To Smith, Elder & Co. 13 November [1845]
Summary
Sends corrections and suggestions for an advertisement for Zoology and Geology of "Beagle".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Smith, Elder & Co |
Date: | 13 Nov [1845] |
Classmark: | Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1023 |
To Hugh Falconer 8 March [1845?]
Summary
Has written down what he gathered from HF on Tibetan dogs. Would welcome a few more details at any time, as he knows of nothing parallel to it.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Hugh Falconer |
Date: | 8 Mar [1845?] |
Classmark: | Raab Collection (dealer) (2 October 2013) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1839 |
To Hugh Falconer [1845?–7 or 1857–64]
Summary
Arranges a time for visiting HF.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Hugh Falconer |
Date: | 1845-7 or 1857-64 |
Classmark: | DAR 144: 21 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2305 |
To G. B. Sowerby [1845?]
Summary
Arranges to call on correspondent and bring some shells.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Brettingham Sowerby |
Date: | [1845?] |
Classmark: | Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Bibliothèque de Botanique, Paris |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-806 |
To David Thomas Ansted, assistant secretary, Geological Society of London [c. January 1845]
Summary
Asks about Fuegian specimens stored at the Geological Society. CD needs them soon.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | David Thomas Ansted |
Date: | [c. Jan 1845] |
Classmark: | Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (George P. Merrill photograph collection, Record Unit 7177, Image No. SIA2016-009765) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-811 |
To J. D. Hooker [7 January 1845]
Summary
Sends specimens of a Tertiary sandstone from Tierra del Fuego in which there are leaves; CD thought they were beech. What is JDH’s opinion?
Asks whether JDH can make sense of a note on silicified wood.
Has read Vestiges [of creation (1844)]; "his geology strikes me as bad, & his zoology far worse".
Would like to see lists [of plants] from Society and Sandwich Islands.
Doubts JDH’s information regarding imagination of mother affecting offspring.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [7 Jan 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 25 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-814 |
To Charles Hamilton Smith 14 January [1845]
Summary
Has read CHS’s paper, "Original population of America" [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 38 (1844–5): 1–20], and is eager to know reference for the account of a "ruined city in the Caroline Group", indicating that the land has subsided. Refers to his own subsidence hypothesis in his work [Coral reefs].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Hamilton Smith |
Date: | 14 Jan [1845] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-815 |
To J. D. Hooker 22 [January 1845]
Summary
Would like copy of "Galapagos flora" when published ["Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 20 (1851): 163–233].
Will keep JDH’s Pacific island notes till his return.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 22 [Jan 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 26 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-817 |
To C. G. Ehrenberg 23 January [1845]
Summary
Would like sketch returned [see 775].
Would be particularly thankful for result of CGE’s observations on earth of Pampas.
Asks that Ernst Dieffenbach return copperplate and woodcuts.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg |
Date: | 23 Jan [1845] |
Classmark: | Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN/HBSB, N005 NL Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Nr. 43) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-819 |
To C. H. Smith 26 January [1845]
Summary
Discusses extract sent by CHS dealing with island of Pouynipéte. Agrees account of island by Lloghtsky [Johann Lhotsky] is suspect.
Comments on view that former migration of animals, plants, and man was by continental extensions now submerged.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Hamilton Smith |
Date: | 26 Jan [1845] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.40) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-820 |
To Edward William Brayley 7 February 1845
Summary
Discusses EWB’s application for a position and his qualifications.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Edward William Brayley |
Date: | 7 Feb 1845 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.41) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-822 |
To Trenham Reeks [before 8 February 1845]
Summary
CD sends queries on chemical composition of various Beagle mineral specimens.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Trenham Reeks |
Date: | [before 8 Feb 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 39: 51–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-823 |
To Charles Lyell [8 February 1845]
Summary
Remarks on fossils described in A. D. d’Orbigny’s Voyage dans l’Amérique méridionale.
Asks CL whether he has talked with John Murray concerning 2d ed. [of Journal of researches].
Mentions conversation with Hugh Cuming about South American shells. Has had G. B. Sowerby (elder) look at some specimens.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | [8 Feb 1845] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.42) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-824 |
To J. D. Hooker [10 February 1845]
Summary
Congratulates JDH and condoles with him on possible position at Edinburgh. Although CD will miss him bitterly, he encourages JDH to view it as a good opportunity.
Sorry to hear that Humboldt is failing.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [10 Feb 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 27 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-826 |
To W. D. Fox [13 February 1845]
Summary
News of his family and his own health. He is able to work three hours a day on the geology of South America.
Harriet Martineau is greatly excited by mesmerism.
Tells of Sydney Smith’s dream.
Asks for some [S. American] potatoes to test "sporting".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | [13 Feb 1845] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 69a) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-827 |
To John Murray 17 March [1845]
Summary
CD has heard from Lyell that JM is inclined to publish a second edition of Journal of researches. His agreement with Henry Colburn leaves CD free to publish with anyone. Will have no further relations with Colburn. Discusses details of proposed revisions.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 17 Mar [1845] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.354–355) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-841 |
To J. D. Hooker 19 March [1845]
Summary
Would like to borrow the pamphlet on variation [Frédéric Gérard, "De l’espèce dans les corps organisés" (1844), extract from Dictionnaire universel d’histoire naturelle, ed. C. D. d’Orbigny].
Glad to hear Humboldt’s views on migration. CD believes we cannot "put any limit to the possible and even probable migration of plants".
Wants good book on plant morphology.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 19 Mar [1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 28 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-842 |
To John Murray 20 March [1845]
Summary
Thanks for note; encloses copy of FitzRoy’s agreement with Henry Colburn [see 379], to the effect that after sale of first edition of Narrative, CD is at liberty to publish his Journal of researches in any manner he chooses.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Murray |
Date: | 20 Mar [1845] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.8–9) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-843 |
To C. G. Ehrenberg 23 March [1845]
Summary
Cannot doubt that Atlantic dust comes from Africa. Could Gulf Stream have brought South American organisms to African coast?
Has come to same conclusion as CGE on volcanic origin of Patagonian stone. Formation extends 550 miles.
Could CGE examine Pampas mud to see if Infusoria are freshwater or salt-water? Results would be important.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg |
Date: | 23 Mar [1845] |
Classmark: | Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN/HBSB, N005 NL Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Nr. 43) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-845 |
To J. D. Hooker [26 March 1845]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [26 Mar 1845] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 29 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-846 |
letter | (92) |
Hooker, J. D. | (27) |
Murray, John (b) | (20) |
Sowerby, G. B. | (6) |
Ehrenberg, C. G. | (5) |
Lyell, Charles | (5) |
Darwin, C. R. | (92) |
Hooker, J. D. | (27) |
Murray, John (b) | (20) |
Sowerby, G. B. | (6) |
Ehrenberg, C. G. | (5) |