From Bartholomew James Sulivan [17 January – 7 February 1832]
Summary
Heights of various points on Quail Island [Cape Verde Is.].
Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [17 Jan – 7 Feb 1832] |
Classmark: | DAR 32: 16a |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-156 |
From J. S. Henslow 6 February 1832
Summary
News of Cambridge: the recent examinations; memorial tablet for Marmaduke Ramsay.
Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Feb 1832 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 110 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-157 |
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 |
From Susan Darwin 12 February [– 3 March] 1832
Summary
Chronicles the events of February, principally of the family and of a few friends: engagements, marriages, deaths, some visits.
Author: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Feb [– 3 Mar] 1832 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 95 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-160 |
From William Mostyn Owen Sr 1 March 1832
Summary
Writes of his family and Shropshire events. Comments on the slow progress of the Reform Bill.
Author: | William Mostyn Owen |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Mar 1832 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 115 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-161 |
From J. M. Herbert 15–17 April 1832
Summary
Writes news of Cambridge friends, professors, music, the Reform Bill, and cholera. Expresses belief that CD will take his place with Cuvier and Humboldt.
Author: | John Maurice Herbert |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15–17 Apr 1832 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 113 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-165 |
To W. D. Fox May 1832
Summary
Writes of voyage and his work in natural history: geology, collecting insects (freshwater beetles and spiders at Botofogo Bay); life at sea, sublime views ashore.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | May 1832 |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 46) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-168 |
From Susan Darwin 12 May [– 2 June] 1832
Summary
News from Maer and Shrewsbury of family, friends, and reports of reactions to CD’s first letters.
Sedgwick suggests he look for fossils in gravel banks of rivers.
Fanny Owen is married to R. M. Biddulph. Reform Bill prospects.
Author: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 May [– 2 June] 1832 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 96 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-170 |
To J. S. Henslow 18 May – 16 June 1832
Summary
His first letter to JSH since December. Recounts his seasickness, geologising and marine collecting at St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde Is.]; his first tropical forest. Collecting small insects from the tropics. His Welsh trip with Sedgwick has been extremely valuable.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | 18 May & 16 June 1832 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 12 DAR/1/1/12) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-171 |
To J. M. Herbert [1–6] June 1832
Summary
Summarises experiences since leaving England. "How intimately what may be called the ""moral part"" is connected with the enjoyment of scenery." The loneliness of the voyage.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Maurice Herbert |
Date: | [1–6] June 1832 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.4) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-172 |
From W. D. Fox 30 June 1832
Summary
Has been away from parish because of a three-month illness. Refers briefly to events in England since the Beagle sailed.
Author: | William Darwin Fox |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 June 1832 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 106 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-175 |
To Susan Darwin 14 July – 7 August [1832]
Summary
Regrets leaving the tropics, despite interest in a land where Europeans have never been. They have experienced political turmoil at Montevideo. Natural history going well.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
Date: | 14 July – 7 Aug [1832] |
Classmark: | DAR 223 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-177 |
To J. S. Henslow [23 July –] 15 August [1832]
Summary
Specimens being sent off. Describes his collection of rocks, plants, and insects. Some particularly interesting specimens.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | [23 July –] 15 Aug [1832] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 13 DAR/1/1/13) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-178 |
From Susan Darwin 15[–18] August 1832
Summary
News of family and friends.
Author: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15[–18] Aug 1832 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 97 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-180 |
To Frederick Watkins 18 August 1832
Summary
Brief summary of the voyage so far. His delight in the Brazilian forest; his trip into the interior; the turbulence at Rio; has grown a beard.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Frederick Watkins |
Date: | 18 Aug 1832 |
Classmark: | DAR 148: 292 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-181 |
From E. A. Darwin 18 August [1832]
Summary
Reports on the commissions CD requested of him [in a missing letter]; comments on English political issues.
Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 Aug [1832] |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 93 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-182 |
From W. D. Fox 29 August – 28 September 1832
Summary
He is staying on the Isle of Wight because he has been unwell. He is thought to be in danger of contracting consumption, and the climate is beneficial. He is convalescent now, but will spend the winter there.
Offers to forward any natural history stores CD may want.
Author: | William Darwin Fox |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 29 Aug & 28 Sept 1832 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 107 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-184 |
To W. D. Fox [12–13] November 1832
Summary
Sketches the Beagle’s travels – Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, cruise to the south and return – and what the future holds. Writes with nostalgia of England and says he sees no end to the voyage.
He enjoys and has been lucky principally in geology and among pelagic animals; has found remains of large extinct animals.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | [12–13] Nov 1832 |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 46a) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-189 |
From C. L. Hughes 2 November 1832
Summary
Notes for CD on a river trip to Mercedes on the Rio Negro [Uruguay].
Author: | Charles Lawrence Hughes |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Nov 1832 |
Classmark: | DAR 34: 14–15 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-190 |
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Herbert, J. M. | (3) |
Hughes, C. L. | (1) |
Langton, Catherine | (6) |
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Mostyn Owen, Fanny | (1) |
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Mostyn Owen, William | (1) |
Myddelton Biddulph, Fanny | (1) |
Sulivan, B. J. | (1) |
Watkins, Frederick | (1) |
Wedgwood, Caroline | (6) |
Wedgwood, Charlotte | (2) |
Williams, S. H. | (1) |