From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
[–] Wynne
Date:
[Feb–July 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 206: 42
Summary:
Questions on breeding and habits.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 Feb 1838
Source of text:
DAR 204: 145
Summary:
His work [on vol. 2 of Narrative] is going slowly.
Has no objection to anything in CD’s excellent volume. CD should "entertain no further scruple on that subject".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
[26 Mar 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A1–2
Summary:
Declines Ray Club dinner; too busy with Zoology.
Thanks JSH for presenting his work to Cambridge Philosophical Society.
Asks him to get an answer from W. H. Miller on specimen of crystallised mineral.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
Date:
[1 Apr 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 223: 39
Summary:
FitzRoy is hard at work on his book [Narrative, vol. 2].
CD’s health is improved.
Describes his visit to zoo.
Gives news of E. A. Darwin and Harriet Martineau.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Leonard Horner
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Apr [1838]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 1
Summary:
Postpones meeting with CD because he must attend House of Commons for Factory Amendment Act.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
Date:
[26 Apr 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 92: A5–6
Summary:
Thanks for ham and corrections in spelling. Gives account of his social activities in past week.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Date:
[May 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 154: 53
Summary:
His books grow in size. Hopes to bring out work on volcanic islands and coral formations in the autumn or winter. The Journal of researches will not be published until autumn [actually not until 1839]. Whewell and Lyell flatter him about it. Has given up all society.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
Date:
[15 May 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 223: 38
Summary:
Recounts dinner at Erasmus’ house with Harriet Martineau and others, and a visit to Cambridge to stay with Henslow and meet old friends again.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Forbes Royle
Date:
[24 May 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 147: 397
Summary:
Would like to attend a lecture by JFR on "geography of plants with relation to the Himalayas".
"A grand battle" at the Geological Society between Sedgwick and G. B. Greenough.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Francis Walker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 July [1838]
Source of text:
DAR 205.3: 293
Summary:
Thanks CD for suggestions for improving his descriptions of species by indicating localities. With few exceptions the Chalcidites of South America and Australia are remarkably like European species.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[7 Aug 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 3
Summary:
His [first] railway journey was disappointing.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Bartholomew James Sulivan
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Oct 1838
Source of text:
DAR 39: 18–19
Summary:
Reports arrival at Falklands; weather conditions, and unsuccessful search he made for a geological formation CD had seen. Describes cliffs, streams, rocks, and lines of elevation; includes two drawings.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. Nov 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 164: 173
Summary:
Reports on the effects of inbreeding in dogs and the results of crossing Canada and common geese.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[11 Nov 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 173
Summary:
Expresses her pleasure at CD’s engagement.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[14 Nov 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 164
Summary:
Sends congratulations on CD’s engagement. "It is a marriage which will give almost as much pleasure to the rest of the world as it does to yourselves."
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charlotte Wedgwood; Charlotte Langton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Nov [1838]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 169
Summary:
Expresses her pleasure and satisfaction in CD’s forthcoming marriage.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[14 Nov 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 4
Summary:
In his first letter after their engagement, CD reports on the happy reception of the news by his family. He hopes she will not find life with him solitary and dull after the lively social life of Maer.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[21–2 Nov 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 150
Summary:
Writes lovingly of small events since he left Maer. Fears their opinions may differ on "the most important subject", religion, but is grateful for his openness about his "honest & conscientious doubts".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Mostyn Owen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Nov 1838
Source of text:
DAR 204: 171
Summary:
Expresses his pride and pleasure in CD’s friendship and wishes him well on hearing of his forthcoming marriage.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[21 Nov 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8:5
Summary:
Recounts his misadventures on the train journey back to London. Tells of a visit to the FitzRoys and a friendly letter from Lyell. Whether CD and Emma should live in central London or in the suburbs is a perplexing problem, much discussed by relatives and friends.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Correspondent
- Darwin, C. R.
- Darwin, Emma15
- Wedgwood, Emma15
- Darwin, S. E.3
- Darwin, Caroline2
- Henslow, J. S.2
- Langton, Charlotte2
- Wedgwood, Caroline2
- Wedgwood, Charlotte2
- Yarrell, William2
- Bell, Thomas1
- Darwin, E. A.1
- FitzRoy, Robert1
- Fox, W. D.1
- Haliburton, S. H.1
- Henslow, Harriet1
- Horner, Leonard1
- Jenyns, Harriet1
- Mostyn Owen, S. H.1
- Mostyn Owen, William1
- Royle, J. F.1
- Sedgwick, Adam1
- Sulivan, B. J.1
- Walker, Francis1
- Way, Albert1
- Williams, S. H.1
- Wynne, [–] (a)1