To G. H. Darwin 8 [July 1879]
Summary
Inquires concerning a possibility of searching old deeds about the Darwin family history.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 8 [July 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 86 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12137 |
To G. H. Darwin 5 March [1873]
Summary
Distressed by the poor health of GHD and Horace. Asks them to come home.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Mar [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8799 |
To G. H. Darwin 24 [October 1873]
Summary
"It is a fearfully difficult moral problem about speaking out on religion, & I have never been able to make up my mind."
An Irishman, a "grand breeder" of short-horns, declared at lunch that CD’s books had been "a great help to [him] in breeding!"
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 24 [Oct 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9111 |
To G. H. Darwin [4 June 1876]
Summary
Is determined not to believe in GHD’s astronomical work until J. C. Adams accepts it, for he would be so disappointed if it breaks down.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | [4 June 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 55 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10530 |
To G. H. Darwin 8 June [1881]
Summary
Discusses a letter [not found] from R. S. Ball that has quite delighted him.
Describes events at Patterdale.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 8 June [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13197 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … is no record of a visit by Horace’s wife, Ida Darwin . See letter from J. H. Gilbert, 5 …
- … Darwins had stayed at the Waterhead Hotel, Coniston, on Victor Marshall ’s estate (see Correspondence vol. 27, letter to Victor Marshall, 25 August 1879 ). Several of CD’s children had joined the Darwins, including Leonard , Horace , …
To G. H. Darwin 28 July [1880]
Summary
Advises GHD on what to write if he is asked for a reference for Alfred Wrigley.
Thanks GHD for information about trypsin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 28 July [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 95 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12669 |
To G. H. Darwin 27 November [1874]
Summary
CD thinks better of "cousin paper" than GHD does.
With respect to GHD’s "viscous work", remembers endless discussions of movement of viscous matter 20 years back, apropos of movement of glaciers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Nov [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9735 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … to Horace Darwin from the register of wrecks held by the Board of Trade ( letter from T. …
- … Horace Darwin, 26 November 1874 (DAR 258: 1566)). George’s work on viscous spheroids was eventually presented to the Royal Society of London in 1878 ( G. H. Darwin 1878 ). The experiment with pitch had been carried out by Lewis Dunbar Brodie Gordon , and was described in Gordon 1845 . For CD’s comments on the rival theories of James David Forbes and William Hopkins in 1844, see Correspondence vol. 3, letter …
To George Howard Darwin 24 [February 1859]
Summary
Writes about their new billiard table.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 24 [Feb 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2420 |
To G. H. Darwin 23 November [1880]
Summary
Discusses GHD’s ripple theory. Asks him how they are formed.
Delighted to hear that light is dawning in GHD’s eyes on the planetary system.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Nov [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 99 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12844 |
To G. H. Darwin 30 May [1880]
Summary
Discusses GHD’s genealogical researches
and his health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 30 May [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 93 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12619 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Horace Darwin’s cousin, in an awkward position, and that Effie, while disappointed by the match, was mainly concerned about losing Ida ( letter …
- … Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [4 August 1879] (DAR 219.1: 125), and letter from Emma Darwin to Ida Farrer, [September 1879 ? ] (DAR 258: 653)). Horace’ …
- … Darwin family (see Correspondence vol. 14, letter from E. A. Darwin, [before 20 February 1866? ] and n. 2). George’s letter has not been found. Thomas Henry Farrer had opposed his daughter Ida’s marriage to Horace …
- … Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Probably Anne Ashburner , Sara Darwin’s aunt. William and Frances Anna Thomson had lunched with the Darwins on 11 May 1880 ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [11 May 1880] (DAR 219.9: 236)). George and Horace …
To G. H. Darwin 27–8 February [1881]
Summary
Describes lecture at Royal Institution by J. S. Burdon Sanderson on movement of plants and animals; JSBS’s preliminary part was so long that he never got to the plants.
Comments on the triumph of the ladies in the voting at Cambridge.
Mentions F. Galton’s visit to Down, a call on the Huxleys, and a visit with the Duke of Argyll.
Tells a story about the absent-mindedness of Burdon Sanderson.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 27–8 Feb [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13068 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Horace’s wife, Ida Darwin , had been instrumental in encouraging the Cambridge graduates among her male relatives to vote: ‘If the women do not get the certificate granted to them this time, their position will be worse than it has been, as they will lose the privilege of being examined by the University examiners’, she explained in a letter …
- … Darwin’s cordial & nice letter, which may be burnt. — You will have heard of the triumph of the Ladies at Cambridge. The majority was so enormous that many men on both sides did not think it worth voting. The minority was received with jeers. Horace …
To G. H. Darwin 13 July [1876]
Summary
All rejoice that J. C. Adams thinks well of GHD’s work and will present his paper to the Royal Society.
Gives news of his other sons.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 13 July [1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 56 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10561 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Horace Darwin (Jemmy was his nickname) had designed a dead-weight rotary dynamometer, which he described at a meeting of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in Birmingham on 18 July 1876. His description and figure of the dynamometer was published in the institution’s Proceedings ( H. Darwin 1876 ). Francis Darwin had discovered protoplasmic filaments in glands lining the cups of Dipsacus sylvestris (a synonym of D. fullonum , common teasel; see letter …
To G. H. Darwin 22 January 1873
Summary
Concerned about GHD’s health. Sends a prescription for a cough mixture.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Jan 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8747 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Horace Darwin had left for France on 10 January 1873 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). A coupé was a four-wheeled carriage with inside seats for two. CD refers to the Contemporary Review and the Fortnightly Review . Ginger was valued for its beneficial effects on the stomach; cayenne, derived from species of Capsicum , was used for the treatment of gout and flatulence ( Beasley 1865 , pp. 161, 537). See also Correspondence vol. 14, letter …
To G. H. Darwin 24 February [1882]
Summary
Has sent last week’s Nature wth J. S. Newberry’s paper ["Hypothetical high tides", Nature 25 (1882): 357–8]. CD thinks Newberry is right. This week’s issue has a letter against Newberry by Charles Callaway ["Letters to the editor: hypothetical high tides", Nature 25 (1882): 385].
The Archbishop of Canterbury has launched a series by scientists in the Contemporary Review on what is known and what is theoretical in science. [The series appears to have begun with an article by Robert S. Ball, "The boundaries of astronomy", 41 (1882): 923–41]. CD was asked to participate, but refused.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Feb [1882] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 114 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13704 |
To the Darwin children 17 [January 1880]
Summary
Thanks his children for their present of a fur coat.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Sara Sedgwick; Sara Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 17 [Jan 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12429 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Elizabeth Darwin . Horace and Ida Darwin were on honeymoon in Penzance ( letter from Emma …
- … Darwin children, 17 January 1880 . See letter from the Darwin children, 17 January 1880 . CD was last in London from 3 to 11 December 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Henrietta Emma Litchfield , William Erasmus Darwin , Leonard Darwin , Horace …
To the Darwin children 3 January 1881
Summary
About the distribution of [surplus income] funds among the children.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 3 Jan 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 169 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12972 |
To the Darwin children 10 January 1880
Summary
Circular letter regarding the distribution of CD’s excess income, with a note addressed to W. E. Darwin concerning his handling of Elizabeth Darwin’s share.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 10 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 155 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12414 |
To the Darwin children 8 January 1882
Summary
Advises his children as to how some money will be distributed among them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 8 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13603 |
To the Darwin children 21 February 1879
Summary
Circular about the distribution of the overplus of his income and advice on investment.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 21 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 153 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11896 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Horace Darwin . CD had purchased shares in the Patent Siliceous Stone Company in 1852, and had subsequently made several loans to it, with an initial investment of £501 10 s. (CD’s Investment Book (Down House MS), pp. 59–60). He cancelled the bond in 1864 and then was engaged in a correspondence about paying back the bonded loans, which were never repaid (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter …
| letter | (19) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (19) |
| Darwin, G. H. | |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (5) |
| Darwin, Francis | (5) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (5) |
| Darwin, Horace | (5) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (5) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (5) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (5) |
| Darwin, Sara | (1) |
| Sedgwick, Sara | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (19) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (19) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (5) |
| Darwin, Francis | (5) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (5) |
