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]
Summary
Inquires concerning a possibility of searching old deeds about the Darwin family history.
| 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
Summary
Sends results of his researches on the Darwin family at the Record Office.
| 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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Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
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The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
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