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From Reginald Darwin   18 April 1879

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Thanks CD for sending some old family letters of RD’s father’s [Francis Sacheverel Darwin (1786–1859)].

Author:  Reginald Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 Apr 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 154–5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11987

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  • … Bibliography Darwin, Francis Sacheverell. 1927. Travels …
  • … sending some old family letters of RD’s father’s [Francis Sacheverel Darwin (1786–1859)]. …
  • … and the East, 1808–1810 . Edited by Francis Swift Darwin. Cambridge: Cambridge University …
  • … April 1879 and n. 1. CD had given Reginald some letters from Francis Sacherevel Darwin to …
  • … of their father, Erasmus Darwin , in 1802, Robert became Francis’s guardian (note at the …
  • … Robert Waring Darwin (1766–1848). These letters have not been found. Francis had taken a …

From Reginald Darwin   31 May 1879

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Thanks CD for another letter [of his father’s].

Cannot call to mind the story about the robber [see Erasmus Darwin, pp. 64–5].

Author:  Reginald Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  31 May 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 156–7
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12072

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  • … a letter from Reginald’s father, Francis Sacheverel Darwin , addressed to his half-brother …
  • … Robert Waring Darwin (1766–1848) . Francis Sacheverel Darwin had been admitted to Emmanuel …

From Reginald Darwin   7 April 1879

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Is glad CD has found interest in "the old book" [Dr Erasmus Darwin’s commonplace book].

Discusses Erasmus Darwin and his belongings, which RD has inherited.

Owns a portrait of Erasmus Darwin by Joseph Wright of Derby.

Author:  Reginald Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Apr 1879
Classmark:  DAR 210.14: 21
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11980

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  • … Reginald Darwin’s father was Francis Sacheverel Darwin . CD had heard the jockey story …
  • … and n. 7). The enclosure in Francis Sacheverel Darwin’s hand has not been found. Andrew …

From Reginald Darwin   11 July 1879

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Is gratified if he has helped [with Erasmus Darwin].

Thanks for another consignment of family records.

Author:  Reginald Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 July 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 158–9
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12146

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  • … letters from Reginald’s father, Francis Sacheverel Darwin , to CD’s father, Robert Waring …

From Reginald Darwin   29 March 1879

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Sends Dr Erasmus Darwin’s commonplace book, some letters, and poems.

Family news.

Author:  Reginald Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  29 Mar 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 146–9
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11960

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  • … identified. Reginald’s father was Francis Sacheverel Darwin ; his mother was Jane Harriett …

From Reginald Darwin   12 November 1879

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Thanks for copy of Erasmus Darwin. The refutation of Miss Seward is admirable and conclusive.

Author:  Reginald Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12 Nov 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 162–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12310

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  • … and n. 4, letter to Francis Galton, 22 March 1879 and n. 2, and Erasmus Darwin , pp. 70–9. …
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