From Philip de Malpas Grey-Egerton 18 February 1869
Author: | Philip de Malpas Grey- Egerton, 10th baronet Egerton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 Feb 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 83: 179–81 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6620 |
From Ernest Faivre 18 February 1869
Author: | Jean-Joseph-August-Ernest (Ernest) Faivre |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 Feb 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6621 |
From Eliza Meteyard 19 February 1869
Summary
Her memorial [for civil list pension] with the signatures of CD, John Lubbock, and Charles Lyell has arrived. It is now going to W. E. Gladstone.
Author: | Eliza Meteyard |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 Feb 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 162 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6622 |
From W. C. Tait 19 February 1869
Summary
Has been trying to get Drosophyllum lusitanicum for CD.
Intends to breed from two pointers born tailless.
Author: | William Chester Tait |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 Feb 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 44 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6623 |
From Archibald McNeill 20 February 1869
Author: | Archibald McNeill |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Feb 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 83: 177–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6624 |
To J. J. Moulinié 22 February [1869]
Summary
Thanks JJM for translating long paper [by Carrière, J. Agric. Pratique 48 (1869): 159–67]. Paper interesting especially for showing variation has been different under different conditions.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Jean Jacques Moulinié |
Date: | 22 Feb [1869] |
Classmark: | Bibliothèque de Genève (Ms. suppl. 66, ff. 9–10) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6625 |
From George Henslow 22 February 1869
Summary
Asks CD for references to animal breeders in order to test the hypothesis that mimicry arises through direct action of mental impressions received through the sense of sight.
Supports natural selection and Pangenesis.
Author: | George Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22 Feb 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 166: 168 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6626 |
To R. F. Cooke 23 [February 1869]
Summary
Agrees to printing 1000 copies of Fritz Müller’s Facts and arguments for Darwin though he fears it is foolish. Lists seven publications for review copies.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke |
Date: | 23 [Feb 1869] |
Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 194–197) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6628 |
To James Croll 24 February [1869]
Summary
Thanks JC for his proofs of article on the movement of glaciers.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | James Croll |
Date: | 24 Feb [1869] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.271) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6630 |
To W. C. Tait 24 February 1869
Summary
Discusses method for shipping Drosophyllum specimens.
Asks about inheritance in tailless dogs;
the growth of horns in merino sheep.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Chester Tait |
Date: | 24 Feb 1869 |
Classmark: | Alan R. Tait (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6631 |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 25 February [1869]
Summary
Inquires about colour and development of plumage of poultry breeds. Is endeavouring to trace sexual differences throughout the animal kingdom.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 25 Feb [1869] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6633 |
To Hugo Thiel 25 February 1869
Summary
Thanks for publication applying CD’s theory to moral and social questions.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Hugo Thiel |
Date: | 25 Feb 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 148: 71 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6634 |
From P. G. King 25 February 1869
Summary
CD’s queries on expression of aborigines were difficult to answer because he encounters mainly those touched by civilisation. Hopes CD did get answers.
Author: | Philip Gidley King |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 Feb 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 28 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6635 |
From G. H. Darwin [23 February 1869]
Summary
Encloses a letter [from J. Croll?].
Has been unable to find a paper CD wanted.
Is leaving shortly for Paris.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [23 Feb 1869] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6636 |
From C. S. Bate 1 March 1869
Summary
On hybridism between the fox and dog; asks whether CD knows of a reliable case of offspring from this cross.
Does CD want details on a white cat with blue eyes, but not deaf?
Author: | Charles Spence Bate |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Mar 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 54 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6637 |
From Edward Blyth 1 March 1869
Author: | Edward Blyth |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Mar 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 83: 152–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6638 |
From W. C. Tait 2 March 1869
Summary
Sends a single specimen of Drosophyllum lusitanicum with description from F. de Avellar Brotero’s Flora Lusitanica [1804].
Discusses Portuguese ferns,
inherited mutilation,
and the earth’s geological history.
Evolution of behaviour and beauty by natural selection.
Author: | William Chester Tait |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Mar 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 18a–f |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6639 |
To Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing 3 March 1869
Summary
Thanks TRRS for copy of his lecture [Darwinism (1869)]. Praises his "admirable example of liberality".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing |
Date: | 3 Mar 1869 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.362) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6640 |
From T. C. Eyton 4 March 1869
Author: | Thomas Campbell Eyton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Mar 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 86: 50 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6641 |
To A. R. Wallace 5 March [1869]
Summary
Reception of ARW’s book, Malay Archipelago.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
Date: | 5 Mar [1869] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6642 |
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