To R. W. Darwin 31 August [1831]
Summary
CD asks his father to consider the offer of the Beagle voyage once more. He encloses his list of RWD’s objections and Josiah Wedgwood’s responses [see 109]. Asks his father to give him a decided answer: if "no" he will never again mention the subject.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Waring Darwin |
Date: | 31 Aug [1831] |
Classmark: | DAR 223: 1; DAR 97: B10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-110 |
To R. W. Darwin 8 February – 1 March 1832
Summary
Writes with great happiness about the first part of the voyage, after his misery from seasickness passed. He finds himself well prepared, the ship quiet, comfortable, and compact; he has already a "rich harvest" and finds the natural history (especially geology) exceedingly interesting. The tropics are full of great beauty.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Waring Darwin |
Date: | 8 & 26 Feb & 1 Mar [1832] |
Classmark: | DAR 223: 8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-158 |
To R. W. Darwin 10 February 1832
Summary
Sends a short résumé of his trip on the chance that it will arrive in England earlier than longer letter [158] which he hopes to send by surer means.
He is "incessantly occupied by new and most interesting animals" and thinks he will be able to do some original work in natural history.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Waring Darwin |
Date: | 10 Feb 1832 |
Classmark: | DAR 223 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-159 |
To Robert Waring Darwin [23 October 1825]
Summary
First days in Edinburgh.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Waring Darwin |
Date: | [23 Oct 1825] |
Classmark: | DAR 154: 68 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-16 |