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From:
Francis Knyvett Leighton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[3 June 1829]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 36
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.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 Jan [1830]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 47
Summary:

Had an enjoyable week at "Darwin Hotel" during Hunt Week, with two balls, etc., but missed CD.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[8 Sept 1830]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 48
Summary:

Papa has been expecting CD to come and slay some partridges.

Has heard CD has a horse 18½ hands high.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Oct [1830]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 49
Summary:

News of family, friends, horses.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Simpson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[26] Jan [1831]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 41
Summary:

Congratulates CD on his "very very good degree". Asks about friends; wishes him well.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Matthew
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[2 Feb 1831]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 37
Summary:

Is in London living in a garret, almost penniless, and has legal and marital difficulties. He hopes to sell some verse.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Matthew
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[14 Feb 1831]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 38
Summary:

Accepted CD’s "generous remittance" rather than go to jail; has pawned his watch. Will stay one fortnight to see whether he can do anything; if he fails he will go home. If he succeeds he will ask his father to pay his debts and nothing else for a two-year period. Is proud of the attachment CD shows.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Matthew
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[Mar or Apr 1831]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 39
Summary:

In London HM was too harassed by his wife to write; has gone home and is much bothered by his father. Looks for a place as a private tutor. Remains CD’s devoted friend.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[8 Apr 1831]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 50
Summary:

Wants CD to come without fail on Monday, and to bring her a small bottle of oil colour, a half-dozen small brushes, and a "juicy" book of some kind.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Maurice Herbert
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[early May 1831]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 35
Summary:

Asks CD to accept a Coddington microscope, which accompanies his anonymous note.

Compliments CD on talent and sincerity.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Stevens Henslow
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Aug 1831
Source of text:
DAR 97(ser.2):4–5
Summary:

JSH has been asked by Peacock to recommend a naturalist as companion to Capt. FitzRoy on Beagle voyage. CD the best qualified person; not a finished naturalist but amply qualified for collecting, observing, and noting.

Contributor:
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From:
George Peacock
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. 26 Aug 1831]
Source of text:
DAR 97 (ser.2): 11–13
Summary:

Details about FitzRoy and proposed voyage of Beagle. CD invited to go on the voyage as naturalist.

Contributor:
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From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Sept 1831
Source of text:
DAR 204: 65
Summary:

Reports on his geological work in N. Wales since he and CD parted. Answers CD’s queries.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Coldstream
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Sept 1831
Source of text:
DAR 204: 64
Summary:

Suggestions and information helpful to CD in preparation for Beagle voyage. David Brewster’s meteorological papers. Suggests an oyster-trawl for collecting marine animals. Recommends CD see R. E. Grant. For meteorological observations suggests F. W. Beechey’s Voyage to the Pacific [1831] and an interview with J. F. Daniell of King’s College.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Thomas Whitley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Sept 1831
Source of text:
DAR 204: 69
Summary:

Congratulates CD on Beagle appointment as an "opportunity … of studying all the natural sciences at once, after your own taste".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Sept 1831
Source of text:
DAR 204: 66
Summary:

Is glad of CD’s appointment and hopes it will be a source of happiness and honour.

Answers a query about books.

Suggests CD go to Geological Society, present himself, as AS’s friend, to William Lonsdale and study the Society’s collection.

Tells CD of his work in Wales; includes a diagram and explanations.

Ramsay’s death a grievous loss.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frederick Watkins
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[18 Sept 1831]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 67
Summary:

Rejoices in CD’s appointment and predicts he will rank with Candolle, Henslow, and Linnaeus.

Recounts their past pleasures and gives news of friends, who are scattering fast.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[22 Sept – 2 Oct 1831]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 51
Summary:

Sends him a purse, which she asks him to use in remembrance of her.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charlotte Wedgwood; Charlotte Langton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Sept [1831]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 68
Summary:

Sends congratulations and good wishes; feels the Wedgwoods bear much responsibility, since he would not have accepted the Beagle appointment had he not been at Maer "that 1st. of September".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Sept 1831
Source of text:
DAR 204: 105
Summary:

Regrets he cannot take Francis Owen on Beagle as midshipman. RF thinks CD had better be on the books [for victuals], but CD should do as he likes. Refitting progress is slow.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project