From C. M. C. Darwin 3 April 1871
Summary
A friend with similar interests has asked to be introduced to CD, as he has some facts that will amuse him.
| Author: | Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Apr 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7655 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … From C. M. C. Darwin 3 April 1871 …
- … 1871. Dear M r . Darwin A friend of ours, Col: le Couteur of Jersey, whose tastes & pursuits are similar to your own, and who takes the greatest interest in your writings & researches, has written to us, to request an introduction, and mentioning, that he has some further information which he thinks will amuse you. With our kind regards, | Believe me | Y rs . very truly | Charlotte M. C. …
To John Le Couteur 6 April [1871]
Summary
Is honoured to hear from JLC and would welcome the communication of any facts that he cares to send him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Le Couteur |
| Date: | 6 Apr [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 106 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7661A |
From C. M. C. Darwin 27 March 1879
Summary
They have never had any Erasmus Darwin letters.
Sends photographs [of Elston Hall].
| Author: | Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Mar 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 136–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11956 |
To M. C. Stanley [18 November 1871]
Summary
Much perplexed by W. Crookes’s article. He can neither disbelieve nor believe. Article has removed some of his difficulty in that the supposed power is not an anomaly. Hopes men such as G. G. Stokes will be induced to witness Crookes’s experiments.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Mary Catherine Sackville-West, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Gascoyne-Cecil, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Stanley, countess of Derby |
| Date: | [18 Nov 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 384 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9209 |
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- … 1871] (this volume, Supplement). The Saturday following 15 November 1871 was 18 November. Stanley visited Down on 15 November 1871 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The article described William Crookes’s latest investigations of the phenomena associated with spiritualism ( Crookes 1871 ; see letter from M. C. …
From H. Ramu 9 September 1871
Summary
Informs CD that there are goats at Nancy with maxillary appendages similar to those of the ancient Irish pig [see Variation 1: 75].
| Author: | H Ramu |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Sept 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7929 |
From D. Appleton & Co. 23 February 1872
Summary
Enclosed account has had charged against it difference in costs between type composition in the U. S. and securing stereotype plates from Murray. CD should insist on securing plates from the London publisher of all future books, otherwise Appleton unable to pay 10% of gross price.
| Author: | D. Appleton & Co |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Feb 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 89 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8222 |
From H. Ramu 24 September 1871
Summary
Sends CD a sketch of goat with maxillary appendages and notes the dimensions of the structures.
| Author: | H Ramu |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Sept 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7967 |
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- … 1871. Down— Beckenham, Kent. à Monsieur Charles Darwin J’ai bien reçu votre lettre en réponse à celle que j’eus l’honneur de vous adresser récemment et si j’arrive un peu en retard vous remettre le croquis d’une tête de chèvre avec les appendices en question c’est que je n’ai pu faire autrement que d’attendre l’occasion d’en copier une, pour ainsi dire, au passage, n’en possedant pas. Ne m’ …
From Roland Trimen 26 July 1871
Summary
Hopes to visit during CD’s stay at Haredene.
| Author: | Roland Trimen |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 July 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 188 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7883 |
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- … c, I almost concluded that it must be the M r . Darwin. If you are really going there for a time, I should venture to call on you soon after my return from the North, if I hear that you are feeling strong enough to see visitors. I send you by book-post a copy of a modest publication called the “Cape Monthly Magazine” (June, 1871), …
| letter | (8) |
| Darwin, C. M. C. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Ramu, H. | (2) |
| D. Appleton & Co | (1) |
| Trimen, Roland | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Gascoyne-Cecil, M. C. | (1) |
| Le Couteur, John | (1) |
| Sackville-West, M. C. | (1) |
| Stanley, M. C. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
| Darwin, C. M. C. | (2) |
| Ramu, H. | (2) |
| D. Appleton & Co | (1) |
| Gascoyne-Cecil, M. C. | (1) |
