To the Darwin children 21 February 1879
Summary
Circular about the distribution of the overplus of his income and advice on investment.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 21 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 153 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11896 |
From Anthony Rich 27 July 1879
Summary
Best wishes for CD’s trip to Cumberland.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 July 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 137 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12175 |
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 |
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- … Darwin, 9 January 1879 . Anthony Rich had decided to leave his property in the City of London to CD (see Correspondence vol. 26, letter from Anthony Rich, 7 December 1878 ). George Howard Darwin sent William an account of his visit to Worthing, a town on the coast of Sussex, on 8 and 9 January ( letter from G. H. Darwin to W. E. …
To G. H. Darwin 7 May [1879]
Summary
A big book arrived for GHD before CD left Down. Hopes it is Thomson and Tait [Treatise on natural philosophy, 2 vols., 2d ed. (1869)]. It shows what they think of GHD.
Thinks it grand if GHD has made a correction about "such an old sinner as the Sun" and hopes his arithmetic on his old subject will turn out right.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 7 May [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12036 |
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- … Darwin in the Monthly Magazine (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 May 1879 and n. 1). CD travelled to Bassett, Southampton, the home of Sara and William Erasmus Darwin , on 8 May 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Erasmus Darwin had published A plan for the conduct of female education in boarding schools after setting up a school for his two illegitimate daughters, Susanna Parker and Mary Parker , to run ( E. …
To G. H. Darwin 15 May [1879]
Summary
Sends some queries connected with his writing of the biographical preface to Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 15 May [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 82 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12054 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin’s poetry, including the lines: ‘In sweet tetrandryan, monogynian strains / Pant for a pystill in botanic pains’ ( [Mathias] 1794–7 , 1: 15). The work was first published between 1794 and 1797, and went through many editions. The ‘public’ library was Cambridge University Library (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 5 May [1879] and n. 2). The fourth edition of The botanic garden was published in a cheaper octavo format in 1799 ( E. …
From G. H. Darwin 10 May 1879
Summary
Sends abstracts of more articles [on Dr Erasmus Darwin] from Monthly Magazine.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 76 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12048 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin, 5 May 1879 and n. 1). The extracts have not been found. John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor . The enclosure has not been found. From 6 to 8 May 1879, the Darwins visited Worthing to meet Anthony Rich , whom they lunched with on 7 May (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 7 May [1879] ). George had met Rich in January (see letter to W. E. …
Document type
| letter | (6) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Rich, Anthony | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (4) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
