To B. W. Hawkins [1848–51]
Summary
Testimonial recommending B. Waterhouse Hawkins [for a teaching post].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins |
Date: | [1848–51] |
Classmark: | Library of Congress Manuscript Division (George P. Merrill collection, box 4, file H) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13869 |
From J. D. Hooker 11 May 1872
Summary
The die is cast on Ayrton affair. Lord Derby has called for all of the correspondence, as a result of pressure by men of science on JDH’s behalf.
Has just had a Greenland collection, which supports his views altogether; "I am ready to do fight for these with you."
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 May 1872 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 109–10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8317 |
From W. E. Darwin 24 June [1880]
Summary
Asks whether CD will forward enclosed to Lord Derby, and offers to send him a copy of the New York state survey. Will go to Beaulieu in the early autumn. Tells story about gallenes raised by hens being attacked.
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 June [1880] |
Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 82) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12642G |
To J. D. Hooker 14 June [1872]
Summary
Has signed the memorial by men of science with real pleasure. Fears it may be too severe. He told Lady Derby about JDH’s troubles. She said she would tell Lord Derby what he had said.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 14 June [1872] |
Classmark: | DAR 94: 220–1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8385 |
From Emma Darwin to M. C. Stanley 12 November [1879]
Summary
ED asks MCS (Lady Derby) if Lord Derby would consider signing petitions from Mr Olmsted.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Mary Catherine Sackville-West, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Gascoyne-Cecil, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Stanley, countess of Derby |
Date: | 12 Nov [1879] |
Classmark: | Liverpool Record Office, Liverpool Central Library (920 DER (15) 43/9/23) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12314F |
From J. D. Hooker 15 June 1872
Summary
Expects the memorial to make Gladstone frantic. Government regrets granting Lord Derby the correspondence and Lubbock has been advised to postpone calling for it in Lower House. This looks fishy. Is exhausted by the affair.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 June 1872 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 114–15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8386 |
From George Cupples 4 June 1873
Summary
J. V. Carus’ lecture.
Edinburgh intellectual climate.
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s visit to Edinburgh.
J. H. Stirling did not write anonymous review of Expression in Edinburgh Review. Suggests T. Spencer Baynes of St Andrews. [? T. S. Baynes, "Darwin on expression", 137 (1873): 492–528.]
Author: | George Cupples |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 June 1873 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 299 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8935 |
From W. E. Darwin [9 November 1879]
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [9 Nov 1879] |
Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 74), Gardner 1880, pp. 31–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12301F |
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson [11 April 1875]
Summary
"We have not a day to lose if our [Vivisection] Bill or our petition is to do any good". Reports on the activities of the opposition and the attitude of politicians on the subject. Believes a meeting with a minister should be arranged and thinks Lord Derby would be a good man. "All will depend on some half-dozen or 9 or 12 men agreeing on the bill."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
Date: | [11 Apr 1875] |
Classmark: | University of the Witwatersrand, Historical Papers Research Archive (A237f, letters to Sir John Burdon Sanderson) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9923 |
From W. E. Darwin [15 January 1877]
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [15 Jan 1877] |
Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 66) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10794F |
To R. A. T. Gascoyne-Cecil [18 May 1878]
Summary
Requesting permission to present a declaration against war to the Foreign secretary.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3d marquess of Salisbury |
Date: | [18 May 1878] |
Classmark: | Daily News, 23 May 1878, p. 2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11515F |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [19 December 1875]
Summary
CD’s attempts to get support for Lankester among Fellows of the Linnean Society. He has encountered opposition to the Council.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | [19 Dec 1875] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 52–5) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10308 |
From Edward Blyth 22–3 August 1855
Summary
Gives extracts from a letter by Thomas Hutton.
Rabbits are kept (generally by Europeans) in the NW. provinces and breed freely. Canaries are not well adapted to the climate. Reports on domestic cats and pigeons of the area. EB gives references to further information on cats, pigeons, and silkworms.
[CD’s notes are an abstract of this letter.]
Author: | Edward Blyth |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22–3 Aug 1855 |
Classmark: | DAR 98: A79–A84 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1746 |
From M. C. Stanley 14 September 1875
Summary
Thanks CD for telling her "such exact truth". She saw Thomas Carlyle at Keston – the country air has done him good – "he is half sorry to have been so unsociable on his first arrival".
Author: | Mary Catherine Sackville-West, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Gascoyne-Cecil, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Stanley, countess of Derby |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 Sept 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 167 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10157 |
Sparrow, Elizabeth P. and Finger, Stanley. 2001. Edward Albert Schäfer (Sharpey-Schafer) and his contributions to neuroscience: commemorating of the 150th anniversary of his birth. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences 10: 41–57.
From William Owen Sr 10 April – 1 May 1834
Summary
Writes a cordial letter with family and local news. Hopes CD will see his two sons in India.
P.S. by Catherine Darwin says no letter was written this month as all is well at home.
Author: | William Mostyn Owen |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 Apr – 1 May 1834 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 129 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-243 |
From John Murray 10 May 1871
Summary
Offers CD same payment for the 3d issue of Descent as for 2d.
Has bespoke four better drawings of birds in case a 4th issue is needed.
Vanity Fair wants CD’s portrait by Carlo Pellegrini ["Ape"].
Author: | John Murray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 10 May 1871 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 398 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7750 |
From Edward Blyth [30 September or 7 October 1855]
Summary
Origin of domestic varieties. EB ascribes "abnormal" variations to man’s propagation of casual monstrosities; believes "normal" variations, e.g. European races of cattle, are a consequence of man’s selecting the choicest specimens. Gives examples of "abnormal" variations; they give rise to features that have no counterpart among possible wild progenitors. Divides domestic animals into those whose origin is known and those whose origin is unknown. Considers that the wild progenitors of nearly all domestic birds are known. Fowls and pigeons show many varieties but if propagated abnormalities are ignored each group can be seen to be variations of a single species, the ancestors of which can be recognised without difficulty. Discusses varieties and ancestry of the domestic fowl. Variation in the wild; the ruff shows exceptional variability; other species of birds show variability in size of individuals. Remarks that markings sometimes vary on different sides of the same animal. Comments on the want of regularity in leaf and petal patterns of some plants. Discusses domestic varieties of reindeer and camels. Origin of humped cattle. Reports the rapid spread of a snail in lower Bengal that was introduced as a single pair five or six years previously.
[CD’s notes are an abstract of part of this memorandum. Memorandum originally enclosed with 1760.]
Author: | Edward Blyth |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [30 Sept or 7 Oct] 1855 |
Classmark: | DAR 98: A25–A36 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1761 |
From W. E. Darwin 1 December [1880]
Summary
Will soon manage to go to Beaulieu. Is glad the book is going off well. Is thinking of going to the Roman Villa at Brading on the Isle of Wight.
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Dec [1880] |
Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 84) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12880F |
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Darwin, C. R. | (21) |
Darwin, W. E. | (4) |
Gascoyne-Cecil, M. C. | (4) |
Hooker, J. D. | (4) |
Sackville-West, M. C. | (4) |
Darwin, C. R. | (28) |
Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (5) |
Stanley, E. H. | (3) |
Torbitt, James | (3) |
Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (49) |
Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (7) |
Hooker, J. D. | (6) |
Gascoyne-Cecil, M. C. | (5) |
Sackville-West, M. C. | (5) |