From the Darwin children 17 January 1880
Summary
Send CD a present of a fur coat.
| Author: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Sara Sedgwick; Sara Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 208 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12428 |
To the Darwin children 17 [January 1880]
Summary
Thanks his children for their present of a fur coat.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Sara Sedgwick; Sara Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 17 [Jan 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12429 |
To the Darwin children 10 January 1880
Summary
Circular letter regarding the distribution of CD’s excess income, with a note addressed to W. E. Darwin concerning his handling of Elizabeth Darwin’s share.
| 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: | 10 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 155 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12414 |
To G. H. Darwin 29 January [1880]
Summary
Sorry to hear of his illness.
On his visit to J. F. McLennan, GHD might tell him that CD thinks A. R. Wallace would work up McLennan’s materials conscientiously.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Jan [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 90 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12441 |
From W. E. Darwin [28 January 1880]
Summary
Thanks CD for giving money to the children. Is going to give money to Bessy, but not invest it until she is really rich. Returns Butler’s letter. Thinks Butler is looking for a grievance to write an article about.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Jan 1880] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 80) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12440G |
To J.-H. Fabre 31 January 1880
Summary
Comments on JHF’s book [Souvenirs entomologiques (1879)].
Discusses story told by Erasmus Darwin about a wasp cutting off wings of fly.
Sorry JHF is opposed to descent theory.
Suggests experiment concerning insects’ sense of direction.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jean-Henri Casimir (Jean-Henri) Fabre |
| Date: | 31 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 14; Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Bibliothèque centrale, Paris (Ms FAB 32) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12443 |
| letter | (6) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (2) |
| Darwin, Francis | (2) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (4) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (4) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (3) |
| Darwin, Francis | (3) |
