To W. E. Darwin 13 [June 1862]
Summary
Leonard has scarlet fever; CD is sorry WED is unwell.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 13 [June 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 99 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3601 |
To W. E. Darwin [5 April 1875]
Summary
Another message about club elections.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [5 Apr 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 141 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9914 |
To W. E. Darwin 13 May [1857]
Summary
Discusses family health and affairs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 13 May [1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2091 |
To W. E. Darwin 12 October [1861]
Summary
Asks whether WED has signed the articles of partnership in the bank.
Has been working at orchid drawings with G. B. Sowerby, Jr.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Oct [1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 78 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3284 |
To W. E. Darwin [10? September 1862]
Summary
Gives advice as to whether certain meteorological observations would be worth making.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [10? Sept 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3704 |
To W. E. Darwin [31 May 1862]
Summary
Wants WED to forward dried Malaxis to G. C. Oxenden.
Has been dissecting Viola flowers.
[Letter from Emma Darwin to WED, verso p. 3.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [31 May 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 98 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3580 |
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 29 [October 1857]
Summary
Discusses WED’s future education, the work on the extension, and other domestic affairs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 29 [Oct 1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2147 |
To W. E. Darwin [19 May 1864]
Summary
Mentions WED’s extraordinary discovery of some pollen-grains of different sizes. The observations must be followed up.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [19 May 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 186 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5333 |
To W. E. Darwin 3 May [1864]
Summary
Thanks WED for measuring cowslip pollen. Sends dimorphic flowers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 3 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: A8, A10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4480 |
To W. E. Darwin 4 [July 1862]
Summary
Reports some observations on the fertilisation of wheat which WED might follow up.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 4 [July 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 100 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3641 |
To W. E. Darwin 26 April [1862]
Summary
Thanks WED for eyeglass.
Reports on health of Horace and family matters.
Has finished Orchids.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Apr [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 96 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3520 |
To W. E. Darwin 9 February 1882
Summary
Writes about WED’s purchasing a house.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 185 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13672 |
To W. E. Darwin [2–3 September 1862]
Summary
Asks WED to send some specimens [of Lythrum?].
[Letter from Emma Darwin to WED on verso.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [2–3 Sept 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3673 |
To W. E. Darwin [27 October 1861]
Summary
Discusses affairs at Down and Southampton.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [27 Oct 1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 82 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3302 |
To W. E. Darwin 9 July [1862]
Summary
Lenny [Leonard Darwin]’s illness.
Polymorphism in valerian and Lythrum salicaria.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 9 July [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3649 |
To W. E. Darwin [25 July 1863]
Summary
Relates events at Down;
asks WED to make some observations on Lythrum.
His present hobby-horse is tendrils.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [25 July 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 112 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4199 |
To W. E. Darwin [10 May 1863]
Summary
Thanks WED for his botanical specimens and observations.
Discusses Corydalis and the fertilisation of Fumariaceae.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [10 May 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4151 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 12 [April 1862] and nn. 7 and 8). CD’s observational notes on species of Fumaria , dated 1858, 1861, and 1863, are in DAR 76: 13–21. CD summarised his findings in Cross and self fertilisation , p. 366; as with Corydalis (see n. 4, above), these observations formed part of a discussion of plants that were apparently fertile without insect aid. According to Emma Darwin’ …
To W. E. Darwin 30 November [1861]
Summary
Reports on state of family’s health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Nov [1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 108 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3835 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin, 12 October [1861] ( Correspondence vol. 9). ‘Consols’ is an abbreviation for consolidated annuities, a form of government stocks. CD purchased these in William’s name to serve as a guaranteed deposit toward William’s partnership in the bank of Atherley, Fall & Atherley (later the Southampton and Hampshire Bank; see Correspondence vol. 9, letter to W. E. Darwin, 12 October [1861] and n. 5). Emma …
To W. E. Darwin [20 June 1858]
Summary
Relates domestic affairs.
Thinks his bees’ cell theory will hold good.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [20 June 1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2267 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Emma Darwin’s diary records that Ellen Harriet Tollet , an old friend of the Wedgwood and Darwin families, and Robert Mackintosh, Frances Mackintosh Wedgwood’s brother, arrived at Down on 17 June 1858. The new extension, consisting of a downstairs room and upstairs bedroom, was begun in September 1857 ( Correspondence vol. 6, letters to W. E. Darwin, [before 11 September 1857] and 29 [October 1857] ). An entry in CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II) indicates that he had finished writing up his discussion of bees’ cells on 12 …
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