To the Darwin children 17 [January 1880]
Summary
Thanks his children for their present of a fur coat.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Sara Sedgwick; Sara Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 17 [Jan 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12429 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Elizabeth Darwin . Horace and Ida Darwin were on honeymoon in Penzance ( letter from Emma …
- … Darwin children, 17 January 1880 . See letter from the Darwin children, 17 January 1880 . CD was last in London from 3 to 11 December 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Henrietta Emma Litchfield , William Erasmus Darwin , Leonard Darwin , Horace …
To W. E. Darwin 23 January [1872]
Summary
Discusses earthworm activity observed in old ploughed fields.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Jan [1872] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 34) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8174 |
To Down School Board [after 29 November 1873]
Summary
CD, Sir John Lubbock, Ellen Frances Lubbock, and S. E. Wedgwood, petition the Board to grant permission for the school hall to be used as a reading room in the evening during winter.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Down School Board |
| Date: | [after 29 Nov 1873] |
| Classmark: | Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (P/123/25/31/2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9122 |
To Alfred Wrigley 7 March [1868]
Summary
States his intentions regarding Horace’s future education. CD thought he had made those intentions clear in an earlier letter.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Wrigley |
| Date: | 7 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 44 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5993 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … 12 March 1868 . CD’s letter to Wrigley asking whether Horace Darwin could stay at Clapham …
- … letter was clear that I intended to place Horace with a Private Tutor after Easter, & I am very sorry that there sh d have been this misunderstanding, I hear that Leonard is working capitally & getting on well. — Pray believe me | My dear D r Wrigley | Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin …
To G. H. Darwin 8 [July 1879]
Summary
Inquires concerning a possibility of searching old deeds about the Darwin family history.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 8 [July 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 86 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12137 |
To Hubert Airy 24 August 1872
Summary
CD’s son Leonard of the Royal Engineers has applied to Sir George Biddell Airy to be an observer on the Venus Expedition. Leonard failed to mention his qualifications, which CD now relates with the request that HA draw them to his father’s attention.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hubert Airy |
| Date: | 24 Aug 1872 |
| Classmark: | CUL: Royal Greenwich Observatory archives 6/273 (section 3–4: 348–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8486A |
To J. M. Herbert 25 December [1880]
Summary
Recalls student days at Cambridge and microscope JMH gave him.
Discusses his children, health, and work.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Maurice Herbert |
| Date: | 25 Dec [1880] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.577) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12937 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … George Howard Darwin , and Horace Darwin (see Correspondence vol. 20, letter to W. D. Fox, …
- … letter to Herbert of 21 November 1872 , CD had written, ‘Do you remember giving me anonymously a microscope? I can hardly call to mind any event in my life which surprised & gratified me more. ’ Horace Darwin …
To [W. W. Baxter?] 11 May [1873]
Summary
Requests litmus paper and gum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 11 May [1873] |
| Classmark: | Columbia University in the City of New York, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Herter Box 1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8319 |
To Alfred Wrigley [after 12 March 1868]
Summary
Assures AW he has not hurt Horace’s feelings. CD has always been doubtful about a private tutor for Horace. Fears a letter [giving notice of removal] was lost in the post.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Wrigley |
| Date: | [after 12 Mar 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 182v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6008 |
To William Ogle 16 December [1878]
Summary
Thanks WO for advice and assistance for his son, Horace.
Has read Kerner’s book [see 11666]; finds the translation "as clear as daylight" but fears it is too good for the English public who like "very washy food".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Ogle |
| Date: | 16 Dec [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 203 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11797 |
To W. D. Fox 2 December 1877
Summary
Working hard on physiology of plants.
His son George sees no reason to change his view on marriage of cousins.
George’s astronomical work is too deep for CD.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 2 Dec 1877 |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 155) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11266 |
To Francis Darwin 30 May [1881]
Summary
CD looks forward with dread to future as he does not have the strength to begin any new subject requiring much work.
Plans to look again at the absorption by roots and root-hairs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 30 May [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 79 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13184 |
To Horace Darwin 1 November [1877]
Summary
Wants HD to observe earthworm activity at Roman antiquities of Chedworth and Cirencester.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11221 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … on the waterworks at Brighton ( letter from Horace Darwin to Emma Darwin, [February …
- … Horace and Francis Darwin’s visit to the Roman villa at Chedworth, Gloucestershire, in November 1877. The agent of John Scott (Lord Eldon) and his son have not been identified, although their surname was presumably Hall (see below in the letter). …
To G. H. Darwin 5 March [1873]
Summary
Distressed by the poor health of GHD and Horace. Asks them to come home.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Mar [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8799 |
To W. D. Fox 29 October [1872]
Summary
Has finished Expression.
His strength fails more and more; needs to rest every six weeks or so.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 29 Oct [1872] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 151) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8585 |
To T. H. Farrer 27 June [1879]
Summary
Wishes to call on THF to discuss the situation with regard to Horace Darwin [who wishes to marry THF’s daughter, Emma Cecilia (Ida)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 27 June [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12125 |
To Camilla Ludwig 26 August [1862]
Summary
Family news; mostly an account of ill health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Camilla Frederike Antonie (Camilla) Ludwig; Camilla Frederike Antonie (Camilla) Pattrick |
| Date: | 26 Aug [1862] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3700 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … family in looking after Horace (see the letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [27 May …
- … Darwin . The Down surgeon, Stephen Paul Engleheart , was concerned that Horace’s attachment to her might be exacerbating the illness from which he had been suffering. See the letters …
- … letter has not been found. Ludwig, the Darwins’ governess, was on an extended visit to her family in Hamburg, having apparently been sent away in early June, on full pay, in order to separate her from Horace …
- … Darwin children in Bournemouth (see ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix II), and letter to A. R. Wallace, 20 August [1862] and n. 3). CD refers to Emma’s sister, Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood . Horace …
To Smith, Elder & Co 17 December [1873]
Summary
Suggests that his Coral reefs be republished.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Smith, Elder & Co |
| Date: | 17 Dec [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 159–60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9181 |
To Rolla Charles Meadows Rouse [after 12 March 1868]
Summary
Discusses tuition arrangements for Horace Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Rolla Charles Meadows Rouse |
| Date: | [after 12 Mar 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 39-40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5962 |
To Frederick Allen’s agent [October 1873]
Summary
Has heard that Mr Allen wishes to let his house and thinks it probable that it would suit his son [Francis]. Asks whether he may have refusal of it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [Oct 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 157–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9079 |
| letter | (148) |
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (23) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (19) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (19) |
| Darwin, Francis | (12) |
| Darwin, Horace | (12) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (148) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (23) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (19) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (19) |
| Darwin, Francis | (12) |
