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From Francis Galton 9 June 1879
Summary
Memorandum about Dr Erasmus Darwin’s bequests.
Author: | Francis Galton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 9 June 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.14: 30 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12097F |
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- … Emma Georgiana Elizabeth Darwin never married. CD’s father, Robert Waring Darwin , had five other children: Marianne Parker , Caroline Sarah Wedgwood , …
- … Darwin , still living at the time of his death, were Edward , Violetta (later Violetta Galton, 1783–1874) , Emma Georgiana Elizabeth , Francis Sacheverel , John (1787–1818) , and Harriot (later Harriot Maling) . Susanna Hadley and Mary Parker Jr were the illegitimate daughters. Robert Waring Darwin married Susannah Wedgwood ( …
To Francis Galton 8 June [1879]
Summary
Caroline Darwin says mysterious visitor’s name was Brand. It was in time of Colonel Pole. Never visited Mrs Pole or Mrs Darwin [Elizabeth Collier], but sent respectful messages.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Galton |
Date: | 8 June [1879] |
Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/3/2/1/28) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12095 |
To Francis Galton 22 March 1879
Summary
Describes plans to publish English edition of Krause’s work on Erasmus Darwin.
Will correct Anna Seward’s calumnies [in Memoirs of the life of Dr Darwin (1804)].
Asks about family letters.
Doubts some stories about Erasmus Darwin [in Christiana C. Hankin, ed., Life of Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck (1858)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Galton |
Date: | 22 Mar 1879 |
Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/25) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11947 |
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- … Emma Georgiana Elizabeth Darwin , were Erasmus Darwin’s daughters from his second marriage. CD’s father, Robert Waring Darwin , had written to ask Seward to retract some of her statements (see Erasmus Darwin , p. 74). The letter from Erasmus Darwin to Mary Howard , written shortly before their marriage, is published in Erasmus Darwin , pp. 21–4. Letters exchanged by Erasmus and Josiah Wedgwood …
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letter | (3) |
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Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Galton, Francis | (1) |
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Galton, Francis | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |