From:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[23] May 1834
Source of text:
DAR 204: 103
Summary:
News of family and friends.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Stevens Henslow
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 July 1834
Source of text:
DAR 204: 125
Summary:
CD’s cargo is safe; the fossils have been sent to William Clift.
JSH asks for dried plants (those sent were all of greatest interest).
Sends news of Cambridge and mutual friends.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Stephen Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 July 1834
Source of text:
DAR 204: 123
Summary:
Thanks CD for letter of 5 April and specimens; did not know the Falklands and Patagonia were so interesting geologically.
Will answer CD’s queries about S. Brazil in another letter. Names Friedrich Sellow, A. Saint-Hilaire, and Andrew Mathews as naturalists who travelled there. Directs CD to Alexander Caldcleugh in Santiago.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Thomas Sutcliffe
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[28 Aug – 5 Sept 1834]
Source of text:
DAR 35: 405
Summary:
Gives a map of part of Chile between Santiago and San Fernando. Suggests places and people that CD might profitably visit [en route].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Sept 1834
Source of text:
DAR 204: 81
Summary:
News of family and friends.
Word that William Clift thinks CD’s latest fossils are of much value.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frederick Andrew Eck
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 13 Oct 1834]
Source of text:
DAR 35: 232
Summary:
Heights of various places in Chile.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Oct 1834
Source of text:
DAR 204: 92
Summary:
Family and local news. Tom Eyton will marry. Tells of the great fire of the Houses of Parliament.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Nov 1834
Source of text:
DAR 204: 124
Summary:
WDF sends news of his activities and of his family.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[24] Nov 1834
Source of text:
DAR 204: 104
Summary:
The Langtons will go to Madeira for the winter. E. A. Darwin and the Hensleigh Wedgwoods enjoyed a stay in Cambridge, where they saw Professors Whewell and Sedgwick. Colonel Leighton has died. The King has dismissed the Whig Ministry; Wellington is Premier, and the country is in a strange state.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Dec [1834]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 82
Summary:
Has sent all of CD’s directions to William Clift.
Erasmus has been very ill, but is now quite safe and well again. Caroline and Susan are with him.
They have heard FitzRoy is promoted and the Beagle is coming home.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Jan [1835]
Source of text:
DAR 97 (ser. 2): 16–18
Summary:
Concerned over CD’s illness. His father strongly urges him to come home lest his health be ruined.
News of family and friends.
Twelve Tories elected in Shropshire.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Thomas Whitley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Feb 1835
Source of text:
DAR 204: 132
Summary:
Replies to CD’s letter [250], giving news of himself and mutual friends.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Feb 1835
Source of text:
DAR 97 (ser. 2): 18–20
Summary:
Met Capt. Harding who said FitzRoy was promoted to Post-Captain.
News of family and friends. Forthcoming marriages of Robert Wedgwood and Tom Eyton.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles D. Douglas
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Feb 1835
Source of text:
DAR 35.1: 329–30
Summary:
Sends CD large beetles from Chiloé.
Describes an earthquake at Caucague.
Gives exact location and measurements of two blocks of granite; has seen and heard of others; will report if he surveys the Potrero on Chiloé.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Robert Edward Alison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[Mar – July 1835]
Source of text:
DAR 36: 425–6
Summary:
Sends some historical data to illustrate the elevation of the coast at Valparaiso in recent times.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Mar 1835
Source of text:
DAR 97 (ser. 2): 20–1
Summary:
Urges him to return home. News of family and friends; the Langtons will go to Rio in April and then winter in the West Indies. Henslow has a son.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Robert Edward Alison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 June 1835
Source of text:
DAR 36: 427–427a
Summary:
Gives details of his observations which lend support to the view that Chile is rising with respect to the sea. Reports some observations and opinions with regard to earthquakes and volcanic action in the area.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Richard Henry Corfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 & 27 June 1835
Source of text:
DAR 204: 130
Summary:
Greatly enjoyed CD’s company; has worried about his health. Adds some European and English news.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles San Lambert
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. July 1835]
Source of text:
DAR 37: 648, DAR 39.2: 161
Summary:
Instructions for a journey to the sulphur deposits of the Valle de la Coipa.
Describes volcanic formations capping granite hills from Copiapò to Atacama [Chile]. [See South America, pp. 230–1.]
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Richard Henry Corfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 & 18 July 1835
Source of text:
DAR 204: 131
Summary:
Passes on news from England and some Shrewsbury papers.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project