From Samuel Butler to Francis Darwin 24 September 1877
Summary
Offers to send MS of part of his new book [Life and habit] which gently pokes fun at CD. His book will offer an alternative to Pangenesis.
| Author: | Samuel Butler |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Sept 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 199.5: 100 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11152 |
To G. H. Darwin 24 November [1877]
Summary
Thinks he had better not sign GHD’s paper [as a candidate for F.R.S.], since he obviously is no judge of the quality of his work.
Asks if Thomson did not overlook heat generated by the crushing and folding of strata during the refrigeration of the globe.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11251 |
From Frederic Harrison to G. H. Darwin 13 June [1877]
Summary
The widow of Jules Michelet is seeking donations towards his tomb, and says that he was a great admirer of CD.
| Author: | Frederic Harrison |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 13 June [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 251: 1914 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10999F |
From Frederic Harrison to G. H. Darwin 27 June [1877]
Summary
Thanks for CD’s £5 contribution towards Jules Michelet’s tomb.
| Author: | Frederic Harrison |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 27 June [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 251: 1916 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11020F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … G. H. Darwin, 13 June [1877] and n. 2). An entry in CD’s Classed account books (Down House MS) records a payment of £5 on 25 June 1877 for Jules Michelet’s memorial. Harrison wrote a letter to The Times , 25 June 1877, p. 10, advertising the subscription for Michelet’s tomb, and naming CD as one of the contributors. See Correspondence vol. 20, letter from Jules Michelet, 15 November 1872 . …
Document type
| letter | (4) |
Author
| Harrison, Frederic | (2) |
| Butler, Samuel (b) | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
| Harrison, Frederic | (2) |
| Butler, Samuel (b) | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
