To E. H. O’Callaghan 14 July 1879
Summary
"… hardly any event seems to me of such great importance as the settling of Australia, New Zealand, &c &c by the so called Anglo Saxons". CD thinks this due to population pressure.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | E. H. O’Callaghan |
| Date: | 14 July 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 190 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12158 |
From W. E. Darwin 21 November 1881
Summary
Financial matters; executing EAD’s will; pleased to hear news about Prof. Challis.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Nov 1881 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 96) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13497F |
To H. E. Darwin [March] 1870
Summary
Responds to her suggested corrections [of Descent].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [Mar] 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7123 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. …
- … To H. E. Darwin [March] 1870 …
- … Darwin, [8 February 1870] , and letter from H. E. Darwin, [after 8 February 1870] . …
- … the letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. …
- … relationship between this letter, the letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] , and …
- … Darwin, [25 March 1870] (DAR 219.9: 82), in which Emma asks Henrietta to write when she receives a manuscript. This manuscript was presumably that of the chapter or chapters of Descent following those on the mental powers of humans and animals. CD had asked Henrietta, who was travelling in France and Italy, to read the manuscript of Descent ; see letter to H. E. …
From H. E. Darwin [after 8 February 1870]
Summary
Responds to note about the MS [Descent] with great interest and promises to obey his instructions. [See 7124.]
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 8 February 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 245: 33b |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7112F |
From W. E. Darwin 5 October [1877]
Summary
Thanks CD for present of £300.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.5: 21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11169 |
From J. T. Moggridge 21 May [1866]
Summary
Sends plants from France.
J. B. E. Bornet of Antibes, working in G. A. Thuret’s garden, finds Cistus hybrids do not follow the old dictum of having the mother’s foliage and the father’s habit. Bornet is engaged in long-term study.
JTM seeks invitation to Down.
| Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 May [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 206 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5096 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … by the reference to meeting Henrietta Emma Darwin at Cannes (see letter to H. E. …
- … Darwin, [14–21 April 1866] , and letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c. 10 May 1866]). On …
- … the fly orchid; see letter to H. E. Darwin, [14–21 April 1866] and n. 6). Edouard …
- … the south of France. See letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c. 10 May 1866]. Moggridge visited …
From E. H. von Baumhauer 19 May 1877
Summary
CD elected unanimously as a foreign member of the Dutch Society of Sciences. [See 10970.]
| Author: | Edouard Henri von Baumhauer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 230: 52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10967A |
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 |
From E. H. Stanley 17 April 1875
Summary
He is honoured by CD’s selection of him as the medium of communication with Government. The matter [Vivisection Bill] now lies with the Home Secretary.
| Author: | Edward Henry Stanley, 15th earl of Derby |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Apr 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 162 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9938 |
To John Fiske 14 May [1880]
Summary
Invites JF to Down.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Fiske |
| Date: | 14 May [1880] |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 8269) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12606 |
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 |
To Henrietta Emma Darwin [14–21 April 1866]
Summary
Discusses some observations on, and the fertilisation of, Ophrys.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [14–21 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5074 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. …
- … visited Mentone twice during her stay in France ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. …
- … both of her travelling companions were unwell for much of April ( Emma Darwin to H. E. …
- … Darwin, [6 April 1866] (DAR 219.9: 40), and letter from H. E. Darwin to G. H. Darwin, …
- … Darwin, [6 April 1866] (DAR 219.9: 40), and H. E. Darwin to George Darwin, 2 May 1866 ( …
- … around 10 May. See also letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c. 10 May 1866]. Emma Darwin and CD …
- … s aunt, Julia Smith ( letter from H. E. Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [March 1866] (DAR 245: …
From Karl Scherzer 28 May 1871
Summary
Craniological part of Novara voyage report is done.
Expresses his satisfaction at CD’s election as a Foreign Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences, Vienna.
| Author: | Karl von Scherzer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 51 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9998 |
From H. E. Litchfield [1 February 1880]
Summary
Comments on drafts of CD’s letter to the Athenæum answering S. Butler’s charges.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B93–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12444 |
To C. E. Norton 1 June 1881
Summary
No Benjamin Franklin letters to Erasmus Darwin preserved.
Was inaccurate about Franklin’s nephews [in Erasmus Darwin].
Recounts story about Franklin at court of France.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Eliot Norton |
| Date: | 1 June 1881 |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Charles Eliot Norton Papers, MS Am 1088.14: 1599) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13187 |
From H. E. Darwin [30 March 1870]
Summary
Describes crying in an infant.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [30 Mar 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 69 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7153 |
To C. F. Bergstedt? 6 July [1871]
Summary
Thanks author of an anonymous Swedish review of CD’s works [in Samtiden, Vecksckrift för politik och litteratur, ed. C. F. Bergstedt, nos. 23–5 (1871): 358–64, 374–81, 390–7]. CD is surprised to learn the Origin has appeared in Swedish [1869].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Carl Fredrik Bergstedt |
| Date: | 6 July [1871] |
| Classmark: | Kungliga biblioteket, National Library of Sweden |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7852 |
From H. E. Darwin 21 March [1871]
Summary
Is delighted at the sale of Descent. What CD says about her help pleases her very much and the proposed gift as a memorial will be very precious to her. Is looking forward to seeing the family in London. Comments on a letter comparing CD's appearance to an ape. Is surprised CD has had no effect on Wallace: 'It seems to me his mind can’t be so clear as u used to think it'. Has worked out why she is dissatisfied with T. H. Huxley's essay ‘On the physical basis of life’ (T. H. Huxley 1869).
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 44) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7605F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Darwin, H. E. …
- … From H. E. Darwin 21 March [1871] …
- … Litchfield, H. E. Darwin, C. R. …
- … between this letter and the letter to H. E. Darwin, 20 March 1871 ( Correspondence vol. …
- … See Correspondence vol. 19, letter to H. E. Darwin, 20 March 1871 . CD’s publisher John …
- … was in Cannes in 1870 ( letter from H. E. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 3 March 1870 (DAR 245: …
- … see Correspondence vol. 19, letter to H. E. Darwin, 20 March 1871 and nn. 1 and 2). CD had …
- … see Correspondence vol. 19, letter to H. E. Darwin, 20 March 1871 ). Henrietta was staying …
- … See Correspondence vol. 19, letter to H. E. Darwin, 20 March 1871 and n. 3. Thomas Henry …
To W. D. Fox 24 August [1866]
Summary
Family news. Describes [final] illness of Susan Darwin [d. 3 Oct 1866]. CD’s health better.
Making rapid progress on Variation.
Has heard of hybrids between moths mentioned by WDF.
Work on [4th] edition of Origin has delayed Variation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 24 Aug [1866] |
| Classmark: | Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5197 |
To W. R. Grove [26 April 1866]
Summary
Makes arrangements to call.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Robert Grove |
| Date: | [26 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | Royal Institution of Great Britain (RI MS GR/1a/99) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5069 |
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