To William Jackson Hooker 12 March [1843]
Summary
Asks WJH to thank his son [J. D. Hooker, away on Antarctic survey] for his note. Has also read a letter JDH wrote to Lyell. Hopes JDH will publish a journal. If he publishes an Antarctic flora, CD will place his collection of South American alpine plants at his disposal.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Jackson Hooker |
Date: | 12 Mar [1843] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspondence: S. American letters 1838–44, 69: 40) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-664 |
To Emma Wedgwood [7 August 1838]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | [7 Aug 1838] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-423 |
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 |
From Emma Wedgwood [21–2 November 1838]
Summary
Writes lovingly of small events since he left Maer. Fears their opinions may differ on "the most important subject", religion, but is grateful for his openness about his "honest & conscientious doubts".
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [21–2 Nov 1838] |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 150 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-441 |
From Adam Sedgwick to the Geological Society of London [after 15 May 1838]
Summary
Referee report on CD’s "Volcanic phenomena in South America" [Collected papers 1: 53–86]. Deductions incontrovertible, but theoretical remarks not clearly stated.
Author: | Adam Sedgwick |
Addressee: | Geological Society of London |
Date: | [after 15 May 1838] |
Classmark: | Geological Society of London (GSL/COM/P/4/2/48) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-414 |
To C. T. Whitley [8 May 1838]
Summary
Treasures recollections of old friends but seldom sees any. Has turned "a complete scribbler".
His scientific activities.
No wife in sight so far.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Thomas Whitley |
Date: | [8 May 1838] |
Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-411A |
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- … Correspondence vol. 2, letter to Susan Darwin, [26 April 1838] ). …
- … vol. 2, letter to William Whewell, [10 March 1837] , and Appendix II). The 1838 meeting …
- … letter to Charles Whitley, 15 November [1831] ). Jonathan Henry Lovett Cameron was a friend from Shrewsbury School and Cambridge days. Cameron became rector of Astwick, Bedfordshire in 1838 ( …
- … letter from C. T. Whitley, 5 February 1835) . CD had socialised with members of the Holland family, distant relations of the Darwins, in April 1838 ( …
- … letter from Frederick Watkins, [18 September 1831] . Erasmus Alvey Darwin lived a few doors away from CD, at 43 Great Marlborough Street. CD’s Journal and remarks , volume 3 of Robert FitzRoy’s Narrative , had been printed early in 1838, …
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 |
To John Gould [13 April 1838]
Summary
Gives best wishes for Gould’s trip to Australia.
Notes on Synallaxis behaviour.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Gould |
Date: | [13 Apr 1838] |
Classmark: | Dr Daniel C. Devor (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-408F |
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 |
To W. H. Miller [16 October – 27 November 1842]
Summary
Mentions preparing geological notes for press. Asks whether WHM still has some geological specimens he had examined for CD.
Urges WHM to attend important meeting of Geological Society on 3 December.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Hallowes Miller |
Date: | [16 Oct – 27 Nov 1842] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.29) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-651 |
To John George Children 22 February [1838]
Summary
Testifies to the courtesy and helpfulness of George Gray [assistant at the British Museum]. [See 402b.]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John George Children |
Date: | 22 Feb [1838] |
Classmark: | British Museum (Officers’ Reports 20 (1838): 5314) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-402F |
To John Stevens Henslow 25 January [1858]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | 25 Jan [1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 93: A50–1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2207 |
From W. D. Fox [c. November 1838]
Summary
Reports on the effects of inbreeding in dogs and the results of crossing Canada and common geese.
Author: | William Darwin Fox |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [c. Nov 1838] |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 173 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-418 |
To Charles Babbage [21 January 1838]
Summary
Asks Babbage to take small parcel to Henslow.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Babbage |
Date: | [21 Jan 1838] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 37190: 320) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-357 |
To J. S. Henslow [26 March 1838]
Summary
Declines Ray Club dinner; too busy with Zoology.
Thanks JSH for presenting his work to Cambridge Philosophical Society.
Asks him to get an answer from W. H. Miller on specimen of crystallised mineral.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | [26 Mar 1838] |
Classmark: | DAR 93: A1–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-406 |
From J. P. S. de Grateloup 18 July 1838
Summary
Sends to CD, as Secretary of the Geological Society, his work on fossil shells ["Mémoire sur les coquilles fossiles", Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 10 (1838): 92–152].
Author: | Jean Pierre Sylvestre de Grateloup |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 July 1838 |
Classmark: | Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/4/5) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-421A |
From J. S. Henslow [after 3 November 1838]
Summary
Whilst a genus of plants is comon to two of three islands [in the Galápagos] the species are often different in different islands. [Text only known from Journal of researches; published in Correspondence vol. 13 supplement, p. 351, letter to John Stevens Henslow, 3 November 1838, n. 5.]
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 3 Nov 1838] |
Classmark: | Journal of researches, p. 629 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-431F |
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 |
To A. C. Ramsay 10 October [1846]
Summary
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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Voyage of HMS Beagle in Commentary
Journal of researches
Summary
Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…
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- … The Journal of researches , Darwin’s account of his travels round the world in H.M.S. Beagle …