From Francis Darwin [before 18 October 1870]
Summary
Needs more money to pay his tutoring bills.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 18 Oct 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7345F |
From Francis Boott 26 December 1862
Summary
On his particular spiritual faith; worships great naturalists and authors.
Does not wish to see American newspapers that Asa Gray offers to send, or hear about Civil War.
| Author: | Francis Boott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Dec 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 253 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3876 |
From G. H. Darwin 22 November 1877
Summary
Will look for worm-castings in the cloisters,
and will send CD items from the Cambridge papers on the honorary degree.
Has hit on a possible fallacy in W. Thomson’s theory of secular cooling of the earth.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Nov 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11247 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Robert Burn had been Francis Darwin’s tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge ( Correspondence vol. 13, letter …
- … Robert Burn, 2 December [1865] ). Henry Fawcett was professor of political economy at Cambridge; his wife was Millicent Garrett Fawcett . William Erasmus Darwin and Sara Sedgwick’s wedding took place at Trinity Church, Paddington, London, on Thursday 29 November 1877 ( London, England, Church of England marriages and banns, 1754–1921 (Ancestry.com, accessed 24 May 2016)). Henrietta Emma Litchfield . John Evans’s letter …
From Francis Darwin [after 18 October 1870]
Summary
Thanks CD for the cheque. Gives account of money owed for tutoring and tennis.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 18 Oct 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7346F |
To Francis Darwin [after 12 October 1866]
Summary
Instructions on paying a bill.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [after 12 Oct 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13793 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Robert Burn was Francis’s tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge, where Francis was an undergraduate from 29 September 1866 until April 1870, when he received his BA ( Admissions to Trinity College, Cambridge 5: 329, Cambridge University calendar 1870, p. xxiv; see also Correspondence vol. 13, letter …
From B. J. Sulivan 16 November 1880
Summary
Wonders whether CD can explain why white muscat grapes growing between two black grapevines have started turning black on ripening but retain the muscat flavour.
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Nov 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 313 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12823 |
From B. J. Sulivan 3 November 1878
Summary
Encloses a letter [missing] on the progress of the Fuegians.
His eldest son has married.
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Nov 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 306 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11734 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Burns Usborne were all members of the crew of HMS Beagle during CD’s time on board. Robert Nicholas Hamond (1809–83), was a former member of the crew of HMS Beagle ; his infant grandson was Philip Walpole Hamond , and his youngest daughter was Almeria Blanche Hamond . For the other members of the family, see the letter …
From Bartholomew James Sulivan 27 June 1870
Summary
Tells of his health and family matters.
Congratulates CD on being honoured by Oxford.
Discusses the state of Tierra del Fuego and the success of missionaries there.
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 June 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 293 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7246 |
From B. J. Sulivan 13 October 1879
Summary
The "Beagles" are, after all, to provide for Jemmy Button’s grandson [see 11501].
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Oct 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 310 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12255 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Robert Nicholas Hamond , Arthur Mellersh , Alexander Burns Usborne , John Lort Stokes , and Charles Richardson Johnson had served on the Beagle during CD’s 1831–6 voyage. B. J. Sulivan’s wife was Sophia Sulivan ; their daughters were Frances Emma Georgina Sulivan , Sophia Henrietta Sulivan , and Catherine Sabine Trench . See also letter …
From G. H. Darwin [after 13 June 1871]
Summary
Discusses his position at Cambridge, which is apparently under threat.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 13 June 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7791 |
From George Rolleston 22 February 1871
Summary
Applauds CD’s expression of dissent from J. S. Mill’s view of differences of mental powers of men and women [Descent 2: 326–9]. Sends some corrections.
| Author: | George Rolleston |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Feb 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 87: 15–16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7506 |
From B. J. Sulivan 29 September 1881
Summary
Gives further details on his grapes.
Tells of his recent movements and state of health.
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 315 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13363 |
| letter | (12) |
| Sulivan, B. J. | (5) |
| Darwin, Francis | (2) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
| Boott, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (11) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Boott, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (12) |
| Darwin, Francis | (3) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
| Rolleston, George | (1) |
| Sulivan, B. J. | (5) |
