Welcome

This website is devoted to the history of science and religion in 19th century America during the era of Asa Gray and Charles Darwin, 1809-1888.

It will consist of four sections:

Section 1 will publish the online version of my dissertation that analyzes the extensive correspondence between Asa Gray and Charles Darwin on the implications of Darwin’s theory of descent for the traditional design argument, 1853-1868.

Section 2 will publish the major primary sources discussed in the dissertation that are not widely available or easily accessible.

Section 3 will publish additional primary sources from Asa Gray on science and religion.

Section 4 will publish significant primary sources from this period that are not widely available or easily accessible.

All of the files on this site are in pdf format.  You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to read them. For best results download the files to your desktop and print them out offline.