To Reginald Darwin 10 April [1879]
Summary
Research for Erasmus Darwin. CD has always thought there is one "golden rule" for biographers: "not to insert anything which … would interest only the members of the Family".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Reginald Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Apr [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 99 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11986 |
From E. A. Wheler 17 April 1879
Summary
Relates more family history and anecdotes concerning Dr Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Apr 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.14: 23 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12000 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin Believe me | very truly yours | E A Wheler 2.4 the … fame, 2.7] scored pencil 2.13 & being … Darwins 2.14] double scored pencil Top of letter : ‘ …
- … letter from E. A. Wheler, 18 April 1879 ). Millicent Pole married John Gisborne in 1792; she was the daughter of Elizabeth Pole , who later became Erasmus Darwin’ …
From E. S. Galton 31 March 1879
Summary
Sends drawings of several of Dr Erasmus Darwin’s residences, together with suggestions of sources of other material.
| Author: | Emma Sophia Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Mar 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 181–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11962 |
To Emil du Bois-Reymond 23 January 1879
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of diploma.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emil Heinrich (Emil) Du Bois-Reymond |
| Date: | 23 Jan 1879 |
| Classmark: | Archiv der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11842 |
To Ann Marston 20 July [1879]
Summary
Will not sign a petition, for he feels vivisection is essential to the progress of physiology.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ann Marston |
| Date: | 20 July [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11619 |
To E. A. Wheler 26 March 1879
Summary
Thanks for information and stories about Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler |
| Date: | 26 Mar 1879 |
| Classmark: | Josh B. Rosenblum (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11955F |
Matches: 3 hits
- … letter from E. S. Galton, 25 March 1879 ; Emma Galton had mentioned the copy of Anna Seward ’s life of Erasmus Darwin ( …
- … letter from E. A. Wheler, 25 March 1879 ; CD included the anecdotes in Erasmus Darwin , …
- … Darwin frequently in his memoirs ( R. Edgeworth and Edgeworth 1820 ). See letter from E. S. Galton, 25 March 1879 ; Emma Sophia Galton had copied a letter …
To H. E. Litchfield 11 [December 1879]
Summary
Sends M. Guthrie’s book [On Mr Spencer’s formula of evolution (1879)], although HEL may not care to read it having seen Moulton’s letter [12350].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 11 [Dec 1879] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (28 March 1983) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12353 |
From T. L. Brunton 26 April [1879]
Summary
Regrets he has not given Zoonomia the attention it deserves. Informs CD that Erasmus Darwin may have anticipated a discovery about paralysis of vessels by exposure to heat [see Erasmus Darwin, p. 109].
| Author: | Thomas Lauder Brunton, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Apr [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 183 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12014 |
To E. A. Wheler 3 May 1879
Summary
Returns documents pertaining to Dr Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler |
| Date: | 3 May 1879 |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/26) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12029 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin’s translations of the medical works of his son Charles , loaned by Emma Sophia Galton (see letter to E. A. Wheler, 26 March 1879 , and letter …
- … Darwin that would serve as a preliminary notice to the English translation of Ernst Krause’s study of Erasmus’s work ( Krause 1879a ; Erasmus Darwin ). Emma Nixon had sent two letters to Wheler; initially Wheler had not wanted the first letter returned to her, but later requested that both letters be sent back (see letters from E. …
To E. A. Wheler 31 March [1879]
Summary
Requests information about a travel route used by their grandfather, Erasmus Darwin. Thanks FG for his help.
CD is "now trying to find out how far the Zoonomia influenced medical practice in England".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler |
| Date: | 31 Mar [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11963A |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Darwin stopped at Newmarket on his way to Margate. At the time (1793; letter from E. A. …
- … Darwin Library–CUL. For CD’s remarks on its influence, see Erasmus Darwin , pp. 105–9. Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin had sent CD two photographs of Elston Hall with her letter of 27 March 1879 . Emma Sophia Galton , who was Wheler’s sister and neighbour, had sent CD a book compiled by Erasmus Darwin containing the medical writings of his son Charles Darwin (1758–78) , together with a brief biography (see letter from E. …
- … letter from Reginald Darwin, 29 March 1879 and n. 2. The journal was Erasmus Darwin ’s Commonplace book (Down House MS). Zoonomia; or, the laws of organic life ( E. …
To Francis Darwin [4 February – 8 March 1879]
Summary
Requests some seeds.
Believes the leaves of Phyllanthus sleep like those of Cassia.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [4 Feb – 8 Mar 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11815 |
To J. D. Hooker 5 October [1879]
Summary
Will get in touch with young gardener about terms of employment. It is good of Hooker to remember about heliotropism of insectivorous plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 5 Oct [1879] |
| Classmark: | Halls (dealers) (29 July 2009) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12249F |
To J. D. Hooker 1 October [1879]
Summary
Searching for the right gardener.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 1 Oct [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 489–90 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12241 |
To Francis Galton 22 March 1879
Summary
Describes plans to publish English edition of Krause’s work on Erasmus Darwin.
Will correct Anna Seward’s calumnies [in Memoirs of the life of Dr Darwin (1804)].
Asks about family letters.
Doubts some stories about Erasmus Darwin [in Christiana C. Hankin, ed., Life of Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck (1858)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Galton |
| Date: | 22 Mar 1879 |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/25) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11947 |
From Ernst Krause 5 May 1879
Summary
Sends first part of MS of Erasmus Darwin.
Has found useful criticism of Anna Seward in J. G. Lockhart’s Life of Sir Walter Scott.
CD should regard MS as a draft and correct anything that seems incorrect or questionable. Asks biographical questions about Dr Darwin. Can CD give information about origin of family name?
| Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 May 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B22–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12032 |
From Leonard Darwin [before 12 July] 1879
Summary
Suggests revisions in proofs of Erasmus Darwin.
[Letter wrongly dated Nov by LD.]
| Author: | Leonard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 12 July] 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B7–10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12160 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 19, letter to H. E. Darwin, 20 March 1871 , and Correspondence vol. …
- … E. Litchfield, 21 [March 1874] ). The Darwins were planning a vacation in the Lake District; they stayed in Coniston from 2 to 27 August 1879 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). John Murray was CD’s publisher. CD had asked George Howard Darwin to investigate some of the early Darwin ancestors (see letter …
To C. M. C. Darwin 24 March 1879
Summary
Can CMCD provide a photograph of Elston, the birthplace of Erasmus Darwin, with permission to have it reproduced in Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Mar 1879 |
| Classmark: | The late Mrs Vivien Kindersley (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11950F |
To W. E. Darwin 10 January [1879]
Summary
G[eorge] has visited A[nthony] R[ich] at Worthing.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Jan [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 152 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11824 |
To E. S. Galton 2 April [1879]
Summary
Parcel of drawings and MS arrived safely.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Sophia Galton |
| Date: | 2 Apr [1879] |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/3/3/4/3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11972 |
To Ernst Krause 14 March 1879
Summary
Pleased to hear that EK agrees to CD’s request to have article on Erasmus Darwin translated. Will wait for EK’s enlargement. Has decided submission to Fortnightly Review would be useless.
Warns against Anna Seward’s biography of Dr Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Date: | 14 Mar 1879 |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36176) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11932 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (40) |
| Krause, Ernst | (6) |
| Galton, E. S. | (4) |
| Dallas, W. S. | (3) |
| Darwin, Reginald | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (49) |
| Galton, E. A. | (6) |
| Wheler, E. A. | (6) |
| Krause, Ernst | (5) |
| Darwin, Francis | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (89) |
| Krause, Ernst | (11) |
| Galton, E. A. | (9) |
| Wheler, E. A. | (9) |
| Darwin, Reginald | (7) |
