From W. E. Darwin 20 April [1876]
Summary
Sends a pamphlet for FD and Ruck, who did not turn up for breakfast.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Apr [1876] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 59) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10458F |
From W. E. Darwin 25 February [1879]
Summary
Thanks CD profusely for the circular which detailed his and Emma Darwin’s plans to increase their children’s income. Thinks a few hundred really makes the difference for feeling really rich, especially as he now knows how important it is for bankers to have available personal savings.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Feb [1879] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 71) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11896F |
From W. E. Darwin 3 March [1868]
Summary
Asks CD to collect from the Jermyn Street Museum a box containing a skull and bones which belong to Mr Cumberbatch.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 35) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5970F |
From W. E. Darwin 2 February [1882]
Summary
Suggested T. G. Bonney contact CD to confirm story was apocryphal.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Feb [1882] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 108) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13654F |
From W. E. Darwin 24 June [1880]
Summary
Asks whether CD will forward enclosed to Lord Derby, and offers to send him a copy of the New York state survey. Will go to Beaulieu in the early autumn. Tells story about gallenes raised by hens being attacked.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 June [1880] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 82) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12642G |
From W. E. Darwin [25 March? 1877]
Summary
Staying with W. D. Fox on the Isle of Wight. Offers to find Pulmonaria plants.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [25 Mar? 1877] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 67) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10922F |
From W. E. Darwin 6 January [1880]
Summary
Delighted by honour CD has received from Turin. Agrees with Horace that the money ought to be given to the Zoological Station at Naples.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Jan [1880] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 79) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12404F |
From W. E. Darwin [17 November 1861]
Summary
Describes in detail his day at home and at the bank in Southampton.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [17 Nov 1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.5: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3320 |
From W. E. Darwin 14 July 1862
Summary
Sends observations on Valeriana officinalis.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 July 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 110 (ser. 2): 23, 41–2, 81–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3657 |
From W. E. Darwin [19? July 1874]
Summary
WED encloses a letter from H. M. Wilkinson about Utricularia and sundew.
H. M. Wilkinson has examined bladders of Utricularia; doubts that they absorb or digest insects.
H. M. Wilkinson describes dragonfly trapped by sundew [Drosera].
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [19? July 1874] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 53); DAR 58.1: 135–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9554 |
From W. E. Darwin 5 June 1871
Summary
Follows up CD’s observation of 13 May 1871, of a New Forest pony shedding its winter coat.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 June 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 90: 75, 75a |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7802 |
From W. E. Darwin 6 November 1871
Summary
Will send back proofs of Origin 6th ed.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Nov 1871 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 46) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8040F |
From W. E. Darwin 14 April [1864]
Summary
Observations on [length of style and length of filament and stigmas of] Pulmonaria.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Apr [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 110: A68–74 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4462 |
From W. E. Darwin 12 July 1869
Summary
Bees visiting Epipactis.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 July 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6826 |
From W. E. Darwin 10 February [1880]
Summary
"Dia" [as a prefix] means "through, across".
WED’s wife would like to meet the Huxleys.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Feb [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.7: 159 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11352 |
From W. E. Darwin [3 November 1872]
Summary
Is delighted to receive expression. Some comments on swallowing and scratching. Asks to be sent reviews.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [3 Nov 1872] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 51) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8593F |
From W. E. Darwin 8 May [1863]
Summary
Describes the structure of Corydalis and its arrangement for making pollen accessible to bees.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 May [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 76: B188–90 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4147 |
From W. E. Darwin 1 November 1881
Summary
Requests a list of CD’s trust securities; he and Sara have finished Worms; asks what he should do with dividend warrant.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Nov 1881 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 95) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13445F |
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 1 December [1880]
Summary
Will soon manage to go to Beaulieu. Is glad the book is going off well. Is thinking of going to the Roman Villa at Brading on the Isle of Wight.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Dec [1880] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 84) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12880F |
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| Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
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| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (2) |
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| Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, Horace | (1) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (1) |
| Darwin, Sara | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (81) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (1) |
| Sedgwick, Sara | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (2) |
