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Darwin writes to his daughter Henrietta while she holidayed in Italy and France requesting her help with the editing of Descent. Darwin clearly had great faith in Henrietta’s ability both to understand his work and to improve his writing style.

Darwin writes to Henrietta voicing concern about her husband (Richard Litchfield’s) contribution to Expression going unreferenced.

Darwin queries which part of his manuscript Murray considered “coarse”, confirming in the process that a section on female sexual desire was not his work but a quote from John Hunter’s Essays and Observations on Natural History (1861).

Darwin writes to Lady Dorothy Nevill to thank her for sending samples of orchids and other rare flowers from her hothouse. A well-known writer, hostess, horticulturalist and a subject of scandal when, in 1847, she was caught in a summerhouse with…

Darwin praises the work of Mary Treat, an entomologist from New Jersey. Her article on Drosera was referenced by Darwin in his 1875 publication Insectivorous Plants. As a published naturalist, Treat had already constructed a public profile for…

Darwin refers to Mary Treat’s published work ‘Observations on the Sundew’, American Naturalist Vol. VII, (December, 1873), pp. 705 – 708.

Darwin proudly references his son George’s technical drawing.

Darwin publicly thanks Lady Dorothy Nevill for providing orchid samples.

Lucy Wedgwood’s work on Oxlips was acknowledged in Darwin’s Different Forms of Flowers but she was identified only as “a friend in Surrey”.

Darwin publicly acknowledges his son in law Richard Litchfield’s contribution to Expression on the subject of music.