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From E. A. Darwin   17 [1877?]

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Wants Francis [Rhodes] Darwin’s address; also asks if CD has heard "the great news".

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 [1877?]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B94–5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10754

Matches: 5 hits

  • … Wants Francis [Rhodes] Darwin’s address; also asks if CD has heard "the great news". …
  • … Charles Will you send the address of Francis Darwin if you have it. On comparing dates I …
  • … H. Darwin, 11 October [1866] ). Francis Rhodes Darwin’s solicitor has not been identified. …
  • … archivist’s mark dating it 1877. Francis Rhodes Darwin . William Alvey Darwin and Robert …
  • … s husband Francis Rhodes , on condition he change his surname to Darwin. Robert Waring …

From E. A. Darwin   25 September [1873]

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EAD sees advantages to Frank’s becoming CD’s assistant.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 Sept [1873]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B90–1
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9069

Matches: 3 hits

  • … E.  A.  Darwin, 20 September 1873 . Francis Darwin wished to give up his medical training …
  • … 20 September 1873 ). Amy Ruck was Francis Darwin’s fiancée. Erasmus Darwin was staying …
  • … 6 Queen Anne Street, London. Francis lived with Erasmus Darwin while studying medicine at …

From E. A. Darwin   19 February [1866]

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Division of Catherine’s estate.

Arrangements for EAD’s will.

Wishes CD would pay him another visit.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  19 Feb [1866]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B40–1
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5010

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  • … W. Page [and others]. 1796–1950. Darwin, Francis. 1916. Memoir of Sir George Darwin. In …

From E. A. Darwin   16 January [1877]

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[Samuel] Laurence, having painted the Prince of Wales, now wants to paint another great man; will use a photograph but would like a ten minute interview with CD to mix his tints.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  16 Jan [1877]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B97–8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10794

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  • … annotation in pencil, probably made by Francis Darwin . The portrait of Albert Edward ( …

From E. A. Darwin   8 March [1879]

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Has read Krause’s "Life of Erasmus Darwin" [Kosmos 4 (1879): 397–424]; thinks it very interesting to anyone interested in "Darwinismus" – everybody.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 Mar [1879]
Classmark:  DAR 92: B2; DAR 105: B105, B110
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11918

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  • … 1879a , pp. 419–20). No reference to Francis Darwin has been identified. The last edition …

From E. A. Darwin   8 July [1880]

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Details about tithes.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 July [1880]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B113
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12648

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  • … of £8 3 s . 6 d . ‘for Frank’ ( Francis Darwin ). The only year in which tithes were paid …

From E. A. Darwin   13 March [1879]

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Sends suggestions for CD’s preface to Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  13 Mar [1879]
Classmark:  DAR 92: B1
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11931

Matches: 2 hits

  • … in genealogy ( G. H. Darwin 1873 , 1875a, and 1875b). Francis Galton , CD’s half-cousin, …
  • … was the son of Erasmus Darwin ’s daughter Violetta Galton . Francis Galton was interested …

From E. A. Darwin   17 [July 1867]

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Wynne [gardener] suggests he should be paid from the money from the sale of the Mount, but EAD suggests an annual subscription instead.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 [July 1867]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B55
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5369

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  • … William Erasmus Darwin , and probably to Henry Parker (1827/8–92) and Francis Parker, the …
  • Francis Parker had suggested paying Wynne out of the purchase price of The Mount, where Susan Elizabeth Darwin , …

From E. A. Darwin   21 [December 1870]

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Confirms number of shares.

Reports on conversation with Henry Holland.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  21 [Dec 1870]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B71–2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7067

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  • … truths ( Kant 1781 ). Erasmus presumably refers to Francis, Leonard, and Horace Darwin . …

From E. A. Darwin   20 November [1872]

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Encloses a letter from Lady Bell, which should be burnt when read.

Discusses finances.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  20 Nov [1872]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B82–3, DAR 160: 126
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8636

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  • Darwin (his daughter) had received rents as part of her marriage settlement, was bought by Godfrey, Clement Francis, …

From E. A. Darwin   26 [November 1869 or later]

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Has seen J. J. Sylvester again.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 [Nov 1869 or later]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B66
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6539

Matches: 2 hits

  • Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Galton, Francis. …
  • Darwin passed second (see Correspondence vol.  16). Cardew’s mother was the second daughter of Richard Bethell , first Baron Westbury; Lord Westbury was lord chancellor from 1861 to 1865 ( ODNB ). In Francis

From E. A. Darwin   27 June [1864]

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CD will be proposed for the Copley Medal. Hugh Falconer wants information: list of all CD’s papers, dates of the voyage, things not judicious to mention, when his sickness came on, etc.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  27 June [1864]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B28–9
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4546

Matches: 1 hit

  • Darwin’s appointment as an unpaid naturalist on the Beagle arose from a request that FitzRoy had made to Francis

From E. A. Darwin   [before 20 February 1866?]

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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

Matches: 1 hit

  • Darwin’s diary (DAR 242). The enclosure has not been found. The reference is to CD’s second son, George, who was interested in family history. A number of family pedigrees and related notes are among his papers, for example in DAR 210.14 and the Francis
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