n. 4. The specimen …
- … Forbes, 13 [November 1844] . Forbes published parts of this letter with a paragraph from …
- … letter from CD (see letter to J. D. Forbes, [November? 1844] ) in the Proceedings of the …
To J. D. Forbes 13 [November 1844]
Summary
Mexican specimen of laminated obsidian.
Comments on Forbes’s publication comparing lava streams and glaciers. Mentions ice-action theories of a young German.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | James David Forbes |
Date: | 13 [Nov 1844] |
Classmark: | University of St Andrews Special Collections (Papers of J. D. Forbes: msdep7 – Incoming letters 1844, no.65) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-790 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … of J. D. Forbes: msdep7 – Incoming letters 1844, no.65) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 [Nov …
- … Press. 1977. Forbes, James David. 1844. Sixth letter on glaciers. Addressed to the Right …
- … Forbes 1844 . See letter to Adolf von Morlot, 10 October [1844] . Presumably CD enclosed a …
- … the 13th after the letter to J. D. Forbes, 11 October [1844] . Three of J. D. Forbes’s …
Colvin, Christina, ed. 1971. Maria Edgeworth: letters from England 1813–1844. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
To J. D. Hooker [1–29 August 1844]
Summary
Encloses Ehrenberg letter, Galapagos seaweed, and specimens of Conferva.
H. Denny would like specimens of Antarctic Pediculi.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [1–29 Aug 1844] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-768 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … of the letter from Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, 15 June 1844 (see letter to C. G. …
- … researches , pp. 14–15. See letters to Henry Denny , 3 June [1844] , [27 July – 10 August …
- … this letter and the letter to Henry Denny, [27 July – 10 August 1844] , 1 August being the …
- … Ehrenberg, 5 September [1844] ). Presumably CD refers to the letter from C. G. …
- … 1844 , which arrived in late July or August. It seems likely that CD had also received a note addressed to Hooker, as mentioned by Ehrenberg in this letter. …
To Henry Denny [27 July – 10 August 1844]
Summary
Sends four packets of lice and suggests writing to Dr A. Smith, "the S. African traveller", for assistance.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Denny |
Date: | [27 July – 10 Aug 1844] |
Classmark: | Yale University Medical Historical Library, Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library (MMS) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-763F |
Matches: 11 hits
- … July – 29 August 1844] (for the correction to the date of this letter, see n. 1, above). …
- … sent with this letter in his letter to Denny of 12 August [1844] ( Correspondence vol. …
- … see Correspondence vol. 3, letter to Henry Denny, 12 August [1844] . Denny had requested …
- … January 1844 (see ibid. , letter to Henry Denny, 20 January [1844] ), but CD was unable to …
- … his collections (see ibid. , letter to Henry Denny, 3 June [1844] and n. 2). Andrew Smith …
- … date [25 July – 29 August 1844]. The nearest extant letter from CD to Hooker before this …
- … 1844, the last Saturday before 12 August was 10 August, the latest possible date for this letter. …
- … 1844, the first Saturday after 22 July was 27 July, the earliest possible date for this letter. …
- … letter to Hooker mentioning Denny’s request for penguin lice, which was written on a Thursday, should therefore be dated [1–29 August 1844], …
- … letter to J. S. Henslow, 9 July 1836 , and Appendix I). The British Association for the Advancement of Science met in York from 26 September to 2 October 1844 ( …
- … 1844 (see CD’s reading notebooks, Correspondence vol. 4, Appendix IV, 119: 14a). The book was compiled from papers read to the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester in 1795, and published in London. Lice are mentioned on page 79: Mr. Long takes notice of a fact, which seems to have escaped the observation of naturalists:—that the lice which infest the bodies of negroes are blacker, and generally larger, than those which are found on white people. See Correspondence vol. 3, letter …
CD’s notes arising from conversations with J. D. Hooker 8 December 1844
Summary
[Notes on conversations with J. D. Hooker.] Geographical distribution; diffusion and distribution of species. Island and mountain floras; means of migration (high-roads, icebergs).
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Dec 1844 |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 35–40 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-798 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … Hooker, [6 March 1844] , and letter from J. D. …
- … was incorrect, see letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 December 1844 . George Bentham’s ‘law of …
- … J. D. Hooker, 28 October 1844 . See CD’s annotations to this letter for the basis of his …
- … further comments in letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 December 1844 . McCormick 1841 and 1842. …
- … that this information was incorrect, see letter from J. D. Hooker, 12 December 1844 . This …
- … D. Hooker, 30 December 1844 . See Correspondence vol. 2, letter from G. R. Waterhouse, [ …
- … 1826–30, 1: 12–14, and CD’s essay of 1844 ( Foundations , p. 162). See letter to J. D. …
- … Hooker, 9 March 1844 . Miles Joseph Berkeley . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 February [ …
- … was incorporated into the essay of 1844 ( Foundations , p. 167). See also letter to J. D. …
- … again in the essay of 1844, see Foundations , pp. 162–8. See also letter to J. D. Hooker, …
- … Foundations , p. 232). See letter to J. D. Hooker, [10–11 November 1844] , for CD’s first …
- … 1844] . The paragraphs transcribed as five and six were written on the verso of the first page in a way that makes the exact sequence of the text hard to determine. St Helena lies in the middle of the South Atlantic ocean, and Juan Fernandez off the coast of Chile. For Hooker’s opinion on their close botanical relationship, see J. D. Hooker 1846 , pp. 244, 246. CD queried Hooker’s interpretation in letter …
To William Benjamin Carpenter 25 December [1844]
Summary
Is obliged for the account of the structure of the Pampas specimen and its difference from specimens of the modern calcareous bed of Coquimbo in Chile. If he thinks that J. S. Bowerbank can make out the nature of the specimens, they should be shown to him.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Benjamin Carpenter |
Date: | 25 Dec [1844] |
Classmark: | Jeffrey D. Stillwell (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-803A |
From C. G. Ehrenberg 11 July 1844
Summary
Thanks for shipments of earth samples. Sends copy of article describing Infusoria in samples ["Einige vorläufige Resultate … über das Verhalten des kleinsten Lebens in den Oceanen", Ber. k. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1844): 182–207]. Asks for more information and samples, especially from the soundings of Ross’s expedition.
Author: | Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 July 1844 |
Classmark: | DAR 163: 11 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-762 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 23 February [1844] , and letter to C. G. Ehrenberg, 20 April [1844] . …
- … had not arrived. See letter from C. G. Ehrenberg, 15 June 1844 , n. 1. Ehrenberg 1844a . …
- … Clark Ross’s Antarctic expedition, see letters to J. D. Hooker, [27 January 1844] and …
- … 1844 Most honoured Sir It has been three weeks since I wrote to you through the opportunity presented by the young Mr Gladstone of London, who offered to carry a letter. …
To Henry Denny 1 June [1844]
Summary
Sends HD a reference to human lice from Charles White 1799.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Denny |
Date: | 1 June [1844] |
Classmark: | 19th Century Shop (dealers) (April 2016) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-754F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … this letter and the letters to Henry Denny, 20 January [1844] and [27 July – 10 August …
- … vol. 18, supplement, letter to Henry Denny, 5 February [1844] and n. 8. CD read Charles …
- … sucking lice; see Correspondence vol. 3, letter to Henry Denny, 20 January [1844] and n. …
- … the ones sent with his letter to Denny of [27 July – 10 August 1844] ( Correspondence vol. …
- … 1, and Denny 1844 ). The specimens CD sent have not been identified, but since the letter …
- … 1844 (see CD’s reading notebooks, Correspondence vol. 4, Appendix IV, 119: 14a). ‘This letter … …
To Henry Denny 23 March [1865]
Summary
Interested by HD’s information on aperea; CD had concluded that it was not the progenitor of domestic guinea-pigs.
Is unsure what HD means by "stock-dove"; properly this is Columba oenas and the domestic pigeon is C. livia.
Suggests that the Zoological Society might arrange for some specimens [unspecified] to be supplied from the Gardens.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Denny |
Date: | 23 Mar [1865] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.120) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2435 |
Templeton, Robert. 1844. [Extracts from a letter from Robert Templeton.] [Read 28 May 1844.] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 12: 89–91.
To Albany Hancock 22 June [1851]
Summary
Thanks AH for assistance and Joshua Alder for his kindness. Ibla specimens offered would not aid him.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Albany Hancock |
Date: | 22 June [1851] |
Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections DC AL 1/4) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1437 |
Forbes, James David. 1844. Sixth letter on glaciers. Addressed to the Right Hon. Earl Cathcart. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 37: 231–44.
To William Benjamin Carpenter 6 December [1844]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Benjamin Carpenter |
Date: | 6 Dec [1844] |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 114 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-797F |
From H. E. Strickland 15 February 1849
Summary
Clarifies the notion and use of type-species and applies it to CD’s problem with Conchoderma.
Author: | Hugh Edwin Strickland |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Feb 1849 |
Classmark: | Museum of Zoology Archives, University of Cambridge (Strickland Papers) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1226 |
To Hugh Falconer 8 March [1845?]
Summary
Has written down what he gathered from HF on Tibetan dogs. Would welcome a few more details at any time, as he knows of nothing parallel to it.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Hugh Falconer |
Date: | 8 Mar [1845?] |
Classmark: | Raab Collection (dealer) (2 October 2013) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1839 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 3, letter to Adolf von Morlot, 28 November [1844] and n. 6. Falconer …
- … this letter and the letter to Hugh Falconer [December? 1844] (see n. 2, below). A copy of …
- … vol. 24, Supplement, letter to Hugh Falconer, [December? 1844] and n. 2). He later …
- … Falconer in late 1844 (see Correspondence vol. 24, Supplement, letter to Hugh Falconer, [ …
To Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg 20 April [1844]
Summary
Sends samples likely to contain Infusoria and some that Hooker collected in Antarctic regions.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg |
Date: | 20 Apr [1844] |
Classmark: | Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN/HBSB, N005 NL Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Nr. 43) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-747 |
From J. D. Hooker 1 September [1845]
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Sept [1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 14–15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-910 |
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DCP publications in Commentary
Charles Darwin’s letters: a selection 1825-1859
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The letters in this volume span the years from 1825, when Darwin was a student at the University of Edinburgh, to the end of 1859, when the Origin of Species was published. The early letters portray Darwin as a lively sixteen-year-old medical student. Two…
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- … The letters in this volume span the years from 1825, when Darwin was a student at the University …