To E. W. Badger [19 July 1880]
Summary
CD is honoured to have a medal named after him by an organisation [Midland Union of Natural History Societies] dedicated to the advancement of science. [See 12660.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward William Badger |
| Date: | [19 July 1880] |
| Classmark: | Manchester Guardian, 2 May 1882, p. 6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12660A |
From W. E. Darwin 24 June [1880]
Summary
Asks whether CD will forward enclosed to Lord Derby, and offers to send him a copy of the New York state survey. Will go to Beaulieu in the early autumn. Tells story about gallenes raised by hens being attacked.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 June [1880] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 82) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12642G |
Matches: 4 hits
- … between this letter and the letter to W. E. Darwin, 18 June 1880 . Edward Henry Stanley …
- … to collect worm- castings; see letter to W. E. Darwin, 18 June 1880 and n. 1. Gallene: a …
- … and Sara in July 1880; see letter to W. E. Darwin, [19 July 1880] and letter from W. …
- … E. Darwin to Charles and Emma Darwin, 22 July 1880 . See also letter to the Darwin …
To W. E. Darwin [19 July 1880]
Summary
Writes about gravel deposits [at Southampton] and sends a James Geikie letter [12655?] on the subject.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [19 July 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 161 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12661 |
From W. E. Darwin 1 December [1880]
Summary
Will soon manage to go to Beaulieu. Is glad the book is going off well. Is thinking of going to the Roman Villa at Brading on the Isle of Wight.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Dec [1880] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 84) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12880F |
To W. E. Darwin 17 December [1880]
Summary
Worm-castings from [Roman] ruins at Brading contained bits of tiles or bricks. Obliged for WED’s trouble about Brading castings.
Movement in plants well received in Germany.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Dec [1880] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss B.D25) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12920 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … between this letter and the letter from W. E. Darwin, 3 December [1880] . William had …
- … from W. E. Darwin, 3 December [1880] . CD had received several letters from German …
- … E. Darwin, 3 December [1880] ). Calc. : calcareous (i.e. composed of calcium carbonate). For William’s description of the ruins and surrounding area, see the letter …
To E. B. Aveling 13 October 1880
Summary
Publication of EA’s remarks on CD’s writings requires no consent on CD’s part. CD would prefer that no part or volume be dedicated to him as it would imply his general approval of the publication, of which he knows nothing. Though he is a strong advocate of free-thought CD feels that direct attacks on Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect. Freedom of thought is best promoted by gradual illumination of men’s minds produced by advance of science. Has therefore avoided writing on religion though "I may have been unduly biassed by the pain which it would give members of my family, if I aided in any way direct attacks on religion".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Bibbens Aveling |
| Date: | 13 Oct 1880 |
| Classmark: | International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam (Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels Papers D. 1014) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12757 |
From W. E. Darwin to F. E. Abbot 13 June [1880]
Summary
CD has asked him to express appreciation for the Index and regret that FEA will no longer be running it. CD wishes FEA to stop the weekly advertisement of his appreciation of the Index.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Ellingwood Abbot |
| Date: | 13 June [1880] |
| Classmark: | Harvard University Archives (Papers of F. E. Abbot, 1841–1904. Named Correspondence, 1857–1903. Letter, W. E. Darwin to F. E. Abbot (13 June [1880]), in folder Darwin, Charles and W. E. Darwin (son), 1871–1883, box 44. HUG 1101) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12633 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Named Correspondence, 1857–1903. Letter, W. E. Darwin to F. E. Abbot (13 June [1880]), in …
- … letter from F. E. Abbot, 15 May 1880 . Abbot had been editor of the Index since 1870. William evidently met Abbot when he and his wife Sara Darwin …
- … Darwin forgets that he expressly authorized me to print his “endorsement”, in his letter of Nov. 16, 1871. F.E.A. ’ For CD’s permission, see Correspondence vol. 19, letter to F. E. …
To G. H. Darwin 30 May [1880]
Summary
Discusses GHD’s genealogical researches
and his health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 30 May [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 93 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12619 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … genealogy of the Darwin family (see Correspondence vol. 14, letter from E. A. Darwin, [ …
- … concerned about losing Ida ( letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [4 August 1879] (DAR …
- … Darwin, 28 May 1880 . Sarah Gay Forbes Noel was upset that her grandfather William Alvey Darwin had not received more attention in Erasmus Darwin (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 28 May 1880 ). She had a interest in the genealogy of the Darwin family (see Correspondence vol. 27, letter from E. …
- … Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Probably Anne Ashburner , Sara Darwin’s aunt. William and Frances Anna Thomson had lunched with the Darwins on 11 May 1880 ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. …
- … Darwin, [4–7 August 1878] , and Correspondence vol. 27, letter to Edward Frankland, 8 February 1879 ). Hypotoses: hypotheses. The 1799 edition of Erasmus Darwin’s two part poem The botanic garden ( E. …
To W. E. Darwin 10 September [1880]
Summary
Writes about worm-castings; tells WED not to bother with samples from Beaulieu Abbey.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Sept [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 162 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12710 |
To W. E. Darwin [before 16 September 1880]
Summary
Wants some more rubber bands for his wrist.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [before 16 Sept 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 168 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12383 |
To John Fiske 14 May [1880]
Summary
Invites JF to Down.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Fiske |
| Date: | 14 May [1880] |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 8269) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12606 |
To W. E. Darwin 23 [November 1880]
Summary
Asks WED to observe whether worms consistently draw acacia leaves into their burrows with a particular end first.
Will soon know whether he will need worm-castings from Beaulieu.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 23 [Nov 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 137 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12848 |
Matches: 3 hits
From H. E. Litchfield [1 February 1880]
Summary
Advise against making any reply to Samuel Butler’s charges.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield; Richard Buckley Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B72–4; B91–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12450 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin explaining that Ernst Krause ’s original essay ( Krause 1879a ) had been revised (see letter to H. E. …
- … E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosures 2 and 3). John Skinner was CD’s coachman. In a letter dated 4 February 1880 (DAR 219.1: 134), Emma Darwin …
- … letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosure 3). This sentence is enclosed in pencil square brackets. In his first draft letter, CD gave a more detailed description of how a section of the preface to Erasmus Darwin …
- … Darwin was CD’s grandfather. Richard Buckley Litchfield appears to have read Henrietta’s letter before writing his own view on the matter. The club was probably the Oxford and Cambridge Club ( H. E. Litchfield 1910 , p. 245). See letter …
- … E L 4, Bryanston Street, | Portman Square. W. 1 Feb 1880 Dear M r . Darwin, Henrietta asks me to write my ideas on the Butler letter & …
To R. B. Litchfield 2 February 1880
Summary
Thanks RBL for advice [concerning dispute with Samuel Butler]. Notes reaction of family.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Buckley Litchfield |
| Date: | 2 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 56 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12453 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … of his own work in Erasmus Darwin (see letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] ). …
- … Darwin , Leonard Darwin , and Francis Darwin had also read CD’s draft reply to Butler. CD sent Thomas Henry Huxley a copy of the Athenæum containing Butler’s letter, his second draft letter to the Athenæum , and the first enclosure to the letter from H.E. Litchfield, [1 February 1880] (see letter to H. E. …
From W. E. Darwin 26 November [1880]
Summary
Observations on worms’ pulling leaves into their burrows.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Nov [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 110 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12861 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … between this letter and the letter to W. E. Darwin, 23 [November 1880] . In his letter of …
- … letter. We shall be a very small Christmas party and I fear we shall not have Horace & Ida. There was a long notice in the Standard yesterday, it is not worth looking at. It opened in a civil but condescending tone. I shall like to see D r Hooker’s when at Down—. Your affect son | W E. Darwin …
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 3 December [1880]
Summary
Description of remains of a Roman villa and the worm activity at the site.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Dec [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12885 |
From Ernst Krause 6 February 1880
Summary
Thinks CD has no need to reply to Samuel Butler’s hostile article [in the Athenæum]. Offers to reply himself.
| Author: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B53 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12463 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosure 2). The German edition of Erasmus Darwin ( …
- … letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] , enclosure 1. The enclosure has not been found, but was evidently returned to Krause with CD’s letter to him of 9 February 1880 . William Sweetland Dallas had translated Krause’s revised essay for Erasmus Darwin ; …
To J. W. C. Fegan [before 25 February 1880]
Summary
Gladly turns reading room over to JWCF for his mission work. Through his gospel services there is not a drunkard left in the village.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James William Condell Fegan |
| Date: | [before 25 Feb 1880] |
| Classmark: | Fullerton 1930, p. 30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12879 |
From V. O. Kovalevsky [after 21 November 1880]
Summary
Wishes to see CD.
He has been proposed as Professor of Geology at the University of Moscow.
| Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 21 Nov 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 98 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12837 |
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| Krause, Ernst | (2) |
| Torbitt, James | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (32) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (12) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (5) |
| Darwin, Horace | (3) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (73) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (22) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (5) |
| Krause, Ernst | (5) |
| Litchfield, R. B. | (4) |
