To the Darwin Family 3 October 1828
Summary
[Caroline Darwin on behalf of CD] submits a petition to Darwin family for £20 to purchase a new double-barrelled gun, CD’s present one having become dangerous.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Darwin family |
Date: | 3 Oct 1828 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 34 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-50 |
To J. L. Chester 2 March 1880
Summary
Thanks JLC for his letter, pedigree, and MS of the history of the Darwin family.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Lemuel Chester |
Date: | 2 Mar 1880 |
Classmark: | James Innes (private collection) (Sold at Bonhams, 13 March 2002) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12505F |
From Susan Darwin [c. 24 October 1839]
Summary
Gives some information on Darwin family history.
Author: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [c. 24 Oct 1839] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.11: 25 (on display at Down House in 1991) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-472 |
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- … Gives some information on Darwin family history. …
- … of their families. Shrewsbury. Freeman, Richard Broke. 1978. Charles Darwin: a companion. …
- … family— Nicholas, is written Esquire & styled of Wolverhampton in Henry the eights reign. — Robert Waring was settled at Wilsford, in the County of Nottingham & was Grandfather to Anne, wife of William Darwin …
Campbell, Susan. 2012. ‘Its situation was exquisite in the extreme’: ornamental flowers, shrubs and trees in the Darwin family’s garden at the Mount, Shrewsbury, 1838–1865. Garden History 40: 167–98.
To G. H. Darwin 8 [July 1879]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 8 [July 1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 86 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12137 |
From G. H. Darwin 24 June 1879
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 24 June 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 77 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12116 |
To W. D. Fox 8 July [1861]
Summary
Family news.
Henslow’s death a sad loss. Leonard Jenyns will write a biography.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 8 July [1861] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 131) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3204 |
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- … Alvey Darwin . Francis Rhodes took the Darwin family name in 1850 under the provisions of …
- … the seat of the senior branch of the Darwin family. CD’s grandfather Erasmus Darwin was …
- … Darwin pedigree : Pedigree of the family of Darwin. Compiled by H. Farnham Burke. N.p. : …
- … Elston Hall. The head of the family was Francis Rhodes Darwin , husband of Charlotte Maria …
From Caroline Darwin (with postscript by Marianne Parker) 12[–31] March [1832]
Summary
Describes the gathering at Maer and the events culminating in Charlotte Wedgwood’s marriage to Charles Langton.
Author: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12–[31] Mar [1832] |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 71 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-163 |
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About Darwin in Commentary
Family life
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From the long letters exchanged with his sisters during the Beagle voyage, through correspondence about his marriage to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, the births—and deaths—of their children, to the contributions of his sons and daughters to his scientific…
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- … From the long letters exchanged with his sisters during the Beagle voyage, through …
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
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- … Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the …
Darwin's notes for his physician, 1865
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On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher who had studied medicine in London and Paris in the early 1840s, visited Down to consult with Darwin about his ill health. In 1863 Chapman started to treat…
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- … On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher …
What Darwin Read
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Follow the links to resources about the books and papers, mostly scientific, that Darwin read as student at Edinburgh, during the Beagle voyage, and later in his life. Darwin and his family also read works of fiction by Anthony Trollope, George Eliot,…
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- … Follow the links below to resources about the books and papers, mostly scientific, that Darwin …