To W. C. Williamson 30 June [1875]
Summary
Thanks WCW for sending his lecture ‘The dawn of animal life’, which seems "a wonderfully clear & interesting sketch of the lower organisms".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Crawford Williamson |
| Date: | 30 June [1875] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (14 March 1973) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10037 |
To W. C. Williamson 22 October [1877]
Summary
Specimen ruined in transit.
Drosera spathulata modified form of D. rotundifolia.
Sends reference regarding Bolbophyllum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Crawford Williamson |
| Date: | 22 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | James G. Zimmer (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11196 |
To W. C. Williamson 24 October [1877]
Summary
Thanks WCW for sending specimens. Drosera spathulata must be descended from some form like D. rotundifolia.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Crawford Williamson |
| Date: | 24 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (14 March 1973) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11206 |
To William Crawford Williamson 31 January [1848]
Summary
Thanks WCW for his article ["Microscopical objects found in mud of Levant", Mem. Lit. & Philos. Soc. Manchester 2d ser. 8 (1848):1–128]. Comments on it; offers to send Ascension Island specimens. Urges WCW to re-examine coal-beds for Infusoria to determine whether intervening beds were deposited by sea-, brackish, or fresh water.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Crawford Williamson |
| Date: | 31 Jan [1848] |
| Classmark: | Kōbunzo (dealers) (Mr Sorimachi, bookseller, Tokyo) (no date) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1149 |
To W. C. Williamson 12 February [1848]
Summary
CD cannot find the lagoon-island mud that WCW asked about, but he sends other geological specimens he hopes will be interesting.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Crawford Williamson |
| Date: | 12 Feb [1848] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1156 |
To W. C. Williamson 21 September [1878]
Summary
Thanks him for plant specimens.
Asks about sowing Drosera seeds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Crawford Williamson |
| Date: | 21 Sept [1878] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11700 |
To W. C. Williamson 18 August [1880]
Summary
WCW’s specimens are interesting, but CD thinks the slowness of the change might have been expected.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Crawford Williamson |
| Date: | 18 Aug [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 221.4: 246 (photocopy) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12693 |
To W. C. Williamson 18 November 1880
Summary
Receiving deputation gave CD pleasure.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Crawford Williamson |
| Date: | 18 Nov 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 221.4: 247 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12826 |
To William Crawford Williamson 23 June [1846]
Summary
Does not remember where specimens came from. CD picked fossils most likely to contain Infusoria. Discusses composition of Tertiary strata of South America from which they came. Questions WCW’s statement that they contained siliceous matter.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Crawford Williamson |
| Date: | 23 June [1846] |
| Classmark: | Missouri Botanical Garden Library |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-985 |
