129 Items
To W. E. Darwin [24 July 1862]
Summary
Discusses dimorphic plants, valerian and Erythraea. Would like to look at them; suggests WED draw up a paper on them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [24 July 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3632 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … by the relationship to the letter from W. E. Darwin, 14 July 1862 , and to the letter …
- … E. Darwin, 14 July 1862 . See letter from W. E. Darwin, 14 July 1862 . There is a …
- … Gray, 14 July [1862] ). See letter from W. E. Darwin, 14 July 1862 , and letter to W. …
- … E. Darwin, [after 14 July 1862] . See letter from W. …
- … W. E. Darwin, 4 [July 1862] , 9 July [1862] , and [after 14 July 1862] , and letter to …
- … E. Darwin, [after 14 July 1862] , and by reference to a postscript, written in pencil, in Emma Darwin’s hand: ‘Enquire a little about quiet sea places near Southampton I expect G & F will come to you at the end of next week’. George Howard Darwin and Francis stayed with William in Southampton from 2 August (see letter …
To W. E. Darwin [after 14 July 1862]
Summary
Leonard’s illness.
Polymorphism in valerian and Erythraea.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [after 14 July 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3650 |
From H. E. Darwin to W. E. Darwin [18 May 1864]
Summary
CD would like to see Rhamnus, as an American species is dimorphic.
Sends red cowslip pollen to be measured.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [18 May 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 118 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4442 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … A41–3, 50, and DAR 111. See letter to W. E. Darwin, [14–17 May 1864] and n. 2. George …
- … the letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [17 May 1864] , and the letters from W. …
- … are from 1866 (see, for example, letter to W. E. Darwin, 20 June [1866] ( Calendar no. …
- … E. Darwin, 18 May [1864] and [19 May 1864] . For CD’s query regarding Menyanthes , see the letter …
- … E. Darwin, [16 March 1864] , n. 3). Emma Darwin recorded in her diary (DAR 242) for Saturday 21 May 1864: ‘Boys from school’. James Mackintosh Wedgwood. See letter …
- … E. Darwin, [17 May 1864] . No recent reference to Rhamnus , the buckthorn, has been found in CD’s correspondence. In 1861, CD asked Joseph Dalton Hooker where he could purchase a specimen after Asa Gray wrote that a North American species ( Rhamnus lanceolatus ) was dimorphic (see Correspondence vol. 9, letter …
To W. E. Darwin [19 May 1864]
Summary
Mentions WED’s extraordinary discovery of some pollen-grains of different sizes. The observations must be followed up.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [19 May 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 186 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5333 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … between this letter and the letters from W. E. Darwin, 18 May [1864] and [20 May 1864] ( …
- … see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from W. E. Darwin, 18 May [1864] . For CD’s query …
- … E. Darwin, 18 May [1864] . William had included sketches of the anthers of long-styled and short-styled flowers of Pulmonaria angustifolia (blue cowslip); see also letter …
- … E. Darwin, [17 May 1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). For CD’s interest in Rhamnus (buckthorn), see ibid. , letter …
- … Darwin, [18 May 1864] and n. 2. Most of CD’s work on Rhamnus was done in 1866 (see Correspondence vol. 14). The mare was evidently a horse that William planned to buy, but which was kept at Down for some time (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter from H. E. …
From Emma and Charles Darwin to W. E. Darwin [20 May 1864]
Summary
CD much obliged for specimen and drawings.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin; Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [20 May 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: A7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3366 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … between this letter and the letter from W. E. Darwin, [19 May 1864] , and by George …
- … Forms of flowers , p. 115). See letter from W. E. Darwin, [19 May 1864] and n. 8. The …
- … at Maer until 1847, had recently visited Down (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. …
- … 18 May 1864] and n. 4. See letter from W. E. Darwin, [19 May 1864] and n. 3. CD wrote …
- … Darwin, [17 May 1864] and n. 4). For CD’s speculation on the self-fertility of short-styled Pulmonaria angustifolia , see letter to W. E. …
To W. E. Darwin 5 May [1864]
Summary
Experiment instructions.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 5 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4483 |
To W. E. Darwin [10 May 1863]
Summary
Thanks WED for his botanical specimens and observations.
Discusses Corydalis and the fertilisation of Fumariaceae.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [10 May 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4151 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … 1861] , and letter from W. E. Darwin, [17 November 1861] ). Bates 1863 . …
- … between this letter and the letter from W. E. Darwin, 8 May [1863] , and by the address. …
- … joined the bank in 1861 (see Correspondence vol. 9, letter to W. E. Darwin, 17 [October …
- … See also Correspondence vol. 12, letter to W. E. Darwin, 14 May [1864] . For CD’s …
- … of flowers , pp. 105– 10. See letter from W. E. Darwin, 8 May [1863] and n. 5. As part …
- … E. Darwin, 8 May [1863] . The plant was subsequently identified as Pulmonaria angustifolia (see letter …
To W. E. Darwin 3 January [1872]
Summary
Thanks for letter [8137]. Finds observation at Stonehenge of depth of mould at different parts of slope "most valuable".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Jan [1872] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Manuscripts MSS DAR 30) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8140 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … See CD’s annotations to the letter from W. E. Darwin, [1 January 1872] . The bottom …
- … relationship between this letter and the letter from W. E. Darwin, [1 January 1872] . …
- … E. Darwin, [1 January 1872] . The diagram has not been found in the Darwin Archive–CUL. CD’s notes for Earthworms are in DAR 63–5. The second page of the letter …
To W. E. Darwin 8 April [1868]
Summary
Thanks Charles Langstaff for his observations relating to expression. Has requested observations on the platysma. Discusses the actions of other facial muscles, especially during crying. [Encloses 5828.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Apr [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 124, 128 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6103 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 7 April 1868] and n. 2. See letter from W. E. Darwin, [7 April 1868] and n. 5. [A. …
- … between this letter and the letter from W. E. Darwin, 5 March [1868] . CD refers to …
- … CD also refers to Charles Bell . See letter to W. E. Darwin, [15 March 1868] and n. …
- … 6. See letter to W. E. Darwin, [15 March 1868] and n. 7. CD did not discuss suppressed …
- … E. Darwin, 5 March [1868] and n. 4, and [7 April 1868] . CD discussed the obliqueness of the eyebrows and the transverse wrinkles across the forehead during the expression of grief in Expression , pp. 179–93. CD’s query to London surgeons appeared in the 4 April 1868 issue of the British Medical Journal 1 (1868): 332 (see letter …
To W. E. Darwin [2–3 August 1862]
Summary
Discusses Lythrum, "a really wonderful case"; asks WED to make observations and collect specimens; sends a diagram which shows what crosses he believes are fertile.
Would like George to watch bees visiting the flowers; wants some pods from different forms to compare shapes and count seeds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [2–3 Aug 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 70, DAR 210.6: 102 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3678 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … by the relationship to the letters from W. E. Darwin, 1 August 1862 , 2 August [1862] , …
- … invite her. See enclosure. See letters from W. E. Darwin, 1 August 1862 and 2 August [ …
- … E. Darwin, 1 August 1862 . The reference is to CD’s sister, Susan Elizabeth Darwin . In a letter …
- … W. E. Darwin, 5 August 1862 ); CD cited his results, along with those given in the letter …
- … Darwin was recovering from scarlet fever (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), and letter to W. E. …
- … 2: 178; see also letter to W. E. Darwin, 4 [July 1862] and n. 8). See letter from W. …
- … E. Darwin, 2 August [1862] . In June, George Darwin had made a series of observations on the insects visiting orchids (see letter …
- … E. Darwin, 1 August 1862 , in ‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria ’ , p. 174 ( Collected papers 2: 110). Francis and George Howard Darwin arrived in Southampton on a visit to William on 2 August 1862 (see letter …
- … E. Darwin, 5 August 1862 . Although CD referred to William’s drawings in ‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria ’ , p. 172 ( Collected papers 2: 108–9), he did not reproduce them as engravings. Vaucher 1841 , 2: 371. CD refers to Lythrum hyssopifolia (see letter …
To W. E. Darwin 30 [June 1866]
Summary
Cuttings have arrived. Different flower forms [in Rhamnus?].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 30 [June 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5136 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … was a twenty-franc coin ( OED ). See letter to W. E. Darwin, [24 June 1866] and n. 5. …
- … between this letter and the letter from W. E. Darwin, 29 June [1866] . CD had requested …
- … of 29 June [1866] . See letter from W. E. Darwin, 29 June [1866] and n. 2. In Forms of …
- … E. Darwin, [24 June 1866] ). William had sent drawings of pollen and styles of Rhamnus cathartica with his letter …
- … Darwin and accompany her back to England. Henrietta had been in France from 15 March to mid-June with Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter and Elinor’s aunt, Julia Smith (see letter to H. E. …
- … E. Darwin, 29 June [1866] and n. 3. William had enclosed flowers of the two male forms of Rhamnus cathartica with his letter …
To W. E. Darwin 3 January [1881]
Summary
Thanks WED for some earthworm observations.
Discusses investments.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Jan [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 170 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12973 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … see Correspondence vol. 28, letter from W. E. Darwin, 31 December [1880] and n. 3). …
- … 1881] (DAR 219.1: 140)). See letter from W. E. Darwin, 1 January [1881] . CD purchased …
- … 1881 ; see Correspondence vol. 28, letter to W. E. Darwin, 2 December 1880 ). CD showed …
- … letter from W. E. Darwin, 31 December [1880] and n. 4). CD refers to the letter from James …
- … W. E. Darwin, 1 January [1881] . Sara had spent time at Down after Christmas ( letter from …
To W. E. Darwin 30 [October 1862]
Summary
Thanks WED for observations on Lythrum.
Discusses family affairs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 30 [Oct 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 107 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3789 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Dated by the relationship to the letter from W. E. Darwin, 28 October 1862 . …
- … See letter to W. E. Darwin, [25 October 1862] and n. 2, and letter from W. …
- … from W. E. Darwin, 21 October [1862] and n. 4, and letter to W. E. Darwin, [25 …
- … Darwin started at a school in Kensington run by Miss Buob, on 27 January 1863 (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), and the letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. …
- … E. Darwin, [19 November 1862] and [2 December 1862? ], in DAR 219.1: 67–8). William had probably sent CD a copy of the anonymous review of Orchids that appeared in the Saturday Review of 18 October 1862 ( Anon 1862 ); there is a copy of the review in CD’s Scrapbook of reviews (DAR 226.1). See letter …
- … E. Darwin, 28 October 1862 . CD reported this observation in ‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria ’ , p. 172 ( Collected papers 2: 108). Maud Atherley was the daughter of George Atherley , William’s banking partner in the Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southampton. Henrietta Emma Darwin . See letter …
To W. E. Darwin [24 June 1866]
Summary
Polymorphic flowers of Rhamnus [see Forms of flowers, p. 294].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [24 June 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5132 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … between this letter and the letter to W. E. Darwin, 22 June [1866] , and by the …
- … see letter from W. E. Darwin, 20 June [1866] ). In his letter to William of 22 June [ …
- … E. Darwin, 22 June [1866] . See letter to W. E. Darwin, 22 June [1866] and n. 5. …
- … W. E. Darwin, 20 June [1866] ). CD had asked the same question in his letter to W. …
To W. E. Darwin [19 July 1880]
Summary
Writes about gravel deposits [at Southampton] and sends a James Geikie letter [12655?] on the subject.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [19 July 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 161 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12661 |
To W. E. Darwin [25 October 1862]
Summary
Asks WED to make some observations on differences in pods of Lythrum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [25 Oct 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 106 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3782 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … by the relationship to the letters from W. E. Darwin, 21 October [1862] and 28 October …
- … see the letter from W. E. Darwin, 23 October [1862] ; see also the letter to W. …
- … See letter from W. E. Darwin, 21 October [1862] and n. 5, letter from W. E. Darwin, 23 …
- … E. Darwin, 30 [October 1862] . William was assisting his father by collecting seed-pods from wild plants of Lythrum salicaria (see the letters …
- … E. Darwin 21 October [1862] and 23 October [1862] ); however, CD had concluded that he would have to perform a further 126 crosses before he could publish his results (see letter …
To W. E. Darwin 14 May [1864]
Summary
Discusses WED’s observations on polymorphic flowers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 14 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: A1–2, A4–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4495 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … between this letter and the letter from W. E. Darwin, 12 May [1864] . CD published a …
- … May in DAR 110: A51 v. See also letter from W. E. Darwin, 12 May [1864] and n. 6, and …
- … in the long-styled forms (see letter to W. E. Darwin, 3 May [1864] , n. 2, and ‘Three …
- … Collected papers 2: 46); see also letter from W. E. Darwin, 14 April [1864] and n. 4, …
- … anthers on 6 May 1864 (see letter to W. E. Darwin, 3 May [1864] , n. 2). In Forms of …
- … see Correspondence vol. 11, letters to W. E. Darwin, [5 May 1863] and n. 6, and [10 …
- … E. Darwin, 18 April 1864 and n. 3, and 12 May [1864] and nn. 3 and 4). CD is referring to William’s letter …
To W. E. Darwin [25 July 1863]
Summary
Relates events at Down;
asks WED to make some observations on Lythrum.
His present hobby-horse is tendrils.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [25 July 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 112 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4199 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … member of the Boraginaceae (see letter from W. E. Darwin, 4 May [1863] and n. 2). …
- … see Correspondence vol. 10, letters to W. E. Darwin, [25 October 1862] and 30 [October …
- … in the Boraginaceae (see letters to W. E. Darwin, [5 May 1863] and [10 May 1863] ). In …
- … and letter from W. E. Darwin, 28 October 1862 ). See also letter from W. E. Darwin, …
To W. E. Darwin 20 May [1881]
Summary
Discusses his investments.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 20 May [1881] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.590) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13167 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … between this letter and the letter from W. E. Darwin, 7 May 1881 . William had suggested a …
- … States Funded Loan shares (see letter to W. E. Darwin, 4 May [1881] ). See letter from W. …
- … E. Darwin, 7 May 1881 and n. 2. The newspaper announcement has not been identified. CD’s bank was the Union Bank , Charing Cross Branch, London (see Correspondence vol. 5, letter …
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: 3 hits
- … Two letters for WED at E. A. Darwin's. G. H. Darwin has been to dentist. Please collect …
- … H. Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [9 December 1860] (DAR 251: 2226), letters from Emma Darwin …
- … E. Darwin, [30 January 1861] (DAR 219.1: 36), [12 February 1861] (DAR 219.1: 37), and [20 February 1861] (DAR 219.1: 38), and Correspondence vol. 9, letter …
Document type
| letter | (129) |
Author
| Abbot, F. E. | (1) |
| Bonney, T. G. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (117) |
| Darwin, Emma | (5) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (2) |
| François de Chaumont, F. S. B. | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (2) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (5) |
| Wolstenholme, Joseph | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, W. E. | |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (3) |
| Darwin, Francis | (3) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (3) |
| Darwin, Horace | (3) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (3) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (3) |
| Darwin, Sara | (1) |
| Sedgwick, Sara | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, W. E. | (129) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (117) |
| Darwin, Emma | (5) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (5) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (5) |
