To ? [1876]
Summary
Letter of reference giving his opinion of the character of a man who has been his footman for a year.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 92 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10745 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … DAR 202: 92 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [1876] Unidentified …
To ? 3 February 1876
Summary
Sends autograph.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 3 Feb 1876 |
| Classmark: | Swann Auction Galleries (dealers) (19 March 2015) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10378 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Galleries (dealers) (19 March 2015) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Feb 1876 Unidentified …
To ? 25 February 1876
Summary
Sends his autograph.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 25 Feb 1876 |
| Classmark: | Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen (Palsbo Ac, sp. 100) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10410 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Copenhagen (Palsbo Ac, sp. 100) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 Feb 1876 Unidentified …
To ? 21 December 1876
Summary
Sends his signature
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 21 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10728F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Dec 1876 Unidentified …
To ? 24 October [1876]
Summary
Asks his correspondent to thank Prof. Reichenbach for his kindness. A plant was discovered in flower at Kew, and he was able to examine the doubtful point.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 24 Oct [1876] |
| Classmark: | RR Auction (dealers) (June 2006) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10221F |
Matches: 2 hits
- … RR Auction (dealers) (June 2006) Charles Robert Darwin Down 24 Oct [1876] Unidentified …
- … W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 1 September 1876 . The unidentified recipient had probably tried to …
To ? 15 February 1876
Summary
Thanks correspondent for present of book [unspecified].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 15 Feb 1876 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.485) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10393 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.485) Charles Robert Darwin Down 15 Feb 1876 Unidentified …
To ? 23 September [1875–6?]
Summary
Encloses a photograph and [?].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 23 Sept [1875-6] |
| Classmark: | Empire Auction (dealers) (1996) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10167F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Auction (dealers) (1996) Charles Robert Darwin Down 23 Sept 1875 23 Sept 1876 Unidentified …
To ? 19 May 1876
Summary
Sends his autograph.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 19 May 1876 |
| Classmark: | International Autograph Auctions (dealers) (8 June 2013, lot 625) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10510F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … dealers) (8 June 2013, lot 625) Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 May 1876 Unidentified …
To ? 21 March 1876
Summary
Thanks for sending the impressions of the gems, but, because CD is ignorant of archaeology, the recipient should not send one for inspection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 21 Mar 1876 |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1: 3269/2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10423F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1: 3269/2) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Mar 1876 Unidentified …
To ? 13 June 1876
Summary
Thanks for his interesting essay on insectivorous plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 13 June 1876 |
| Classmark: | Alexander Historical Auctions (dealers) (no date) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10537F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Auctions (dealers) (no date) Charles Robert Darwin 13 June 1876 Down Unidentified …
To ? 13 June 1876
Summary
CD thanks the editor of a picture book "for … the photographs of your striking pictures, & for the honour which you have done me by the introduction of my name and likeness into one of them".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 13 June 1876 |
| Classmark: | J. A. Stargardt (dealers) (24 and 25 November 1981) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10537 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … dealers) (24 and 25 November 1981) Charles Robert Darwin 13 June 1876 Down Unidentified …
To ? [1876?]
Summary
Complies with correspondent’s request; encloses photographs of himself.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [1876?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 90 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10339 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … DAR 202: 90 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [1876? ] Unidentified …
To ? 17 February [1875–8]
Summary
Tells correspondent how to locate Michael Faraday’s widow [Sarah Barnard].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 17 Feb [1875-8] |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9859 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … D) Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Feb 1875 17 Feb 1876 17 Feb 1877 17 Feb 1878 Unidentified …
To ? 23 August [1870–80]
Summary
Discusses evolution of species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 23 Aug [1870-80] |
| Classmark: | Charles Hamilton (dealer) (3 November 1966) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13884 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 1874 23 Aug 1875 23 Aug 1876 23 Aug 1877 23 Aug 1878 23 Aug 1879 23 Aug 1880 Unidentified …
To ? 24 December [1874–81]
Summary
Sends compliments and thanks.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 24 Dec [1874-81] |
| Classmark: | William Patrick Watson (dealer) (catalogue 21, 2016) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9778G |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 1875 24 Dec 1876 24 Dec 1877 24 Dec 1878 24 Dec 1879 24 Dec 1880 24 Dec 1881 Unidentified …
To ? 30 June [1875–81]
Summary
Asks for copy of [unspecified] essay, but will not answer it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 30 June [1875-81] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.496) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10552 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 30 June 1876 30 June 1877 30 June 1878 30 June 1879 30 June 1880 30 June 1881 Unidentified …
To ? 23 January [1875–82]
Summary
Turns down an offer to undertake a German translation of one of his works.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 23 Jan [1875-81] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (11 July 2017) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9828G |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 1875 23 Jan 1876 23 Jan 1877 23 Jan 1878 23 Jan 1879 23 Jan 1880 23 Jan 1881 Unidentified …
To ? 22 June [1875–81]
Summary
Sends signed photo of himself.
Has published only one paper in Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society, "Parallel roads of Glen Roy" [Collected papers 1: 87–137]. His conclusions have proved erroneous.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 22 June [1875-81] |
| Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32 item 15) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10544 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 22 June 1876 22 June 1877 22 June 1878 22 June 1879 22 June 1880 22 June 1881 Unidentified …
To ? 3 February [1875–82?]
Summary
Asks that enclosed letter be posted for him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 3 Feb [1875-82] |
| Classmark: | DAR 249: 124 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13889B |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 3 Feb 1876 3 Feb 1877 3 Feb 1878 3 Feb 1879 3 Feb 1880 3 Feb 1881 3 Feb 1882 Unidentified …
To ? 8 April [1875–82]
Summary
Explains that there is no need for the addressee to apologise.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 8 Apr [1875-82] |
| Classmark: | Jane da Mosto (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9917F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 8 Apr 1876 8 Apr 1877 8 Apr 1878 8 Apr 1879 8 Apr 1880 8 Apr 1881 8 Apr 1882 Unidentified …
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| Unidentified | (25) |
Sexual selection in Commentary
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
Summary
The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
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- … On 6 March 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, ‘If …
