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To John Lubbock [18 September 1881]
Summary
JL’s address [Presidential Address, 31 Aug 1881, Rep. BAAS (1881): 1–51] has made him think about important steps in advancing geology. Lists major advances in his lifetime.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | [18 Sept 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.7: 11 (EH 88205936) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13308 |
To W. M. Hacon 11 September 1881
Summary
Wishes to draw up a new will; outlines the changes to be made in the provisions.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Mackmurdo Hacon |
| Date: | 11 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13330 |
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- … Darwin had died on 26 August 1881; he had bequeathed half his personal estate and all his real property to CD (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 28 August 1881 ). For the details of the marriage settlement between Horace Darwin and Ida Farrer , see Correspondence vol. 27, letter from W. M. Hacon, 7 November 1879 . For the codicil to CD’s will, see the letter from W. E. …
To Caroline Wedgwood 20 September [1881]
Summary
Division of CW’s share [of E. A. Darwin’s estate]. Investment advice.
Recounts his memories of their mother and of her death. Remembers "her black velvet gown and her work table and the death scene", but cannot remember her face. Remembers that Caroline "always acted like a mother" to him and Catherine.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Date: | 20 Sept [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13347 |
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Addressee
| Darwin, Caroline | (1) |
| Hacon, W. M. | (1) |
| Lubbock, John | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Caroline | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Darwin, Caroline | (1) |
| Hacon, W. M. | (1) |
| Lubbock, John | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Caroline | (1) |
