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DCP-LETT-3046

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
9 Jan [1861]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 126)
Summary:

Thanks WDF for an inkstand that keeps ink from getting muddy.

Asks if WDF can verify truth of a statement that white sows carry their young for a longer or shorter time (CD forgets which) than other colours. Presumes it is false, "but many odd peculiarities are correlated with colour".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall1758

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Mary Helen Dawes
Date:
9th Jan. 1861
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/1/1321, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel8566

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Adam and Charles Black]
Date:
[9 January 1861]
Source of text:
BostonPubLib Ms. Eng. 204
Summary:

Sending first 64 pages of JH's Physical Geography with some insertions and corrections. Requests proofs in duplicate.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel10633

From:
Frederick Howlett
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 January 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.14
Summary:

Expressing sympathy on the illness of Margaret Louisa Marshall (JH's daughter). Would like to hear the latest news by the bearer. Would JH append his name to the enclosed form.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1759

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Jany. 11th 1861
Source of text:
MS JT/1/S/19; MS JT/1/TYP/4/1314, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel6251

From:
John Ball
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[11 January 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.12
Summary:

Sends him latest edition of the book brought out by the Alpine Club. A member has found the height of one of the mountains lower than that usually stated. Has written an article on glaciers for this month's Edinburgh Review.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel884

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Herschel (son)
Date:
[12] January 1861
Source of text:
JHS 5.5
Summary:

Writes to inform son John of the sudden death [after only a very brief illness] of John's sister Margaret Louisa. [The letter is quiet and accepting, praising God for the happy and blameless life that 'Looey' had led and what joy she had brought to the family.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-3046F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
[13 Jan 1861]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 117
Summary:

Two letters for WED at E. A. Darwin's. G. H. Darwin has been to dentist. Please collect and pay for GHD’s skates.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel6789

From:
William Rutter Dawes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 January 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.106
Summary:

Expressing condolence at loss of some member of JH's family [JH's daughter Margaret Louisa].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-3047

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
15 Jan [1861]
Source of text:
DAR 115.2: 85
Summary:

CD’s opinion of minor critics and commentators on Origin.

H. C. Watson’s notion of genera converging is dismissed.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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RS-MM-001477

From:
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
To:
Benjamin Collins Brodie
Date:
16 January 1861
Source of text:
MM/19/76, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society

Herschel1718

From:
Smith, Elder & Co.
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 January 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.205
Summary:

Acknowledgement of fulfilling JH's requirements.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1760

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Jany 18. 1861
Source of text:
MS JT/1/S/20; MS JT/1/TYP/4/1315, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel6242

From:
P. W. D. Baddeley
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 January 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.3
Summary:

Is pleased that JH has received his book on whirlwinds. Comments on this and would welcome any criticism from JH on this work.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel7131

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[19 January 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.344
Summary:

Has heard of the heavy blow that has fallen on the Herschels [death of JH's daughter Margaret Louisa]. Hopes they are all bearing up.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-3048

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
21 Jan [1861]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.98–99)
Summary:

Thinks third edition of Origin should advertise "additions and corrections", for the additions are important. They will add 30 pages to the book; there will also be a short historical sketch. Asks for some copies for friends.

Also curious to know how Journal of researches has sold. The new issue seemed a rash venture to him.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3049

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Walmisley Baxter
Date:
22 Jan 1861
Source of text:
Auckland Public Library (MS 29)
Summary:

Orders one pint of tincture of henbane.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall1762

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Major-General Joseph Ellison Portlock
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/955, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1761

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Thomas Hirst
Date:
Tuesday
Source of text:
MS JT/1/T/956, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-2661

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Daniel Oliver
Date:
22 Jan [1861]
Source of text:
DAR 261.10: 5 (EH 88205989)
Summary:

Thanks for mentioning J. G. Kurr on nectaries [Untersuchungen über die Bedeutung der Nektarien in den Blumen (1833)]. Requests observations on flowers with curved pistils. Finds they curve toward nectary, thus lying in path of insect.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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