From Emma Darwin to T. H. Farrer [16 October 1877]
Summary
CD desires her to say that the cream of THF’s letter of congratulations about William [Darwin]’s marriage [to Sara Sedgwick] lay in the P.S. about "the beloved worms, and not in any such trifles as marrying, &c".
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | [16 Oct 1877] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/28) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11268 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Abinger Hall since July (see letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [25 May 1877] ( …
- … had heard the news ( letter from W. E. Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, (see letter from W. …
- … Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [28 September 1877] (DAR 219.8: 32)). Their engagement was publicly announced on 13 October 1877 ( letter …
- … Darwin’s engagement (see n. 2, below). In 1877, 16 October was a Tuesday. Farrer’s letter has not been found, but he probably wrote to congratulate the Darwins on the engagement of Sara to William and to commiserate on the news of Richard Buckley Litchfield’s recent illness (see letter to H. E. …
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 |
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 H. E. Litchfield 4 October [1877]
Summary
Is glad to hear R. B. Litchfield is better.
Discusses William Darwin’s engagement to Sara Sedgwick.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 4 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11167 |
From Francis Darwin [14 June? 1877]
Summary
Forwards letters.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [14 June? 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10762F |
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 J. D. Hooker 21 October [1877]
Summary
Welcomes JDH home from American expedition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 21 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 457–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11195 |
From Francis Darwin [28 October 1877?]
Summary
FD has sent proofs; nutating of Ricinus; Horace Darwin and the wormograph.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Oct 1877?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11302F |
To John Price 8 September [1877–80?]
Summary
Kind of JP to send notes on horses, but will not write on subject again.
Erasmus Darwin has not left his house for three years.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Price |
| Date: | 8 Sept [1877-80] |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 278 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13836 |
To J. D. Hooker 6 November [1877]
Summary
Requests seeds for study of movement in cotyledons. Would love to study Welwitschia cotyledons.
Son William is to be married 28 November.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 6 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 459–60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11226 |
From E. A. Greaves to Francis Darwin 31 December 1877
Summary
Accepts CD’s offer of £50 for portrait of Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | Elizabeth Anne Hadley; Elizabeth Anne Greaves |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Dec 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 219 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11299 |
From W. D. Fox 29 November [1877]
Summary
Congratulates W. E. Darwin, who is about to be married,
and CD for the LL.D. conferred upon him by Cambridge.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 201 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11261 |
| letter | (12) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Darwin, Francis | (2) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, Horace | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (10) |
| Darwin, Francis | (3) |
| Fox, W. D. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
