To William Yarrell 6 [February 1856]
Summary
"The Pigeons are all quite well".
Sends thanks to Mrs Cotton.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Yarrell |
| Date: | 6 [Feb 1856] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1829 |
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- … DCP-LETT-1829 …
From John Coldstream 28 February 1829
Summary
News of his activities in recent months, of mutual Edinburgh acquaintances, and the Plinian Society.
JC has given up natural history for a time to prepare himself better for medical practice.
| Author: | John Coldstream |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Feb 1829 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-58 |
To W. D. Fox [23 April 1829]
Summary
CD’s sister Catherine has informed him of the death of WDF’s sister [Mrs Bristowe]. CD sends sympathy to WDF and his parents, and refers to the pure and holy comfort afforded by the Bible.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [23 Apr 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 14) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-63 |
From Francis Knyvett Leighton [3 June 1829]
Summary
Invites CD for the boatrace and the cricket matches, and to see Oxford. Suggests Cambridge will win, but he will bet up to £5 on Oxford at 3 to 1.
| Author: | Francis Knyvett Leighton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [3 June 1829] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-65 |
To W. D. Fox [25–9 January 1829]
Summary
Congratulates WDF on finishing at Cambridge; he regards his place as a very good one, and comments on how others did.
Father much pleased by gift of a swan.
Adds some entomological news.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [25–9 Jan 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-56 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To W. D. Fox [25–9 January 1829] …
- … MS 53 Fox 8) Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury [25–9 Jan 1829] William Darwin Fox …
- … Cambridge Chronicle and Journal … , Friday, 23 January 1829, 2d edition; repeated, …
- … Friday, 30 January 1829). James Richard Holden’s name appears fifth in a group of fourteen …
- … are ranked. In the list printed 30 January 1829 his name along with others appears with an …
- … order of arrangement’ ( ibid . , 30 January 1829). No explanation is given of the separate …
- … see letter to W. D. Fox, [26 February 1829] ). Henry Philpott . CD’s allusion is to his …
- … Classics’ ( Cambridge University calendar , 1829, p. 169). Of the works CD was studying, …
To W. D. Fox [15 October 1829]
Summary
The Music Meeting was "glorious"; Malibran outshone all others.
Missed Hope in London.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [15 Oct 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 23) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-73 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To W. D. Fox [15 October 1829] …
- … Fox 23) Charles Robert Darwin Christ’s College, Cambridge [15 Oct 1829] William Darwin Fox …
- … Musical Festival programme, 8 October 1829, Birmingham Central Libraries. ) Virginia de …
- … Blasis . George Alington Robinson who was ordained deacon in 1829 ( Alum. Cantab. ). …
To W. D. Fox [15 March 1829]
Summary
His routine days at Cambridge.
Entomology stopped for the present.
His reading, gambling, and parties. News of Cambridge friends.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [15 Mar 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 10) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-59 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … To W. D. Fox [15 March 1829] …
- … Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 10) Charles Robert Darwin Cambridge [15 Mar 1829] William Darwin Fox …
- … see letters to W. D. Fox, [18 May 1829] , ‘Simpson’, [3 January 1830], ‘old Simpcox’). …
- … insects to undergraduate entomologists (see letters to W. D. Fox, 1 April [1829] and [ …
- … 10 April 1829] ). Polo was a apparently a nickname. In an anecdote about his father, …
To W. D. Fox 7 June [1829]
Summary
Has shipped a portmanteau and box of WDF’s things. Lists bills paid from funds sent.
"My success has been very splendid in the science" [entomology].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 7 June [1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 16) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-66 |
To W. D. Fox [26 February 1829]
Summary
Entomological visits with F. W. Hope and J. F. Stephens in London. News of insects taken and birds shot.
Has been advised by his tutor to defer the "Little Go". Sends news of Cambridge friends.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [26 Feb 1829] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-57 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To W. D. Fox [26 February 1829] …
- … Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 9) Charles Robert Darwin Cambridge [26 Feb 1829] William Darwin Fox …
- … Mathematical Tripos ( Alum. Cantab. ). He was elected Fellow of Christ’s College in 1829. …
- … 3 p.m. ( Cambridge University calendar , 1829). Edward Holland . James Francis Stephens . …
Burckhardt, John Lewis. 1829. Travels in Arabia. 2 vols. London.
Matches: 1 hit
- … Burckhardt, John Lewis. 1829. Travels in Arabia. 2 vols. London. 6 …
Andral, Gabriel et al. 1829–35. Dictionnaire de médicine et de chirurgie pratiques. 15 vols. Paris.
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- … Andral, Gabriel et al. 1829–35. Dictionnaire de médicine et de chirurgie pratiques. 15 …
Babbage, Charles. 1829. A letter to the Right Hon. T. P. Courtenay, on the proportionate number of births of the two sexes under different circumstances. Edinburgh Journal of Science n.s. 1 (1829): 85–104.
[Lockhart, John Gibson]. 1829. The history of Napoleon Buonaparte. 2 vols. London.
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- … Lockhart, John Gibson]. 1829. The history of Napoleon Buonaparte. 2 vols. London. 5 …
Swainson, William. 1829. Vol. 1 of Zoological illustrations; or, original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. 3 vols. London. 1829–33.
Burnett, Gilbert Thomas. 1829. On the functions and structure of plants: with reference to the adumbrations of a stomach in vegetals. Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts (July–December 1829): 279–92.
Ajasson de Grandsagne, Jean Baptiste François Etienne. 1829–33. Histoire naturelle de Pline. 20 vols. Paris.
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- … Grandsagne, Jean Baptiste François Etienne. 1829–33. Histoire naturelle de Pline. 20 vols. …
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Human nature in Commentary
Race, Civilization, and Progress
Summary
Darwin's first reflections on human progress were prompted by his experiences in the slave-owning colony of Brazil, and by his encounters with the Yahgan peoples of Tierra del Fuego. Harsh conditions, privation, poor climate, bondage and servitude,…
