To W. E. Darwin 3 June [1859]
Summary
Reports events at Down.
Is busy with proofs [of Origin];
is anxious to hear how WED does in his examinations.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 3 June [1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2467 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … to J. S. Henslow, 18 July 1833 ). See letter to W. E. Darwin, 7 July [1859] . …
- … School ( Correspondence vol. 5, letter to W. E. Darwin, 24 [February 1852] ). Emily …
- … E. Darwin, [5 May 1859] , for William’s plans for his summer vacation. Gamlingay, near Cambridge, was rich in plants and insects. John Stevens Henslow took his botanical class there every year (see Correspondence vol. 1, letter …
To W. E. Darwin 25 [August 1859]
Summary
Writes of a visit to Leith Hill and WED’s injured ankle.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 25 [Aug 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 47 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2483 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … trip in the Lake District (see letters to W. E. Darwin, [5 May 1859] and 7 July [1859] ). …
- … Darwin had long had an interest in heraldry (see Correspondence vol. 5, letters to W. E. …
- … Darwin returned to Down on 25 August 1859 ( Emma Darwin’s diary). The case involving the family of Henry Tibbats Stainton was reported in The Times , 11 July 1859, p. 10. CD had suggested that Stainton might assist William when he first began to study Lepidoptera (see Correspondence vol. 5, letter to W. E. …
To W. E. Darwin [13 February 1859]
Summary
Discusses events at Moor Park and domestic matters.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Feb 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 35 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2414 |
To W. E. Darwin [5 May 1859]
Summary
Discusses WED’s plans for the summer.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [5 May 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 43 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2442 |
To W. E. Darwin [23 October – 20 November 1859]
Summary
Tells how to get information on, and gain membership in, the London Library.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [23 Oct – 20 Nov 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2497 |
Matches: 1 hit
To W. E. Darwin 7 July [1859]
Summary
Discusses affairs at Down and WED’s coming trip to the Lakes.
Is getting on very slowly with his "confounded proof-sheets" [of Origin].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 7 July [1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 46 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2476 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin’s diary records that Erasmus Alvey Darwin , Susan Elizabeth Darwin and Hensleigh Wedgwood arrived on 16 July 1859. Charlotte and Charles Langton are not mentioned in July, but visited from 31 August to 6 September. According to Emma Darwin’s diary, George Howard Darwin returned from the home of the Langtons, in Hartfield, on 7 July 1859. The wallpaper was for the new drawing room of Down House. CD was trying to sell the horse he had only just bought for William. See letter to W. E. …
