To the Darwin children 10 January 1880
Summary
Circular letter regarding the distribution of CD’s excess income, with a note addressed to W. E. Darwin concerning his handling of Elizabeth Darwin’s share.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 10 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 155 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12414 |
To the Darwin children 20 December 1881
Summary
Has promised to pay Hooker about £250 annually "for the formation of a perfect MS catalogue of all known plants [Index Kewensis]".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 20 Dec 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR (CD library—Index Kewensis tom. 1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13570 |
To the Darwin children 3 January 1881
Summary
About the distribution of [surplus income] funds among the children.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 3 Jan 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 169 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12972 |
To the Darwin children 8 January 1882
Summary
Advises his children as to how some money will be distributed among them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 8 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13603 |
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 |
To the Darwin children 17 [January 1880]
Summary
Thanks his children for their present of a fur coat.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | 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 |
| Date: | 17 [Jan 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12429 |
To the Darwin children 16 September 1881
Summary
A circular letter on the distribution of his money at death and the division ofErasmus’ estate.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 16 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 183 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13340 |
To the Darwin children 21 February 1879
Summary
Circular about the distribution of the overplus of his income and advice on investment.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 21 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 153 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11896 |
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 |
To W. D. Fox 24 August [1866]
Summary
Family news. Describes [final] illness of Susan Darwin [d. 3 Oct 1866]. CD’s health better.
Making rapid progress on Variation.
Has heard of hybrids between moths mentioned by WDF.
Work on [4th] edition of Origin has delayed Variation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 24 Aug [1866] |
| Classmark: | Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5197 |
To C. F. Bergstedt? 6 July [1871]
Summary
Thanks author of an anonymous Swedish review of CD’s works [in Samtiden, Vecksckrift för politik och litteratur, ed. C. F. Bergstedt, nos. 23–5 (1871): 358–64, 374–81, 390–7]. CD is surprised to learn the Origin has appeared in Swedish [1869].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Carl Fredrik Bergstedt |
| Date: | 6 July [1871] |
| Classmark: | Kungliga biblioteket, National Library of Sweden |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7852 |
To Henrietta Emma Darwin [14–21 April 1866]
Summary
Discusses some observations on, and the fertilisation of, Ophrys.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [14–21 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5074 |
To George Howard Darwin and W. E. Darwin 13 [November 1856]
Summary
Describes the funeral of Aunt Sarah [Elizabeth Wedgwood].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin; George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 13 [Nov 1856] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1987 |
From E. A. Darwin [before 20 February 1866?]
Summary
Lyell calculates enviously that CD can do more work than any of the philosophers.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 20 Feb 1866?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4965 |
To J. D. Hooker 1 November [1866]
Summary
Requests water-lily pods to count, weigh, and to germinate some of the seeds of the crossed and uncrossed pods.
Hopes Haeckel did not bore him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 1 Nov [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 304 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5262 |
From E. A. Greaves to G. H. Darwin 26 June 1878
| Author: | Elizabeth Anne Hadley; Elizabeth Anne Greaves |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 26 June 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.14: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11568F |
From G. H. Darwin [18 October 1881]
Summary
Occupied with details of E. A. Darwin’s house and furniture. He has ordered a gravestone.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [18 Oct 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 97 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13412 |
From George Howard Darwin [1 February 1870 or earlier]
Summary
Discusses buying a horse [for CD].
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1870 or earlier] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7090 |
From Anthony Rich 29 December 1878
Summary
He would be happy to receive a visit from one of CD’s sons at any time.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Dec 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.12: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11810 |
From G. H. Darwin 1 June 1876
Summary
Greatly excited by the astronomical implications of his work.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 June 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 54 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10522 |
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