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To W. E. Darwin [5 May 1863]
Summary
Discusses dimorphic plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [5 May 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 110 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4140 |
From W. E. Darwin 22 April [1863]
Summary
Sent off Corydalis. Observations on Corydalis pistils.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Apr [1863] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 12) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4120F |
Matches: 2 hits
- … 11, letter from W. E. Darwin, 4 May [1863] ). Henrietta Emma Darwin’s letter has not been …
- … Emma Darwin had reported that George Howard Darwin was staying on to ‘grind’ at Clapham Grammar School ( DAR 219.1: 71); according to Emma’s diary (DAR 242), George returned from school on 23 April 1863. …
From W. E. Darwin 12 March [1863]
Summary
Discusses partnership in bank and whether Atherley would like to retire.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Mar [1863] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 14) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4035F |
From W. E. Darwin 14 April [1864]
Summary
Observations on [length of style and length of filament and stigmas of] Pulmonaria.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Apr [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 110: A68–74 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4462 |
From Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [28 October 1863]
Summary
CD’s health.
Family and local news.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Oct 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 219. 1: 78 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4323F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … DAR 219. 1: 78 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [28 Oct 1863] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … From Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [28 October 1863] …
- … to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood arrived on 27 October 1863. The …
- … Darwin, 21 August [1863] , n. 9). CD underwent treatment at James Smith Ayerst’s hydropathic establishment in Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, between 3 September and 12 or 13 October 1863. According to Emma Darwin’ …
- … Emma Darwin’s sister ( Darwin pedigree ). Elizabeth Darwin was William’s sister ( Freeman 1978 ). Elizabeth may have been returning from school; she was sent away to school with Miss Buob at the beginning of the year (see letters from Emma Darwin to William Erasmus Darwin , 29 October 1862 and [15 April 1863], …
To W. E. Darwin [25 July 1863]
Summary
Relates events at Down;
asks WED to make some observations on Lythrum.
His present hobby-horse is tendrils.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [25 July 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 112 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4199 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Erasmus Alvey Darwin arrived at Down House on 21 July 1863. …
- … Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Hensleigh and Frances Emma Elizabeth Wedgwood visited Down House from 25 to 28 July; they were accompanied by Eva Mackintosh , Frances Wedgwood’s niece. CD refers to his experiments on climbing plants, begun in June 1863 ( …
- … Darwin were pupils at Clapham Grammar School in South London (see DNB s.v. Darwin, Sir George Howard; F. Darwin 1920 , p. 63; and letter from G. V. Reed, 12 January 1863 and nn. 1 and 2). According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), William went to Down House on 1 August 1863. …
To W. E. Darwin [10 May 1863]
Summary
Thanks WED for his botanical specimens and observations.
Discusses Corydalis and the fertilisation of Fumariaceae.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [10 May 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4151 |
From W. E. Darwin [April–May 1865]
Summary
Sends camera outlines of pollen. Thinks the red longstyled ones are more sterile than the yellow.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [Apr–May 1865] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 20) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4506F |
From W. E. Darwin 4 May [1863]
Summary
Sends observations on [Anchusa] plants from Isle of Wight.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 May [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 110: 62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4139 |
From W. E. Darwin 21 August [1863]
Summary
Has signed and forwarded some orders.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Aug [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 95 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4271 |
From W. E. Darwin 8 May [1863]
Summary
Describes the structure of Corydalis and its arrangement for making pollen accessible to bees.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 May [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 76: B188–90 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4147 |
To W. E. Darwin 30 [October 1862]
Summary
Thanks WED for observations on Lythrum.
Discusses family affairs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 30 [Oct 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 107 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3789 |
To W. E. Darwin 26 April [1862]
Summary
Thanks WED for eyeglass.
Reports on health of Horace and family matters.
Has finished Orchids.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Apr [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 96 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3520 |
From W. E. Darwin [19 May 1864]
Summary
Sends specimens of Menyanthes with observations and drawings [see Forms of flowers, p. 115].
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [19 May 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 110: B43–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4502 |
To W. E. Darwin [8 December 1860]
Summary
Asks identity of [Henry] Fawcett, who wrote a capital article on the Origin in Macmillan’s Magazine [3 (1860): 81–92], "A popular exposition of Mr Darwin".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [8 Dec 1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3014 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin Library–CUL. Fawcett 1860 . Henry Fawcett was a fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge University , and a close friend of the geologist and mathematician William Hopkins . In 1863 he was appointed professor of political economy at Cambridge. He had been blinded in a shooting accident in 1858. William went home for the Christmas holidays on 13 December ( Emma Darwin’ …
From Joseph Wolstenholme to William Erasmus Darwin [27 March 1863?]
Summary
Responds belatedly with advice about Cambridge colleges with particular reference to mathematics. Of the large ones Trinity stands out. Of the small ones Christ’s or possibly Caius.
| Author: | Joseph Wolstenholme |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [27 Mar 1863?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 140 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4062F |
Matches: 1 hit
From Charles and Emma Darwin to William Erasmus Darwin [4 May 1863]
Summary
Glad to hear of the plant; CD instructs WED to make further observations. If it is a good case he will insist on WED’s sending a communication to the Linnean Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [4 May 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 219.1: 55 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4139F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … 55 Charles Robert Darwin Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Hartfield [4 May 1863] William Erasmus …
- … From Charles and Emma Darwin to William Erasmus Darwin [4 May 1863] …
- … On Sunday 3 May 1863, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary (DAR 242) that it had been a ‘ …
- … Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), the Darwins stayed at Leith Hill Place from Wednesday 6 May 1863 …
- … Darwin family’s visits to Hartfield Grove and Leith Hill Place (see nn. 2 and 8, below); the Monday before the Darwin family left Hartfield Grove was 4 May 1863. According to Emma Darwin’ …
- … Darwin, [17 February 1857] and n. 10). Sophy Wedgwood was 21 years old, Margaret 19, and Lucy 16. Emma also refers to Charles Langton , Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood , and Charles Langton’s son, Edmund Langton , who was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge ( Freeman 1978 , Darwin pedigree , Admissions to Trinity College, Cambridge ). In 1863, …
- … Emma and Horace Darwin . Emma apparently refers to the photograph of CD taken by William in April 1861 (see Correspondence vol. 9, frontispiece). In 1861, William was studying at Christ’s College, Cambridge ( Alum. Cantab. ), and may have deposited the negative plate with a firm of photographers there. CD wanted a copy of the photograph to send to Roland Trimen (see letter to Roland Trimen, 23 May [1863] ). …
From Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [17 May 1864]
Summary
CD says Meneanthes is now in flower.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [17 May 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 219.1: 80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4498F |
Document type
| letter | (18) |
Author
| Darwin, W. E. | (8) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
| Darwin, Emma | (3) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (3) |
| Wolstenholme, Joseph | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, W. E. | (10) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, W. E. | |
| Darwin, C. R. | (15) |
| Darwin, Emma | (3) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (3) |
| Wolstenholme, Joseph | (1) |
