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From W. E. Darwin 21 November 1881
Summary
Financial matters; executing EAD’s will; pleased to hear news about Prof. Challis.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Nov 1881 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 96) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13497F |
Matches: 2 hits
- … G. H. Darwin, 17 November 1881 ). William Graham visited the Darwins at Down on 3 December 1881; Joseph Dalton Hooker and Hyacinth Hooker were also present ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. …
- … G. H. Darwin, [29 August 1881]) . William and Sara Darwin came to Down on 3 December ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. …
From W. E. Darwin 3 April 1868
Summary
Discusses how they might enquire about any provisions in the laws of partnership concerning lunacy.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Apr 1868 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 32) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6089F |
From W. E. Darwin 5 August 1862
Summary
Has read CD’s long letter on Lythrum and agrees with it. Is examining the pollen of the different types.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Aug 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 27.2 (ser. 2): 32 bis, DAR 162: 92 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3683 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin has not been found. Susan Elizabeth Darwin visited William in Southampton on 2 and 3 August, bringing Francis and George Howard Darwin with her (see letter from G. H. Darwin, [after 5 August 1862] ). See also letter to W. E. …
- … Darwin, [2–3 August 1862] and nn. 6 and 7. CD refers to Francis and George Howard Darwin , who arrived on a visit to their brother on 2 August (see letter from G. H. Darwin, [after 5 August 1862] and n. 3). CD had questioned William’s assertion that the flowers of the long-styled form of Lythrum salicaria matured later than the other two forms (see letter from W. E. …
From W. E. Darwin [24 April 1881]
Summary
Sends observations of wormcasts at Malvern. Describes stay at Abinger.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [24 Apr 1881] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 102) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13141G |
From W. E. Darwin 9 January [1882]
Summary
CD’s division of his surplus income; fire engines; Sara Darwin’s relatives; GHD’s paper in Nature.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Jan [1882] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 112) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13672F |
From W. E. Darwin to Charles and Emma Darwin 22 July 1880
Summary
Returns Geikie’s letter; is glad he has accepted settlement of gravel through melting of snow. Is trudging around with hammer and bag with help of Ramsay’s book. Describes visits to Kenilworth and Stratford. Sara consulted a physician. Called on Reginald D. and enjoyed meeting relations and seeing picture of Erasmus. Reginald very taken with George.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 22 July 1880 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 76) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12665F |
From W. E. Darwin [7 October 1881]
Summary
Asks for two property valuations. Is afraid he has made a mistake in CD’s property settlements.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [7 Oct 1881] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 104) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13325F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 8 September [1881] ). William had done the calculations quickly before leaving on a trip to the Continent and evidently was worried that he had made a mistake. He intended to see George Howard Darwin in Cambridge; William and Sara Darwin travelled there on 8 October ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. …
From W. E. Darwin [27 February 1882]
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [27 Feb 1882] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 113) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13347F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin were the executors of Erasmus Alvey Darwin ’s will. Erasmus had died on 26 August 1881; he bequeathed half of his personal estate and all his real property to CD (see Correspondence vol. 29, letter from G. H. Darwin, 28 August 1881 ). On the Lincoln land, see this volume, letter from W. E. …
From W. E. Darwin [13 October 1881]
Summary
Discusses division of Trust. Is concerned Bessy’s portion will be smaller than Henrietta's. Had a pleasant visit in Cambridge. There is a clerical error in the division of CD’s property.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Oct 1881] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 103) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13340G |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin, [7 October 1881] and n. 2) and his letter of 20 October 1881 , when he writes from home. William had asked for the two valuations of CD’s property in his letter of [7 October 1881] . He had calculated CD’s financial status in September prior to CD’s making a new will (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 8 September [1881] ), but later, worried that he might have made a mistake, asked George Howard Darwin to help him check the calculations (see letter from W. E. …
From W. E. Darwin and G. H. Darwin to John Lubbock 22 April 1882
Summary
Inviting Lubbock to be a pall-bearer at CD’s funeral.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin; George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 22 Apr 1882 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 49645: 128–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13769I |
From the Darwin children 17 January 1880
Summary
Send CD a present of a fur coat.
| Author: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Sara Sedgwick; Sara Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 208 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12428 |
Document type
| letter | (11) |
Author
| Darwin, W. E. | |
| Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, Horace | (1) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (1) |
| Darwin, Sara | (1) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (1) |
| Sedgwick, Sara | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, W. E. | (11) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (10) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
