To Edwin Lankester, Ray Society [18–22 October 1850]
Summary
CD will write again when he returns to Down and has looked over his MS.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edwin Lankester; Ray Society |
| Date: | [18–22 Oct 1850] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1363 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 4, Appendix I) and Emma Darwin’s diary, CD left Ramsgate on 22 …
- … et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … lived) and on 18 October to Ramsgate. Emma Darwin’s diary indicates that she and CD joined …
- … health, which had begun to break down in the summer of 1850 ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 132). …
- … In Emma Darwin’s diary an entry for 27 June reads: ‘Annie first failed about this time’. …
To W. D. Fox 10 October [1850]
Summary
Is concerned about the education of his boys and is undecided between Rugby and Bruce Castle schools; is inclined toward the latter, but afraid to experiment on so important a subject.
Reports on his pear-trees.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 10 Oct [1850] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 78) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1362 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Rev d . — Willy School 74 3 6. ’ Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 145, notes that Wharton was …
- … preparatory school that William attended. Emma Darwin’s diary records that ‘Willy went to …
- … et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
To W. D. Fox [17 January 1850]
Summary
Account of the birth of Leonard Darwin, during which he administered the chloroform to Emma.
Continues the water-cure.
Has begun work on fossil cirripedes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [17 Jan 1850] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 75) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1292 |
To Charles Lyell [8 June 1850]
Summary
Discusses depths at which ripple-marks appear on sea-floor.
Personal and social comment.
Mentions receiving Agassiz’s Lake Superior [1850].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [8 June 1850] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.94) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1337 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … is not that an immense Honour! [From Emma Darwin to M. E. Lyell] My dear Mary I suppose …
- … Elizabeth Darwin , then nine years old. Emma Darwin’s diary records that, on 25 May, ‘Miss …
- … Darwin Library–CUL. CD recorded it in his list of books read on 16 August 1850 (DAR 119; Correspondence vol. 4, Appendix IV). Emma’ …
- … Emma sends many thanks to Lady Lyell for her letter full of news to us. We are not in the least surprised at her not recognizing Annie, considering how little likely it was that she should be there. — I am very glad that you approved of my Paper. — Yours most sincerely | C. Darwin …
To W. E. Darwin [1850–4?]
Summary
Two letters have arrived for WED.
Joseph has had two teeth out.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [1850–4?] |
| Classmark: | Christie’s, London (dealers) (17 November 1995) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13799F |
To W. D. Fox 4 September [1850]
Summary
Has heard that Louis Agassiz maintains the doctrine of several species of man "much I daresay to the comfort of the slave-holding southerners".
Homeopathy excites his wrath even more than clairvoyance.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 4 Sept [1850] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 77) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1352 |
To Robert Fitch 15 January [1850]
Summary
Discusses fossil cirripede specimens from RF’s collection. Comments on problems of describing their valves.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Fitch |
| Date: | 15 Jan [1850] |
| Classmark: | Norwich Castle |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1291 |
To Charles Lyell [8 March 1850]
Summary
Comments on CL’s Anniversary address [Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 6 (1850): xxvii–lxvi]. Notes CL’s criticism of R. I. Murchison’s catastrophism.
Asks whether there are Lower Cretaceous beds in Scandinavia. Thinks Leopold von Buch must have neglected them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [8 Mar 1850] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.92) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1308 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
| Fox, W. D. | (3) |
| Lyell, Charles | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Fitch, Robert | (1) |
| Lankester, Edwin | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
| Fox, W. D. | (3) |
| Lyell, Charles | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Fitch, Robert | (1) |
