To The Times 1 May 1878
Summary
Appending his name to a declaration that there is no justification for a war between Russia and Great Britain.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | The Times |
| Date: | 1 May 1878 |
| Classmark: | The Times, 1 May 1878, p. 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11492F |
To R. A. T. Gascoyne-Cecil [18 May 1878]
Summary
Requesting permission to present a declaration against war to the Foreign secretary.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3d marquess of Salisbury |
| Date: | [18 May 1878] |
| Classmark: | Daily News, 23 May 1878, p. 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11515F |
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- … letter was also published in The Times , 23 May 1878, p. 5. The text of the declaration …
- … arguments condemning government policy ( The Times , 24 May 1878, p. 10). Besides CD, the …
- … held on Clerkenwell Green on 14 April, first appeared in The Times , 15 April 1878, p. 11. …
- … CD had signed it by 1 May ( The Times , 1 May 1878, p. 10), and on 4 …
- … those collecting signatures ( The Times , 4 May 1878, p. 10). More than twenty fragments …
To W. D. Fox 10 July 1878
Summary
Letter of condolence on reading Times report of death of WDF’s daughter.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 10 July 1878 |
| Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Pearce/Darwin Fox collection RBSC-ARC-1721-1-75) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11598 |
To Karl von Scherzer? 4 January 1878
Summary
Discusses dates when he might meet the prince (Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria) in London, or perhaps the Prince might visit Down.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Karl von Scherzer |
| Date: | 4 Jan 1878 |
| Classmark: | Swann Auction Galleries (dealers) (11 October 2007) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11311F |
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- … staying in London in early January 1878 ( The Times , 11 January 1878, p. 10). Scherzer, …
- … 1878 My dear Sir, I shall be in London on the 16 th , 17 th or 18 th , & shall stay there for a week. If would suit His Royal Highness, I would wait upon him after the above date at any day & hour he might please to appoint through you; but the morning is the best time …
From J. D. Hooker 4 October 1878
Summary
Frank asked to summarise work with CD for use in JDH’s Royal Society address.
Work with A. Gray shows Colorado plants closer to Altai than to E. or W. America.
Work with J. Ball shows Moroccan plants very distinct from nearby Canaries.
JDH on Royal Commission to Paris Exhibition.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Oct 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 115–17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11714 |
To G. J. Romanes 9 April [1878]
Summary
Sympathises with GJR on dreadful loss [of his sister, Georgina].
Can GJR visit Down?
Onions not yet up.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 9 Apr [1878] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.533) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11466 |
To G. J. Romanes 2 September [1878]
Summary
Discusses animal intelligence.
Advises GJR on acquiring monkey.
Sends book by Delboeuf [La psychologie (1876)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 2 Sept [1878] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.547) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11684 |
From George Bentham 7 August 1878
Summary
CD’s election to the French Academy delights GB. Nationalistic prejudices have at last been overcome; congratulates him on what is now universal adoption of his views.
| Author: | George Bentham |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Aug 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 170 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11642 |
From John Coghlan 9 June 1878
Summary
Report of an "eight legged horse" considered to be an example of reversion.
| Author: | John Coghlan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 June 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 198 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11548 |
To G. J. Romanes 15 April [1878]
Summary
Regrets that GJR was passed over for membership in Royal Society. Discusses criteria applied by Council.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 15 Apr [1878] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.509) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10929 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 9 May [1878]
Summary
CD wants some plants; asks Lynch to raise some Cactaceae for him. Observations on sensitivity and movements of radicle.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 9 May [1878] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 119–21) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11499 |
To T. H. Farrer 1 October 1880
Summary
Sends some questions raised by THF’s notes on earthworms at Abinger; he plans to use them in his book.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 1 Oct 1880 |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/34) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12732 |
From Albert Gaudry 2 December 1876
Summary
Thanks CD for translation of Climbing plants.
AG is at work on Les enchaînements du monde animal [1878]. Will send CD a copy as soon as it is ready.
| Author: | Albert-Jean (Albert) Gaudry |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10696 |
From Lawson Tait 12 January 1880
Summary
Plans a "Darwin Festival" to celebrate CD’s birthday.
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12418 |
From Ernst Krause 16 August 1879
Summary
Regards his part only as material from which CD can select for English edition of Erasmus Darwin.
Regrets dropping comment on Erasmus Darwin’s evolutionary theory.
Asks for translation of British plant names.
Asks CD not to mention in introduction that EK’s part has been reduced.
| Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Aug 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B35–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12194 |
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Descent of man in Commentary
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
Summary
The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
