To W. E. Darwin 4 February [1881]
Summary
Discusses earthworms and their ability to perceive narrowest points of leaves to draw them into their burrows.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Feb [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 174 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13036 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … letter to W. E. Darwin, 31 January [1881] ). Francis Darwin had evidently collected leaves …
- … Francis. 1916. Memoir of Sir George Darwin. In Scientific papers , by George Howard Darwin. Vol. 5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Earthworms : The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms: with observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881. …
To W. E. Darwin 8 February [1881]
Summary
Thanks WED for sending leaves and making observations on how earthworms drag them into their burrows.
Doubts justice of fierce review against J. Geikie’s book [Prehistoric Europe (1881)] in Nature [by W. B. Dawkins, 23 (1881): 309–10], but if reindeer and hippopotamus have really been found in close contact in same bed – "it tells horribly against interglacial periods".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Feb [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 176 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13042 |
To W. E. Darwin 18 June 1880
Summary
Wants WED to collect some worm-castings from Beaulieu Abbey.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 18 June 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 160 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12639 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … 1881. Movement in plants : The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis …
- … Francis Darwin, [10 June 1877] . William’s notes on furrows on a slope at Beaulieu, made in January 1872, are in DAR 63: 77–8. CD’s notes on the concretions in castings from Beaulieu, dated 20 January 1881, …
To W. E. Darwin 19 February [1881]
Summary
Uncle Erasmus is ill.
Thanks WED for his trouble about the cottages.
He has signed the note to Higgins.
CD has used WED’s Rhododendron case in Earthworms [p. 69].
Is using paper triangles in experiments on intelligence of worms.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Feb [1881] |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13058 |
To W. E. Darwin 30 November [1880]
Summary
Asks whether WED can collect some worm-castings from Beaulieu Abbey.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Nov [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 163 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12876 |
To W. E. Darwin 23 [November 1880]
Summary
Asks WED to observe whether worms consistently draw acacia leaves into their burrows with a particular end first.
Will soon know whether he will need worm-castings from Beaulieu.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 23 [Nov 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 137 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12848 |
To W. E. Darwin 14 January [1881]
Summary
Discusses earthworm activity
and animal grazing on slopes.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Jan [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 171 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13013 |
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 20 December 1881
Summary
Has promised to pay Hooker about £250 annually "for the formation of a perfect MS catalogue of all known plants [Index Kewensis]".
| 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: | 20 Dec 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR (CD library—Index Kewensis tom. 1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13570 |
To the Darwin children 16 September 1881
Summary
A circular letter on the distribution of his money at death and the division ofErasmus’ estate.
| 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: | 16 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 183 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13340 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin Down 16 Sept 1881 Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin Francis Darwin George Howard …
- … Francis Wedgwood , and his three surviving daughters, Emma Darwin , Elizabeth Wedgwood , and Charlotte Langton . Mr Norman was probably George Warde Norman . Catherine Langton (née Darwin), in her will, dated 9 January 1866, left her dividends to her husband, Charles Langton , and asked that the remainder of her property be sold in order to pay for bequests to her family, friends, and servants. William Erasmus Darwin . Erasmus Alvey Darwin , who died on 26 August 1881, …
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 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 1881 ). He had begun distributing his surplus income to his children in 1880 (see Correspondence vol. 28, letter to the Darwin children, 10 January 1880 ). CD held shares in about ten railway companies (CD’s Investment book (Down House MS)). William Erasmus Darwin , Elizabeth Darwin , George Howard Darwin , Francis …
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