From E. J. A. Bristow to H. E. Litchfield 11 March 1878
Summary
Reports on the standing of James Torbitt: "the opinion of the Public is that he is rich and highly respectable".
| Author: | Edward Jones Agnew Bristow |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 11 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 304 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11414 |
To Francis Darwin [21 November 1878]
Summary
Instructs FD to make some observations on movement in Trifolium and Impatiens. Sends some seeds to be sown.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [21 Nov 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 47 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11754 |
From E. A. Greaves to G. H. Darwin 26 June 1878
| Author: | Elizabeth Anne Hadley; Elizabeth Anne Greaves |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 26 June 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.14: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11568F |
Matches: 3 hits
- … From E. A. Greaves to G. H. Darwin 26 June 1878 …
- … Cheltenham 26 June 1878 George Howard Darwin Hadley, E. A. Greaves, E. A. Darwin, G. H. …
- … H. not mentioning it, neither Aunt, I learned it all from Miss Wharton, Miss P’s companion, whom she had educated— Amongst my belongings I have a book written by D r . E. D. on Education for these daughters, for it was education in those days—& other papers—some curious and not altogether papers elegant addressed “to Eliza’ Hadley by Edward Darwin …
From Anthony Rich 29 December 1878
Summary
He would be happy to receive a visit from one of CD’s sons at any time.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Dec 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.12: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11810 |
From J. D. Hooker 2 March 1878
Summary
Supports Torbitt. Keenly aware of danger of growing crops from a single variety. Torbitt’s paper to Belfast BAAS meeting ["On the potato-disease", Rep. BAAS 44 (1874): 134] was sat upon.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 103–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11391 |
To G. J. Romanes 21 September [1878]
Summary
Discusses spiritualism. Says Williams, the medium, is exposed as fraud.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 21 Sept [1878] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.548) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11699 |
To Asa Gray 17 February [1878]
Summary
Heterostyly in Linum perenne. Believes the American form may be a distinct species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 17 Feb [1878] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (129) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11364 |
To Asa Gray 21 [and 22] January 1878
Summary
Thanks for AG’s review of Forms of flowers [Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 15 (1878): 67–73].
Thomas Carlyle’s letter about CD was a forgery.
Gives Hermann Müller’s observations on Valeriana dioica.
Is unsure about function of "bloom"; are glaucous plants more or less common in arid parts of U. S.?
Observations on heliotropism.
Thomas Meehan reports that Linum perenne is self-fertile; CD thinks that he has mistaken the species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 21 and 22 Jan 1878 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (123 and 127) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11330 |
| letter | (8) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Bristow, E. J. A. | (1) |
| Greaves, E. A. | (1) |
| Hadley, E. A. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Gray, Asa | (2) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Gray, Asa | (2) |
| Bristow, E. J. A. | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
