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To Charles Lyell   [12 November 1838]

Summary

Announces his engagement to Emma Wedgwood.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:  [12 Nov 1838]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.12)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-432

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From Charles Lyell   6 and 8 September 1838

Summary

Would like to talk over Salisbury Craigs with CD.

CL’s father enthusiastic over Journal of researches.

Comments on Élie de Beaumont’s theory of mountain elevation.

Asks about parallel lines of upheaval and depression in the Pacific.

Glad CD likes Athenaeum Club.

Comments on methods of work.

Invites CD to visit Kinnordy.

Defends BAAS: "in this country no importance is attached to any body of men who do not make occasional demonstrations of their strength in public meetings".

With respect to Glen Roy, notes existence of deposits destitute of shells.

Author:  Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  6 and 8 Sept 1838
Classmark:  K. M. Lyell 1881 2: 43
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-425

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  • … From Charles Lyell   6 and 8 September 1838
  • … K. M. Lyell 1881 2: 43 Charles Lyell, 1st baronet unstated 6 Sept 1838 8 Sept 1838 Charles …
  • … marine beaches in Glen Roy (see letter to Charles Lyell, [14] September [1838] , n.  13). …
  • … Letter to Charles Lyell, 9 August [1838] . According to Élie de Beaumont (1829–30, 1831), …

From William Fullerton Lindsay-Carnegie to Charles Lyell   [14 February 1838]

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Impressed by CD’s theory [of earthworm action].

Author:  William Fullerton Lindsay-Carnegie
Addressee:  Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:  [14 Feb 1838]
Classmark:  DAR 170: 3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-402

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  • … 3 William Fullerton Lindsay-Carnegie Edinburgh [14 Feb 1838] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
  • … From William Fullerton Lindsay-Carnegie to Charles Lyell    [14 February 1838] …

To Charles Lyell   [14] September [1838]

Summary

Comments on an article in Edinburgh Review [by David Brewster, 67 (1838): 271–308] on Comte’s Philosophie positive.

Discusses falsity of Élie de Beaumont’s views of contemporaneous parallel lines of elevation and subsidence.

Owen’s views of relationship of reptiles to birds.

On "question of species" CD has filled notebook after notebook with facts, "which begin to group themselves clearly under sub-laws".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:  [14] Sept [1838]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.11)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-428

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  • … To Charles Lyell   [14] September [1838] …
  • … Robert Darwin London, Gt Marlborough St, 36 [14] Sept [1838] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
  • … in History of Biology 4: 67–170. Lyell, Charles. 1838. Elements of geology. London: John …
  • … Lyell 1840 ). See letter from Charles Lyell, 6 and 8 September 1838 . CD presented a brief …
  • … Appendix II). See letter from Charles Lyell, 6 and 8 September 1838 , n.  3. This was Élie …
  • Lyell 1840 , 1: 241–2. CD discussed the fauna of the region in Journal and remarks, pp.  300–2. The Lyells remained at Kinnordy until 14 November, when they departed for London ( Wilson 1972 , p.  483). Probably Charles Stokes . Late in 1837, Roderick Murchison, who was General Secretary of the British Association, had offered Charles Babbage the position of President for the 1839 meeting. However, when John Herschel returned to England in May 1838  …

To Charles Lyell   9 August [1838]

Summary

Comments on receiving copy of Lyell’s Elements [of geology]. Much is new to CD, and he is copying out notes and references.

Criticises geological work of John Phillips.

Describes expedition to Glen Roy, about which he is writing a paper ["Parallel roads of Glen Roy" (1839), Collected papers 1: 87–137].

Enjoys the Athenaeum Club.

Criticises entomological work of F. W. Hope.

Asks Lyell to obtain for him a copy of barometric readings made at Leith.

Asks him to ascertain altitude of several Scottish lochs.

Comments on FitzRoy’s character.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:  9 Aug [1838]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.10)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-424

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From Robert Bastard James to Charles Lyell   [c. 10 March 1838]

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Sends four samples of dust blown on board his ship from the coast of Africa, nearly 400 miles away, during four days in March 1838. Gives careful descriptions and relates the tests he made of it [see Collected papers 1: 200].

Author:  Robert Bastard James
Addressee:  Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:  [c. 10 Mar 1838]
Classmark:  DAR 168: 43
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-405

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  • … DAR 168: 43 Robert Bastard James unstated [c. 10 Mar 1838] Charles Lyell, 1st baronet …
  • … From Robert Bastard James to Charles Lyell   [ c. 10 March 1838] …

Lyell, Charles. 1838. Elements of geology. London: John Murray.

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  • Lyell, Charles. 1838. Elements of geology. London: John Murray. Dar Lib (case 40, bay 4) …

To George Robert Waterhouse   [August 1838–40]

Summary

Determined to make GRW a geologist. Sends copy of C. Lyell [?Elements of geology (1838)].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Robert Waterhouse
Date:  [Aug 1838–40]
Classmark:  Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-416

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  • … in August 1838 (see letter to Charles Lyell, 9 August [1838] ), or to the sixth edition of …

To John Murray   29 April [1859]

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Will send first six chapters [of Origin] for the press. Sends data on size of MS and book. His "beau ideal" for type and size is Lyell’s Manual [of geology] 1st ed.

Important to his health to get the work printed quickly. Must leave home soon to stay for months at a water-cure establishment.

Asks printer to send a proof-sheet a day until he gets well ahead.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Murray
Date:  29 Apr [1859]
Classmark:  National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.38–39)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2455

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To Charles Lyell   [24 January 1847]

Summary

Comments on investigation of coral reefs by A. A. Gould, particularly the reefs around Tahiti. Mentions description of reefs of Tahiti by W. Forbes.

Hooker’s view of work by C. J. F. Bunbury.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:  [24 Jan 1847]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.58)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1056

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  • … letters to Charles Lyell , [14] September [1838] and [19 February 1840] . Joseph Dalton …
  • … vol.  2, letters from Charles Lyell , 13 February 1837  and 6 and 8 September 1838 , and …

To Henry Johnson   22 February 1882

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Slab with fossil annelid tracks safely arrived.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henry Johnson
Date:  22 Feb 1882
Classmark:  DAR 146: 5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13699

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  • … vol. 2, letter from W. F. Lindsay-Carnegie to Charles Lyell, [14 February 1838] ). …

To Charles Lyell   [5 July 1845]

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Sends the first part of Journal of researches [2d ed.]. Explains his dedication of book to CL. Describes revisions.

Has received CL’s book [Travels in North America, 2 vols. (1845)].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:  [5 July 1845]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.43)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-882

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  • … CD had met when she visited the Lyells in 1838, and Charles Lyell Sr of Kinnordy House. …

To Charles Lyell   [19 December 1837]

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Responds to Lyell’s query [missing] about northern and southern limits of coral islands of the Pacific. Warns that coral islands are much more thinly distributed than people realise and cites examples. Comments on views of Matthew Flinders. Reading work of É[lie] de B[eaumont]. Notes difficulty of setting an east-west boundary to coral islands.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:  [19 Dec 1837]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.9)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-394

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  • … Bibliography Lyell, Charles. 1838. Elements of geology. London: John Murray. …

To [unidentified]   12 September [1838]

Summary

Seeks permission to make another visit to Addiscombe [Military College] to see again the model of St Helena. He needs to correct proportion of some geological sections in his Geology [see Volcanic islands, ch. 4].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Unidentified
Date:  12 Sept [1838]
Classmark:  The Morgan Library and Museum, New York (Gordon N. Ray Collection MA 13958)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-427

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  • … islands (see letter to Charles Lyell, [14] September [1838] ) it was not published until …

To William John Broderip   [August–December 1838]

Summary

Would like to arrange a meeting about CD’s collection of shells [from the Beagle voyage].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William John Broderip
Date:  [Aug–Dec 1838]
Classmark:  Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (GEN/D/DARWIN (C)/3)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-422

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  • … first dined at the Club early in August (see letter to Charles Lyell, 9 August [1838] ). …

To William Lonsdale   [c. June 1838]

Summary

Responds to report of the referee [on his paper "The formation of mould"]. Strikes out a paragraph and wants to add a note. Asks WL’s advice about a sentence.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Lonsdale
Date:  [c. June 1838]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-417

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  • … Fullerton Lindsay-Carnegie to Charles Lyell, [14 February 1838] . The sentence was altered …

To Charles Lyell   28 March [1859]

Summary

Has heard that CL has spoken to John Murray about publication [of Origin]. Encloses prospective title-page. Asks whether he ought to tell John Murray about unorthodoxy of the book.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:  28 Mar [1859]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.163)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2437

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  • … Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Lyell, Charles. 1838. Elements of geology. London: John …
  • Charles Lyell (see Wilson 1972 , pp.  341–4), and had published one of CD’s books, the second edition of Journal of researches in 1845. See the enclosure; a facsimile is reproduced in Correspondence vol. 7, facing page 283. CD refers to the manuscript of Natural selection . C.  Lyell 1838 . …

To A. C. Ramsay   10 October [1846]

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Thanks ACR for paper and comments on it ["On the denudation of South Wales", Mem. Geol. Surv. G. B. 1 (1846): 297–335].

Sends copy of South America.

Discusses action of the sea.

Criticises ACR’s views on sudden elevation of mountain chains.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Andrew Crombie Ramsay
Date:  10 Oct [1846]
Classmark:  Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1008

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  • … especially n.  6. Hopkins 1838. See letter to Charles Lyell, [3 October 1846] , n.  7. …

From the Misses Horner   [17 March 1837 – 28 December 1838]

Summary

“The Botanists” and “The learned Linguists” give thanks for book and assistance.

Author:  Anne Susanna (Susan) Horner; Leonora Horner; Leonora Pertz; Joanna Baillie Horner; Frances Joanna Horner; Frances Joanna Bunbury; Katharine Murray Horner; Katharine Murray Lyell
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [17 Mar 1837 – 28 Dec 1838]
Classmark:  DAR 94: 1a
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-350

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  • … Katharine Murray Lyell London, Bedford Place, 2 [17 Mar 1837 – 28 Dec 1838] Charles Robert …

To John Murray   31 March [1859]

Summary

CD has heard from Lyell that JM is inclined to publish his work on the origin of species. Will send some chapters as soon as copyist has finished. Sends list of 12 chapters. It will be a popular abstract of more than 20 years’ work. It ought to be popular with scientific and semi-scientific readers.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Murray
Date:  31 Mar [1859]
Classmark:  National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42153 ff.12–13)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2441

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  • … Bibliography Lyell, Charles. 1838. Elements of geology. London: John Murray. Origin : On …
  • Charles Lyell, 28 March [1859] . The work was eventually divided into 14 chapters (see nn.  6 and 7, below). CD had sent the chapter relating to geographical distribution to Joseph Dalton Hooker for his comments in early March (see letter to J.  D. Hooker, 11 March [1859] ). CD refers to C.  Lyell 1838 . …
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