From G. H. Darwin 31 May 1876
Summary
His paper on the alterations of the poles and changes in level of continents is in shape.
Sends Cambridge news.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 May 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 53 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10519 |
To A. R. Wallace 14 April 1869
Summary
ARW’s review of 10th ed. of Lyell’s Principles [see 6684] is admirable.
But he differs "grievously" with ARW on man. CD sees no necessity for an additional and proximate cause.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 14 Apr 1869 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 181–3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6706 |
From Henry Napier Bruce Erskine to Frances Julia Wedgwood 1 November 1867
Summary
Sends FJW replies to queries about expression.
| Author: | Henry Napier Bruce Erskine |
| Addressee: | Frances Julia (Snow) Wedgwood |
| Date: | 1 Nov 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 163: 31–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5663 |
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. …
To Thomas Carlyle 4 December 1875
Summary
A letter of congratulation to Thomas Carlyle on his 80th birthday signed by CD and 118 others; to accompany the gift of a commemorative medal.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Carlyle |
| Date: | 4 Dec 1875 |
| Classmark: | National Trust (Carlyle’s House) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10288G |
From G. H. Darwin 5 October 1873
Summary
Has decided to send the letter ["Variation of organs", Nature 8 (1873): 505].
Writes of his poor health and problems of settling in at Trinity.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Oct 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9088 |
From Charles and Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [13 January 1861]
Summary
Two letters for WED at E. A. Darwin's. G. H. Darwin has been to dentist. Please collect and pay for GHD’s skates.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Jan 1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 117 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3046F |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Two letters for WED at E. A. Darwin's. G. H. Darwin has been to dentist. Please collect …
- … Darwin’s diary (DAR 242; see nn. 2 and 8, below). In 1861, 13 January was a Sunday. CD refers to his brother, Erasmus Alvey Darwin , who lived at 6 Queen Anne Street, London, and to Francis and George Howard Darwin , who, according to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), went to London on 10 January 1861, returning to Down on 12 January. George underwent extensive dental treatment between December 1860 and February 1861 (see letter from G. H. Darwin to W. E. …
To George Henry Turnbull 28 October [1854]
Summary
CD writes as the Treasurer of the Down Coal and Clothing Club and the Down Friendly Club, requesting subscriptions.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Henry Turnbull |
| Date: | 28 Oct [1854] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.11: 2 (EH 88206054) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1595 |
To W. E. Darwin [27 February 1881]
Summary
Discusses some business matters
and E. A. Darwin’s health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [27 Feb 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 177 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13035 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Emma Darwin had first reported that E. A. Darwin was very unwell in her letter to G. H. …
- … Darwin ’s ill health (see also letter to G. H. Darwin, 27–8 February [1881] ). The Sunday between 24 February and 3 March was 27 February. The enclosure has not been found. It possibly related to Emma Darwin’s trust, of which E. …
To G. H. Darwin [3 April 1873]
Summary
Anxious to have GHD come home because of his poor health. Recommends Huxley’s physician (Andrew Clark) – an advocate of milk diet.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | [3 Apr 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8839 |
To G. H. Darwin 30 May [1880]
Summary
Discusses GHD’s genealogical researches
and his health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 30 May [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 93 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12619 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin, 28 May 1880 . Sarah Gay Forbes Noel was upset that her grandfather William Alvey Darwin had not received more attention in Erasmus Darwin (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 28 May 1880 ). She had a interest in the genealogy of the Darwin family (see Correspondence vol. 27, letter from E. …
- … G. H. Darwin, 28 May 1880 and n. 3). Robert Waring Darwin . Manton is a village in Lincolnshire and the location of the Darwin family seat Cleatham Hall; Lincoln is the cathedral city of the county. George had long had an interest in the genealogy of the Darwin family (see Correspondence vol. 14, letter from E. …
From N. A. Severtsov 25 September [1875]
Summary
Sends CD the 2d part of his travels into the Tien-shan mountains [Erforschung des Thian-Schan Gebirgs-Systems (1875)].
Has written a paper on the ranges and systematics of wild sheep and on modifications probably resulting from competition with domestic sheep, which he wishes to translate into English and would like to see appended to Variation.
Discusses sexual selection in thrushes; it apparently modifies one species into another.
| Author: | Nikolai Alekseevich Severtsov |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Sept [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 143 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10172 |
To W. E. Darwin 19 February [1881]
Summary
Uncle Erasmus is ill.
Thanks WED for his trouble about the cottages.
He has signed the note to Higgins.
CD has used WED’s Rhododendron case in Earthworms [p. 69].
Is using paper triangles in experiments on intelligence of worms.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Feb [1881] |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13058 |
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. …
To Horace Darwin 1 November [1877]
Summary
Wants HD to observe earthworm activity at Roman antiquities of Chedworth and Cirencester.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11221 |
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 |
To G. H. Darwin [24 March 1868]
Summary
CD relays the advice of Sir W. R. Grove on the dismal prospects of a law career.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | [24 Mar 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6044 |
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 |
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