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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Smith, Elder & Co
Date:
14 Jan [1863]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (MS.23181, ff.1-5 (S. E. & Co. work slip, ff.1-2, letter ff.3-4, address envelope f.5))
Summary:

Asks for account of sales of Geology of "Beagle". Willing to consider offer for remaining stock in order to close account.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Smith, Elder & Co
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Mar 1863
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (MS.23181:1)
Summary:

Sum due to CD is £11 13s 1d. Offer £5 for remaining stock of South America and Volcanic islands.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Smith, Elder & Co
Date:
5 Mar [1863]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (MS.23181, ff.6-10 (S. E. & Co. work slip, ff.6-7, letter ff.8-9, address envelope f.10))
Summary:

Accepts offer of £5 [for remaining stock of Geology of "Beagle"].

Orders postage stamps for son.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Smith, Elder & Co
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
9 Mar 1863
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (MS.23181:6v)
Summary:

Cheque for books, stamps for CD’s son.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Smith, Elder & Co
Date:
10 Mar [1863]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (MS.23181, ff.11-15 (S. E. & Co. work slip, ff.11-12, letter ff.13-14, address envelope f.15))
Summary:

Receipt for cheque enclosed.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray
Date:
23 May 1863
Source of text:
148, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Patrick Matthew
Date:
21 Nov [1863]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (Acc.10963)
Summary:

CD is too ill to write.

As for natural selection, he is more faithful to PM’s "own original child" than PM is himself. To illustrate, CD relates the metaphor of an architect selecting well-shaped stones and rejecting ill-shaped ones. [See Variation 2: 431.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
26 Oct 1866
Source of text:
150, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
14 Nov 1866
Source of text:
152, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
23 Nov 1866
Source of text:
154, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
5 Dec 1866
Source of text:
156, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
30 Jan 1867
Source of text:
157, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
?? Feb 1867
Source of text:
159, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
2 Mar 1867
Source of text:
162, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Apr [1867]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42153 ff. 30–1)
Summary:

Asks if he should give the clichés of Variation to E. Schweizerbart.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
12 Jun 1867
Source of text:
163, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
18 Jun 1867
Source of text:
165, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
18 Jul 1867
Source of text:
167, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
5 Aug 1867
Source of text:
169, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray III
Date:
18 Oct 1867
Source of text:
171, MS 41131, NLS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse