To W. E. Darwin 11 September [1876]
Summary
Reports the death of Francis’ wife, Amy.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Sept [1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 143 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10593 |
From Francis Darwin [31 May 1876]
Summary
Has sent off Bulls Horn to Kew; has sent hamper to CD; is preparing drawings for his presentation at the Linnean Society; asks after William, and hopes to be able to come to visit.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [31 May 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10517F |
To J. D. Hooker 17 September [1876]
Summary
CD thanks JDH for his condolences. Amy’s baby will live with the Darwins.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 17 Sept [1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 419–20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10606 |
To G. H. Darwin 13 July [1876]
Summary
All rejoice that J. C. Adams thinks well of GHD’s work and will present his paper to the Royal Society.
Gives news of his other sons.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 13 July [1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 56 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10561 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Elizabeth Darwin stayed at Tunbridge Wells for a week, after which they travelled to Leicester and eventually to Scotland, returning to Down on 31 August 1876 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Horace Darwin (Jemmy was his nickname) had designed a dead-weight rotary dynamometer, which he described at a meeting of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in Birmingham on 18 July 1876. His description and figure of the dynamometer was published in the institution’s Proceedings ( H. Darwin 1876 ). Francis …
From J. D. Hooker [24 September 1876]
Summary
JDH again expresses his condolences.
The Glasgow BAAS meeting was good, except for Tait’s shameful attack on Tyndall.
Immensely impressed on Scottish geological and glacial features. Is CD aware that the earth beneath Glen Roy roads was found to contain freshwater diatoms?
Recounts the itinerary of his honeymoon in Scotland.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [24 Sept 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 62–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10605 |
Document type
| letter | (5) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
