From A. B. Mitford 17 January 1882
Summary
The Secretary to the First Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Works thanks CD for providing the funds for a new edition of Steudel’s Nomenclator [Index Kewensis].
| Author: | Algernon Bertram Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale; Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 180 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13620 |
To Daniel Mackintosh 28 February 1882
Summary
Comments on James Geikie’s ["Intercrossing of erratics", Scottish Naturalist 6 (1882): 193–200, 241–54]. Believes JG underrates importance of floating ice in explaining drift deposits.
Comments on origin of life and natural theology.
Recommends William Graham’s The creed of science [1881].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Mackintosh |
| Date: | 28 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 335 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13711 |
To É. M. Heckel 7 January [1881?]
Summary
Sends photograph.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Édouard Marie (Édouard) Heckel |
| Date: | 7 Jan [1881?] |
| Classmark: | Barbara and Robert Pincus (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12990 |
From G. C. Robertson to G. J. Romanes 21 January 1882
Summary
Returns CD’s letter concerning testimonial fund for Grant Allen.
| Author: | George Croom Robertson |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 21 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 187 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13633 |
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- … to G. J. Romanes, 20 January 1882 ). Romanes forwarded Robertson’s letter to CD, adding at …
- … See letter to G. J. Romanes, 20 January 1882 and n. 1. Grant Allen was repaying money that …
- … 1882, p. 10). The London Institution was founded in 1806 to promote science, literature, and the arts; it had a library, reading rooms, and a large lecture theatre. Francis Darwin had given a botanical lecture there in 1878 (see Correspondence vol. 26, letter …
- … letter: ‘Do not trouble to answer or return if you agree with contents—G. J. R. ’ Allen’s lecture ‘An English weed’ was given at the London Institution on 6 February 1882 ( …
From Emil Holub 28 January 1882
Summary
Requests visit to Down before he goes on expedition to South and Central Africa.
| Author: | Emil Holub |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 261 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13649 |
From George Peacock to J. S. Henslow [6 or 13 August 1831]
Summary
GP has been asked to recommend a naturalist to sail with Capt. Robert FitzRoy to Tierra del Fuego and the South Sea Islands. If Leonard Jenyns is not available, whom would JSH recommend?
P.S. Urges JHS not to lose this opportunity to have collections made for "our museum".
| Author: | George Peacock |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | [6 or 13] Aug 1831 |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: B1–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-104 |
To G. J. Romanes 28 January 1882
Summary
Agrees to write a page or two on behalf of Donald MacAlister.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 28 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.614) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13647 |
To J. L. Ambrose 15 April 1882
Summary
Remembers signing cards but they must have been lost in the post. Sends signature.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James L. Ambrose |
| Date: | 15 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | Josh B. Rosenblum (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13768F |
To W. B. Carpenter 13 February 1882
Summary
Asks WBC for his vote and influence in favour of Albert Dicey at the Athenaeum balloting.
CD feels "as old as Methusalem".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Benjamin Carpenter |
| Date: | 13 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.6: 8 (EH 88205925) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13681 |
To G. H. Darwin 21 January 1882
Summary
Asks GHD to send a copy of his "paper on the moon" [probably Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 171 (1880): 713–891] to V. O. Kovalevsky.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 113 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13631 |
From J. D. Hooker 19 January 1882
Summary
Politics at Kew led to a letter of thanks to CD from the First Commissioner for his gift.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 176–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13625 |
To G. J. Romanes 1 January [1882]
Summary
Describes grafting experiment of Baron de Villa Franca, which produced new varieties of sugar-cane. Encloses related documents.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 1 Jan [1882] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.609) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13592 |
From J. D. Hooker [20 December 1859]
Summary
Forwards letter from Asa Gray.
Bentham is very agitated by Origin. CD over-emphasises natural selection. His theory accounts for too much and would be improved by unburdening it of natural selection.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [20 Dec 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 180–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2589 |
To Raphael Meldola 2 February 1882
Summary
Regrets he can add no more to his preface for Weismann’s Studies. Offers donation to aid with publishing expenses.
Thinks RM’s preface is excellent.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 2 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Essex Naturalists Field Club, Meldola papers) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13654 |
From Francis Darwin to Alphonse de Candolle 24 January [1881]
Summary
FD and CD have been interested in AdeC’s diagram for illustrating inheritance. The difficulty of estimating different qualities in oneself and others is very great. Encloses a diagram illustrating how FD compares himself with his parents. CD has filled in a comparison with his father. It shows he resembles his father more than FD resembles CD. [The qualities compared are: stature, hair, eyes, pulse, musical capacity, ability to draw, tendency toward biological sciences, tendency toward mathematical sciences, perseverence, memory, aptitude for foreign languages.]
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alphonse de Candolle |
| Date: | 24 Jan [1881] |
| Classmark: | Archives de la famille de Candolle (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13642 |
To Emily Talbot 19 July 1881
Summary
Interested in investigation of child development. Suggests questions. Does education of parents influence mental power of children? Desirable to test statement that coloured children at first learn as fast as white but afterwards fall behind. Does pitch of chidren’s voices vary with mood? Children’s tastes often related to occupation of progenitor. Do these last?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emily Talbot |
| Date: | 19 July 1881 |
| Classmark: | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center (Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13249 |
From T. H. Huxley 25 March 1882
Summary
Concern over CD’s health. Advises him to get one of the cleverer young London doctors to communicate with Andrew Clark. Only way out of difficulties with Clark.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Mar 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 292 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13740 |
To Raphael Meldola 14 December [1878]
Summary
Is glad book progresses; answers translation query.
Francis Darwin does not have time to lecture.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Raphael Meldola |
| Date: | 14 Dec [1878] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11793 |
To Pieter Harting 18 July [1875–81]
Summary
Sends photographs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Pieter Harting |
| Date: | 18 July [1875-81] |
| Classmark: | Leiden University Libraries (BPL 1938) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11062 |
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Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and …
The full edition is now online!
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For nearly fifty years successive teams of researchers on both sides of the Atlantic have been working to track down all surviving letters written by or to Charles Darwin, research their content, and publish the complete texts. The thirtieth and final…
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Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were …
Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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Correspondence with women
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We know of letters to or from around 2000 correspondents, about 100 of whom were women. Using the letter summaries available on this website, the letters can be assigned to rough categories. Included in the count are letters to women in Darwin’s family…
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- … We know of letters to or from around 2000 correspondents, about 100 of whom were women. Using the …
3.18 Elliott and Fry photos, c.1869-1871
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< Back to Introduction The leading photographic firm of Elliott and Fry seems to have portrayed Darwin at Down House on several occasions. In November 1869 Darwin told A. B. Meyer, who wanted photographs of both him and Wallace for a German…
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Darwin and Gender Projects by Harvard Students
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Working in collaboration with Professor Sarah Richardson and Dr Myrna Perez, Darwin Correspondence Project staff developed a customised set of 'Darwin and Gender' themed resources for a course on Gender, Sex and Evolution first taught at Harvard…
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3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…
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- … < Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The …
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have …
Women as a scientific audience
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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
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John Murray
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Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…
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Animals, ethics, and the progress of science
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Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour and had evolved mental powers analogous to conscience. He gave examples of cooperation, even…
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Referencing women’s work
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Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
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Earthworms
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As with many of Darwin’s research topics, his interest in worms spanned nearly his entire working life. Some of his earliest correspondence about earthworms was written and received in the 1830s, shortly after his return from his Beagle voyage, and his…
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- … Sources | Discussion Questions | Experiment Earthworms and Wedgwood cousins …
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began …
Science: A Man’s World?
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Discussion Questions|Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth-century women participated in the world of science, be it as experimenters, observers, editors, critics, producers, or consumers. Despite this, much of the…
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1.18 John Collier, oil in Linnean
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< Back to Introduction By 1881 it was clear to Darwin’s intimates that he was increasingly frail, and that, as he approached death, he had finally escaped from religious controversy to become a heroic figure, loved and venerated for his achievements…
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2.14 Boehm, Westminster Abbey roundel
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< Back to Introduction A bronze plaque or medallion with a portrayal of Darwin was installed in Westminster Abbey in 1888, six years after his grand funeral and burial there. Like the seated statue of Darwin in the Natural History Museum of 1884–1885…
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- … < Back to Introduction A bronze plaque or medallion with a portrayal of Darwin was …
Darwin in public and private
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Extracts from Darwin's published works, in particular Descent of man, and selected letters, explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual selection in humans, and both his publicly and privately expressed views on its practical implications…
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Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … Re: Design – performance version – 25 March 2007 – 1 Re: Design – Adaptation of the …
