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To E. A. Wheler 26 March 1879
Summary
Thanks for information and stories about Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler |
| Date: | 26 Mar 1879 |
| Classmark: | Josh B. Rosenblum (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11955F |
Matches: 3 hits
- … letter from E. S. Galton, 25 March 1879 ; Emma Galton had mentioned the copy of Anna Seward ’s life of Erasmus Darwin ( …
- … letter from E. A. Wheler, 25 March 1879 ; CD included the anecdotes in Erasmus Darwin , …
- … Darwin frequently in his memoirs ( R. Edgeworth and Edgeworth 1820 ). See letter from E. S. Galton, 25 March 1879 ; Emma Sophia Galton had copied a letter …
To E. A. Wheler 3 May 1879
Summary
Returns documents pertaining to Dr Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler |
| Date: | 3 May 1879 |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/26) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12029 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin’s translations of the medical works of his son Charles , loaned by Emma Sophia Galton (see letter to E. A. Wheler, 26 March 1879 , and letter …
- … Darwin that would serve as a preliminary notice to the English translation of Ernst Krause’s study of Erasmus’s work ( Krause 1879a ; Erasmus Darwin ). Emma Nixon had sent two letters to Wheler; initially Wheler had not wanted the first letter returned to her, but later requested that both letters be sent back (see letters from E. …
To E. A. Wheler 31 March [1879]
Summary
Requests information about a travel route used by their grandfather, Erasmus Darwin. Thanks FG for his help.
CD is "now trying to find out how far the Zoonomia influenced medical practice in England".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler |
| Date: | 31 Mar [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11963A |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Darwin stopped at Newmarket on his way to Margate. At the time (1793; letter from E. A. …
- … Darwin Library–CUL. For CD’s remarks on its influence, see Erasmus Darwin , pp. 105–9. Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin had sent CD two photographs of Elston Hall with her letter of 27 March 1879 . Emma Sophia Galton , who was Wheler’s sister and neighbour, had sent CD a book compiled by Erasmus Darwin containing the medical writings of his son Charles Darwin (1758–78) , together with a brief biography (see letter from E. …
- … letter from Reginald Darwin, 29 March 1879 and n. 2. The journal was Erasmus Darwin ’s Commonplace book (Down House MS). Zoonomia; or, the laws of organic life ( E. …
To E. A. Wheler 19 April 1879
Summary
Thanks his cousin for lending two letters [to be used in Ernst Krause’s biography of Erasmus Darwin, their grandfather].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler |
| Date: | 19 Apr 1879 |
| Classmark: | Chiswick Auctions (dealers) (10 October 2018, lot 19) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12004A |
To E. A. Wheler 12 April 1879
Summary
Thanks EAW for assistance. Describes plans for writing preliminary sketch [for Ernst Krause’s Erasmus Darwin].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler |
| Date: | 12 Apr 1879 |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/1/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11990 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin to James Keir (see letter from E. A. Wheler, 25 March 1879 and n. 3. The letter to …
- … letters from E. S. Galton, 25 March 1879 and 31 March 1879 . Richard Warren was physician to George III, and the most sought-after society doctor in London. When suffering from a terminal illness he travelled to Lichfield to consult Erasmus Darwin , …
To E. A. Wheler [before 12 November 1879]
Summary
Has instructed his publisher to send copies of Erasmus Darwin to herself, her sister Emma Sophia Galton, and their half-cousin, Emma Nixon.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler |
| Date: | [before 12 Nov 1879] |
| Classmark: | Bonhams, New York (dealers) (11 March 2020, lot 28) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12283F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … letter from E. S. Galton, 12 November 1879 ( Correspondence vol. 27). The fragment is an autograph from an album with some text on the reverse; it is accompanied by a letter from Wheler explaining that she had been looking over some letters sent to her by CD when he was working on Erasmus Darwin …
Document type
| letter | (6) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
Addressee
| Galton, E. A. | |
| Wheler, E. A. | (6) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Galton, E. A. | (6) |
| Wheler, E. A. | (6) |
