To Richard Owen [March? 1840]
Summary
Sends a proof title page and asks RO to send a list of plates and contents [of Fossil mammalia] to the printer, Mr Stewart.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Owen |
| Date: | [Mar? 1840] |
| Classmark: | Christie’s, New York (dealers) (29 October 1993) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-559F |
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- … to Owen of 24 [February 1840] , suggest that the letter may have been written earlier, on …
- … this letter and the letter to Richard Owen, 24 [February 1840] ( Correspondence vol. 2), …
- … Correspondence vol. 2, letter to Leonard Jenyns, [27 February 1840] ). Stewart and Murray …
- … Correspondence vol. 2, letter to Richard Owen, 24 [February 1840] ). The last number of …
- … 1 March 1840, and the absence of any reference to the postponement mentioned in the letter …
To Thomas Walker 5 May [1840]
Summary
Acknowledges TW’s letter supplying him with William Kemp’s address.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Walker |
| Date: | 5 May [1840] |
| Classmark: | Jim Somerville (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-565G |
To Benjamin Silliman 26 February 1840
Summary
Asks that a letter on tornados be forwarded to W. C. Redfield. Hopes Silliman received a copy of Journal of Researches.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Benjamin Silliman, Sr |
| Date: | 26 Feb 1840 |
| Classmark: | Gallery of History (dealers) (4 December 1996) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-557F |
From W. C. Redfield 6 May 1840
Summary
Thanks CD for information about Captain Tillard’s account of the volcanic eruption in the Azores in 1811.
| Author: | William C. Redfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 May 1840 |
| Classmark: | Yale University: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (William C. Redfield’s outbound letter book 1835–41 (z117 00151 2), pp. 179–80) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-565H |
Matches: 5 hits
- … vol. 13, Supplement, letter to Benjamin Silliman, 26 February 1840 ). In Oersted 1839 , …
- … these gifts in December 1840 (see Correspondence vol. 2, letter to W. C. Redfield, [22 …
- … letter book 1835–41 (z117 00151 2), pp. 179–80) William C. Redfield New York 6 May 1840 …
- … See Correspondence vol. 2, letter to W. C. Redfield, 24 February [1840] . James Tillard’s …
- … 6 th 1840 To Charles Darwin Esqr ∣ 12 Upper Gower St. London Dear Sir Your letter of Feb …
From David Milne 28 March 1840
Summary
Comments on CD’s paper on South American volcanoes [Trans. of the Geol. Soc. of London, 2d ser., pt 3, 5 (1840): 601–31]. Jets of steam or flame issuing from the side of a hill in Glen Almond.
| Author: | David Milne Home |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Mar 1840 |
| Classmark: | Milne Home 1891, pp. 69–72 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-562F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … See Correspondence vol. 2, letter to David Milne, [19 March 1840] , which should now …
- … CD replied in a letter that should now be dated 20 [February 1840] (it was published in …
- … pp. 67–9, with the date 20 March 1840). In the letter, CD offered to send Milne, in a …
- … written to CD in early 1840 ( Milne Home 1891 , p. 63; this letter has not been found). …
- … 1840] (see n. 1, above). Milne discussed the evidence for the coincidence of earthquakes around the world in Milne 1841–4 ( Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 36 (1843–4): 362–373). The letter …
To G. N. Smith 20 November [1840]
Summary
Sorry that ill health prevented sooner reply. Letter about caves at Caldy was already read by Buckland. Will examine birds’ beaks when better and present to Geological Society of London in Smith’s name.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Gilbert Nicholas Smith |
| Date: | 20 Nov [1840] |
| Classmark: | Angus Carroll (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-580F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Smith, [ c . 15 August 1840]). The letter from Richard Greaves to William Buckland , dated …
- … Geological Society of London in autumn 1840 (see Correspondence vol. 2, letter to G. N. …
- … CD’s suggestions in his letter to Smith of [ c. 15 August 1840] ( Correspondence vol. 2). …
- … to Smith (see Correspondence vol. 2, letter to G. N. Smith, [ c . 15 August 1840]). …
To John Lindley 8 [April 1843]
Summary
CD sends seeds found by W. Kemp of Galashiels with explanation and request that they be planted and a report sent to him, so that Kemp may publish his discovery if results are interesting.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lindley |
| Date: | 8 [Apr 1843] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 189–90) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-668 |
Williams, David. 1840. Extract from a letter … on the raised beaches in Barnstaple or Bideford Bay. [Read 8 March 1837.] Transactions of the Geological Society of London 2d ser. 5: 287–8.
To William Henry Flower 13 April [1863]
Summary
Asks WHF to obtain photographs of skull of ox for J. L. A. Quatrefages de Bréau.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Henry Flower |
| Date: | 13 Apr [1863] |
| Classmark: | Quaritch (dealers) (2007) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4090 |
From Charles Maclaren to Thomas Walker 30 March 1840
Summary
CD has asked CM whether he can supply William Kemp’s address, and CM passes the enquiry to TW.
| Author: | Charles Maclaren |
| Addressee: | Thomas Walker |
| Date: | 30 Mar 1840 |
| Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/1) (gift of Ruth Cramond and David Cramond) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-562G |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Scotsman Office 30 March | 1840 Sir I have a letter from Mr Charles Darwin Naturalist to …
- … Correspondence vol.2, letter to Charles Lyell, [19 February 1840] and n. 1. CD’s paper …
- … letter to Maclaren has not been found; Maclaren refers to CD’s travels on the Beagle from 1831 to 1836 (see Correspondence vol. 1). The 15 February 1840 …
To William Kemp 1[1] May [1840]
Summary
CD has read WK’s abstract in the Scotsman, 15 February 1840, p. 3, and asks for further details.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Kemp |
| Date: | 1[1] May [1840] |
| Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/2) (gift of Ruth Cramond and David Cramond) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-565F |
To W. A. Leighton 25 November [1844?–6]
Summary
Thanks for procuring cuttings of weeping yew.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Allport Leighton |
| Date: | 25 Nov [1844-6] |
| Classmark: | Fraser’s Autographs (dealer) (May 2013) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-653F |
To Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce 13 May [1840–2]
Summary
Informs correspondent that he wrote to William Walton all that he knew about the guanaco.
Present state of his health prevents his acceptance of invitation to attend the meeting of the Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Royal Society of Arts |
| Date: | 13 May [1840-2] |
| Classmark: | Royal Society of Arts (RSA/PR/MC/104/10/28) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-567 |
To David Milne 20 [February 1840]
Summary
About earthquakes: the shock of February 1835 in Chile; possible connection between shocks occurring coincidentally in different parts of the world, and between earthquakes and the weather; DM’s collection of accounts of earthquakes in Scotland.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | David Milne Home |
| Date: | 20 [Feb 1840] |
| Classmark: | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Charles E. Mudie Collection, 1816–1897: Correspondence Post-1650 MS 0112) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-560 |
To T. C. Eyton [6 January 1840]
Summary
Has been unwell.
Thanks TCE for his descriptions [of specimens for Birds]. Has already expended a high proportion of Government grant on birds, but if TCE thinks engravings are needed, he shall have them. He may keep the bones.
CD has become a father.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Campbell Eyton |
| Date: | [6 Jan 1840] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.20) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-549 |
From W. B. Dawkins 1 December 1875
Summary
Asks CD to sign papers for Royal Society candidacy of W. B. Clarke.
| Author: | William Boyd Dawkins |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Dec 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 131 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10285 |
To Edward Blyth [18 February 1867]
Summary
Asks to meet EB for a walk in the Zoological Gardens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Blyth |
| Date: | [18 Feb 1867] |
| Classmark: | McGill University Library, Department of Rare Books |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5406 |
To ? [February 1838 – February 1841?]
Summary
Asks correspondent if he would prefer the President’s signature alone or with those of other scientific men.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [Feb 1838 – Feb 1841?] |
| Classmark: | B. Altman (dealer) (3 October 1982) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13864 |
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Home and family in Commentary
Darwin’s observations on his children
Summary
Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children, began the research that culminated in his book The Expression of the emotions in man and animals, published in 1872, and his article ‘A biographical sketch of an infant’, published in Mind…
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- … Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children,[1] began the research that …
Darwin and Fatherhood
Summary
Charles Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in 1839 and over the next seventeen years the couple had ten children. It is often assumed that Darwin was an exceptional Victorian father. But how extraordinary was he? The Correspondence Project allows an unusually…
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- … Charles Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in 1839 and over the next seventeen years the couple had ten …
