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DCP-LETT-13027

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
25 Jan 1881
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 172
Summary:

Writes of WED’s certificate for the Geological Society

and discusses various instances of earthworm activity.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-13027F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Sweetland Dallas
Date:
25 Jan 1881
Source of text:
John Wilson (dealer) (May 2007)
Summary:

Asks WSD to suspend the enclosed certificate.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13028

From:
Asa Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 Jan 1881
Source of text:
DAR 165: 203
Summary:

Apologises for his silence when Francis Darwin’s paper was read at the Linnean Society.

AG’s review of Movement in plants [Nation 32 (1881): 17–18].

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-13029

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George John Romanes
Date:
28 Jan 1881
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.581)
Summary:

Has read with interest GJR’s review [of Samuel Butler, Unconscious memory (1880)] in Nature [23 (1880–1): 285–7]. Heroic of GJR to call down [Butler’s] revenge on his own head. Ernst Krause’s letter [Nature 23 (1880–1): 288] very good.

As magistrate, CD must enforce rules regarding infection in pigs.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13030

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Maitland Balfour
Date:
28 Jan 1881
Source of text:
National Records of Scotland (GD433/2/103C/4)
Summary:

Thanks FMB for translation of Ernst Krause’s letter for Nature.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13031

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Asa Gray
Date:
29 Jan 1881
Source of text:
Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (130b)
Summary:

Thanks for AG’s reviews [of Movement in plants] in the Journal and Nation [Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 21 (1881): 245–9 and Nation 32 (1881): 17–18], especially for AG’s comment about Frank Darwin.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13032

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
Date:
29 Jan 1881
Source of text:
The Huntington Library (HM 36213)
Summary:

Sends copy of Nature in which EK’s letter, translated by Balfour, is printed. Thanks him. Now feels easy.

G. J. Romanes’ language in his review of Butler’s book [Unconscious memory] is perhaps too strong. Butler’s vanity is a "real psychological curiosity".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13033

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Jan 1881
Source of text:
DAR 106: B152–3
Summary:

Further information about the pension with particular thanks to CD for his role.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-13033F

From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Jan [1881]
Source of text:
Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 87)
Summary:

Discusses his election to the Geological Society, worm researches, GHD’s travels, investments,G J Romanes on Samuel Butler, the snow, politics.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13034

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
31 Jan [1881]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 173
Summary:

Discusses investments,

earthworms,

and an article by Romanes [see 13029].

Contributor:
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WCP1986

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 January 1881
Source of text:
  • Cambridge University Library: DAR 271.6a: 6
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 f. 298
  • Cambridge University Library: DAR 148/462
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 311-312]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP1987

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
2 January 1881
Source of text:
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 ff. 299-301
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 312-313]
  • Wallace, A. R. (1908). In: My Life: a Record of Events and Opinions (2nd edition). London: Chapman & Hall. [p. 233]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP1988

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
7 January [1881]
Source of text:
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 ff. 302-304
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 f. 305
  • Cambridge University Library: DAR 202: 98
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 313-314]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP1989

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 January 1881
Source of text:
  • Cambridge University Library: DAR 106: B150-151
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 f. 306
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [p. 314]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP1990

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
10 January 1881
Source of text:
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 ff. 307-308
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [p. 315]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP1991

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 January 1881
Source of text:
  • Cambridge University Library: DAR 106: B152-153
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 f. 309
  • Wallace Family Collection (private collection)
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 315-316]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP3769

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
7 January 1881
Source of text:
  • Imperial College Archives, London: Huxley 5: 356
  • Huxley, L. (1913). In: Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley. Vol. 2. London: Macmillan & Co. [p. 282]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP3771

From:
Thomas Henry Huxley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 January 1881
Source of text:
Imperial College Archives, London: Huxley Collection, 1D/9.202
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP3772

From:
Thomas Henry Huxley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 January 1881
Source of text:
Imperial College Archives, London: Huxley Collection, 1D/9.203
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP6789

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
[unknown person]
Date:
20 January 1881
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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