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From Charles and Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [13 January 1861]
Summary
Two letters for WED at E. A. Darwin's. G. H. Darwin has been to dentist. Please collect and pay for GHD’s skates.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Jan 1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 117 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3046F |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Two letters for WED at E. A. Darwin's. G. H. Darwin has been to dentist. Please collect …
- … H. Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [9 December 1860] (DAR 251: 2226), letters from Emma Darwin …
- … E. Darwin, [30 January 1861] (DAR 219.1: 36), [12 February 1861] (DAR 219.1: 37), and [20 February 1861] (DAR 219.1: 38), and Correspondence vol. 9, letter …
To W. E. Darwin 6 [June 1861]
Summary
Writes regarding the possibility of banking partnership for WED; second note arranges a meeting between the involved parties in London.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 6 [June 1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 69–70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3178 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Lubbock, see the enclosure with the letter to W. E. Darwin, 1 June [1861] . The banking …
- … Bank. See especially the letter to W. E. Darwin, [25 May 1861] . George Atherley was a …
- … W. E. Darwin, 9 May [1861] ). The enclosure is a copy in Emma Darwin’s hand of a letter …
- … E. Darwin, 1 [June 1861] ). In 1860, the bank directed by John William Lubbock , of which John Lubbock was a partner, was amalgamated with Robarts & Co. of Lombard Street, London to form Robarts, Lubbock & Co . ( Banking almanac 1860, 1861). William had planned to go to Wales on a walking tour (see letter …
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 |
To W. E. Darwin 17 [October 1861]
Summary
Discusses business matters relating to WED and the bank.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 17 [Oct 1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 79 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3287 |
To W. E. Darwin [25 May 1861]
Summary
Has heard, through Lubbock, of a gentleman who is offering a partnership in a bank.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [25 May 1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 64 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3157 |
To W. E. Darwin 22 October [1861]
Summary
Tells of a shooting competition at Down.
Has been working hard at orchid drawings with G. B. Sowerby, Jr.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Oct [1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3294 |
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 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Charles R. Fletcher Lutwidge. See letter to W. E. Darwin, 22 October [1861] and n. 9. …
- … Southampton introducing William (see letter to W. E. Darwin, 12 October [1861] ). Emma …
- … Darwin’s trip to London and to Emily Catherine Darwin’s visit to Down House (see nn. 8 and 9, below). William’s letter has not been found. George Wood was a farmer in Down ( Post Office directory of the six home counties 1862). Joseph Parslow , butler at Down House, had won third prize at a Rifle Volunteer Corps musketry event held at Down on 22 October 1861 (see letter to W. E. …
To W. E. Darwin 15 November [1861]
Summary
Discusses stock-brokers; hopes to be able to see WED at Christmas.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Nov [1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 89 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3319 |
To William Erasmus Darwin [24 January 1861]
Summary
Writes of Henrietta’s illness.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [24 Jan 1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3051 |
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 9 May [1861]
Summary
Discusses family and domestic matters.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 9 May [1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 63 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3145 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwins’ governess. Emily Maria Thorley , the younger sister of a previous governess of the family, sometimes cared for the children on an interim basis. There is an entry in CD’s Account book on 7 May 1861 for £10 10 s . for ‘Miss E. Thorly’. CD wrote this at the top of the letter …
- … Darwin returned to Down on 17 May. William had seriously injured one of his ankles while on a walking trip in the Lake District in the summer of 1859. See Correspondence vol. 7, letter to W. E. …
To W. E. Darwin 21 and 22 April [1861?]
Summary
Returns [an unspecified] enclosure referring to "a most wonderful cure".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 21 and 22 Apr 1861 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3124 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin’s illness (see n. 3, below). The reference has not been traced. This sentence was added in pencil. Emma Darwin’s diary for 1861 is full of references early in the year to Henrietta’s progress in recuperating from the illness she had been suffering from for many months (see letters to Asa Gray , 23 [January 1861] and to W. E. …
Document type
| letter | (12) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (12) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (12) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (12) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
