From Francis Galton 9 December 1859
Summary
Congratulates CD on Origin; has been "initiated into an entirely new province of knowledge".
Notes error involving rhinoceros.
Encloses other notes.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Dec 1859 |
| Classmark: | DAR 98: B16 and DAR 106: D22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2573 |
To Josiah Wedgwood III 18 February 1853
Summary
Sends his written consent regarding custody of the deeds of the Owen mortgage. Other financial matters.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Josiah Wedgwood, III |
| Date: | 18 Feb 1853 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.10: 20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1503 |
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- … 1853. Dear Jos. I remember being asked personally by some one, I presume yourself, about the Deeds of the Owen Mortgage & consenting to their remaining, as proposed, in M rss . Salt’s possession. I now repeat my acquiesceence in writing:— I return M r Salt’s note. Thanks for the 84£ & information regarding the proportion during past years to be considered as income. I hope you are all well & not snowed up this wild weather Yours very truly | C. Darwin …
To Daniel Oliver 24–5 March [1863]
Summary
Observation on morphology of Primula ovarium sent for DO’s use.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | 24–5 Mar [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 42 (EH 88206025) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4059 |
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- … 1853. The vegetable kingdom; or, the structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. 3d edition with corrections and additional genera. London: Bradbury & Evans. Natural selection : Charles Darwin’s Natural selection: being the second part of his big species book written from 1856 to 1858. Edited by R. C. …
To Alfred Russel Wallace 1 May 1857
Summary
Reports long preparation of work on how species and varieties differ. Agreement with Wallace’s conclusions as reported in Annals and Magazine of Natural History and in his letter to CD of 10 0ct [1856]. On distinction between domestic varieties and those in "a state of nature".
On mating of jaguars and leopards, the breeding of poultry, pigeons, etc.
Requests help for his experimenting on means of distribution of organic beings on oceanic islands.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 1 May 1857 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2086 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin’s Natural selection: being the second part of his big species book written from 1856 to 1858. Edited by R. C. Stauffer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1975. Origin : On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1853. …
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Galton, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Oliver, Daniel | (1) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Josiah, III | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Galton, Francis | (1) |
| Oliver, Daniel | (1) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Josiah, III | (1) |
