To John Phillips 28 January [1856]
Summary
Thanks JP for beautiful book [? The rivers, mountains and sea-coast of Yorkshire, 2d ed. (1855)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Phillips |
| Date: | 28 Jan [1856] |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum of Natural History Archive Collections (John Phillips collection)) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1828 |
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From Fanny Owen [26 October 1828]
Summary
Woodhouse news, including going to a play.
She has been spending much time painting.
| Author: | Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [26 Oct 1828] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 46 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-51 |
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- … From Fanny Owen [26 October 1828] …
- … Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph Paradise Row, Woodhouse [26 Oct 1828] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … John Despard , who was 83 years old in 1828. ‘to be as nothing compared to’ ( OED ). …
- … Lloyd Kenyon , 1804–36 (see letters from Sarah Owen, 18 February [1828] and from Fanny …
- … Owen, [9 March 1828] ). …
Howie, Thomas (1828–1903)
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- … Thomas Howie 1828–1903 Scottish-born explorer and farmer. …
From Fanny Owen [January 1828]
Summary
Surprised to hear from Sarah [Owen] that CD has decided to become a D.D., not an M.D.
She has been to a ball or a party almost every night.
| Author: | Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [Jan 1828] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-37 |
To the Darwin Family 3 October 1828
Summary
[Caroline Darwin on behalf of CD] submits a petition to Darwin family for £20 to purchase a new double-barrelled gun, CD’s present one having become dangerous.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Darwin family |
| Date: | 3 Oct 1828 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 34 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-50 |
Fleming, John. 1828. A history of British animals. Edinburgh.
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Graba, Karl Julian. 1830. Tagebuch, geführt auf einer Reise nach Färö im Jahre 1828. Hamburg.
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- … Karl Julian. 1830. Tagebuch, geführt auf einer Reise nach Färö im Jahre 1828. Hamburg. 6 …
Lambert, Aylmer Bourke. 1828–37. A description of the genus Pinus. 2d ed. London.
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- … Lambert, Aylmer Bourke. 1828–37. A description of the genus Pinus. 2d ed. London. 2 …
Smith, James Edward. 1828. The English flora. 2d ed. 4 vols. London.
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- … Smith, James Edward. 1828. The English flora. 2d ed. 4 vols. London. 7 …
Stark, John. 1828. Elements of natural history. 2 vols. Edinburgh and London.
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- … Stark, John. 1828. Elements of natural history. 2 vols. Edinburgh and London. 1 …
Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm 1828–30. Aussereuropäische zweiflügelige Insekten. 2 vols. Hamm.
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To C. T. Whitley [10 August 1828]
Summary
His idle life and the pleasures of Barmouth: "my reading [in mathematics] is a failure"; "Beettle hunting … is my proper sphere".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Thomas Whitley |
| Date: | [10 Aug 1828] |
| Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-45A |
To E. A. Darwin 21 December 1828
Summary
Has found nice rooms in [Christ’s] College, which he has furnished with some very good prints. Lives almost entirely with W. D. Fox and entomology.
News of John Price, B. H. Kennedy, and Charles Whitley. Fanny Owen is as charming as ever.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Dec 1828 |
| Classmark: | DAR 154: 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-53 |
From Sarah Owen 18 February [1828]
Summary
Writes of the last part of their lively stay at Brighton and three days in London.
None of CD’s sisters can come to enliven the "truly awful" tranquillity at the Forest [Woodhouse].
| Author: | Sarah Harriet Mostyn Owen; Sarah Harriet Williams; Sarah Harriet Haliburton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Feb [1828] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-39 |
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- … From Sarah Owen 18 February [1828] …
- … Sarah Harriet Haliburton The Forest, [Woodhouse] 18 Feb [1828] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Richard ’ of Fanny Owen’s letter [January 1828] , who was living in Albemarle Street, …
- … Boyle’s Court and Country Guide London 1828). John Allan Powell , solicitor, with whom …
- … Boyle’s Court and Country Guide London 1828). Apparently a reference to Humboldt 1814–29 , …
To W. D. Fox [29 July 1828]
Summary
CD on a reading party at Barmouth, Wales;
difficulty with mathematics.
Reports on his entomological collecting.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [29 July 1828] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-45 |
Cradock, Joseph. 1828. Literary and miscellaneous memoirs. 4 vols. London: J. B. Nichols.
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- … Cradock, Joseph. 1828. Literary and miscellaneous memoirs. 4 vols. London: J. B. Nichols. …
Commercial directory for Shropshire: Pigot & Co.’s national commercial directory; 1828–9; comprising a directory and classification of the merchants, bankers, professional gentlemen, manufacturers and traders, in all the cities, towns, sea-ports, and principal villages in the following counties, viz. Cheshire Derbyshire Nottinghamshire Shropshire. London and Manchester: J. Pigot & Co. 1828–9.
Blume, Carl Ludwig and Fischer, Joann Baptist. 1828[–51]. Flora Javae nec non insularum adjacentium. Brussels.
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Todd, Millicent. 1913. Eben Jenks Loomis, 11 November 1828 – 2 December 1912. Cambridge, Mass.: Riverside Press.
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- … 1913. Eben Jenks Loomis, 11 November 1828 – 2 December 1912. Cambridge, Mass. : Riverside …
Burnett, W. I. (1828–54)
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- … Waldo Irvin Burnett 1828–54 American entomologist. (P. Gilbert 1977. ) [Vol. 6] P. …
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Religion in Commentary
Darwin and the Church
Summary
The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
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- … professions. As a young man, Charles went up to Cambridge in 1828 with the aim of completing the …
