From W. E. Darwin 2 February [1882]
Summary
Suggested T. G. Bonney contact CD to confirm story was apocryphal.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Feb [1882] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 108) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13654F |
From W. E. Darwin 28 February [1882]
Summary
Gives information about the Great Western Railway dividend.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Feb [1882] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 114) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13711F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … shares on CD’s behalf in January 1882 ( letter from W. E. Darwin, 4 January 1882 ). CD …
- … portrait of CD by John Collier (see letter to John Collier, 16 February 1882 and n. 5). …
- … on 2 March 1882 (CD’s Account books–banking account (Down House MS)). The letter from Emma …
- … this letter and the letter from W. E. Darwin, 4 January 1882 . William had purchased Great …
- … University (letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, 10 January 1882 (DAR 219.9: …
To Anthony Rich 4 February 1882
Summary
Exchanges news on health.
Thanks AR for his worm observations.
George Darwin’s work is attracting attention; he intends to try for Plumian Professorship at Cambridge. Adds other news of George and of CD’s sons Leonard and William.
CD has finished his microscopic work and has only to write up two papers for the Linnean Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Anthony Rich |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: A44–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13659 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … George arrived in Jamaica on 15 February 1882 (letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [ …
- … 4. In his letter of 1 February 1882 , Rich had described earth slippage on slopes near …
- … See letter from Anthony Rich, 1 February 1882 . Rich had described his ailment as inducing …
- … remedies such as Warburg’s tincture. See letter from Anthony Rich, 1 February 1882 and n. …
- … and Henrietta Anne Huxley (see letter from Anthony Rich, 1 February 1882 and n. 8). The …
- … further details have been found (see letter from Anthony Rich, 1 February 1882 and n. 6). …
- … 4 th . 1882 My dear M r Rich It is always a pleasure to me to receive a letter from you. I …
- … die until December 1882 ( ODNB ; see Correspondence vol. 29, letter from G. H. Darwin, 17 …
- … 1882) ). George Howard Darwin had been praised as the ‘discoverer of tidal evolution’ by Robert Stawell Ball in a lecture, the text of which appeared in Nature , 24 November 1881 ( Ball 1881 , p. 81; see also Correspondence vol. 29, letter …
From W. E. Darwin 9 January [1882]
Summary
CD’s division of his surplus income; fire engines; Sara Darwin’s relatives; GHD’s paper in Nature.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Jan [1882] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 112) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13672F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … G. H. Darwin 1882 ; see letter from J. W. Judd, 8 January 1882 and nn. 1 and 4). …
- … surplus income in the letter to the Darwin children, 8 January 1882 . William had bought a …
- … Darwin, [20 February 1882] (DAR 210.3: 40)). Sara Darwin . A letter from Emma Darwin to H. …
- … letter from G. H. Darwin, 15 October 1881 . George Howard Darwin ’s short article on the geological importance of tides was published in Nature , 5 January 1882 ( …
To W. W. Baxter 18 March [1882]
Summary
Orders two bottles of "the simple Antispasmodic" and "the Glycerin Pepsin mixture". Andrew Clark wishes him to commence his physic at once.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 18 Mar [1882] |
| Classmark: | Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (Baxter Collection, 1136/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10897 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Andrew Clark, 17 March 1882 . …
- … See letter from Andrew Clark, 17 March 1882 and n. 2. …
- … next day. Andrew Clark was CD’s physician. See letter from Andrew Clark, 17 March 1882 . …
- … CD presumably wrote this letter on 18 March, which was a Saturday in 1882, but had it …
To W. D. Crick 26 March 1882
Summary
Will send letter to Nature about shell [attached to beetle]. Will use old name of Cyclas.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Walter Drawbridge Crick |
| Date: | 26 Mar 1882 |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36230) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13741 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … leg of a water beetle in his letter of 18 February 1882 ; he wrote four more letters on …
- … and sent the specimens to CD (see Crick’s letters of 24 February 1882 , 3 March 1882 , …
- … his article. For more on the names, see letter from W. D. Crick, 24 March 1882 and n. 1. …
- … and 9 March 1882 ). CD mentioned being very unwell for several days in his letter to W. D. …
- … See letter from W. D. Crick, 24 March 1882 . Crick first wrote to CD about his discovery …
- … 1882 Dear Sir I write one line to thank you for your last note & your several previous ones, which have interested me much. — I will now get my letter …
To Emil Holub 4 February 1882
Summary
Thanks EH for book on ornithology of South Africa and for his essays [Beiträge zur Ornithologie Südafrikas von Aug. von Holub und E. Pelzeln (1882)].
Will be pleased to see him when he comes to England.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emil Holub |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | Národní Muzeum, Prague |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13661 |
From J. F. Simpson 18 March 1882
Summary
Sends his measurement of an unusually large worm-casting.
| Author: | James Frederick Simpson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Mar 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 64.2: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13728 |
To Margaret Hadley 6 April [1882]
Summary
Sends his birth date.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Margaret Hadley |
| Date: | 6 Apr [1882] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 368 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13761 |
To William Ogle 22 February 1882
Summary
Has rarely read anything more interesting than WO’s introduction to his Aristotle translation. Had no notion what a wonderful man Aristotle was. Linnaeus and Cuvier were mere schoolboys compared to him. His ignorance on some points, as on muscles and the means of movement, is curious.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Ogle |
| Date: | 22 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.5: 19 (EH 88205917) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13697 |
From John Tyndall 15 February 1882
Summary
Happy to vote for Albert Venn Dicey’s membership of the Athenaeum Club.
| Author: | John Tyndall |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) (no date) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13688F |
To T. H. Huxley 27 March 1882
Summary
Feels better. Grateful for THH’s kind letter. Wishes there were more automata like him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 27 Mar 1882 |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 371) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13744 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … H. Huxley 1881 ) and CD had commented on it in his letter to Huxley of 12 January 1882 . …
- … 2). In his letter of 25 March 1882 , Huxley had jokingly referred to the body as machinery …
- … S.E.R. ) March 27 th . 1882 My dear Huxley Your most kind letter has been a real cordial …
- … See letter from T. H. Huxley, 25 March 1882 . Huxley had advised …
- … other physicians besides Andrew Clark (see letter from T. H. Huxley, 25 March 1882 and n. …
To [Greville Williams?] 10 February 1882
Summary
Asks correspondent to sign certificate for Raphael Meldola [as a candidate for Royal Society].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Hanson Greville (Greville) Williams |
| Date: | 10 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32 item 20) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13675 |
From G. H. Darwin [22 January 1882]
Summary
Writes of his work and a paper accepted for publication in the Philosophical Transactions [? "Stresses caused in the interior of the earth", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 173 (1883): 187–230].
Gives news of friends.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [22 Jan 1882] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 102 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13636 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … George left for Jamaica on 2 February 1882 (see letter from W. E. Darwin, 2 February [ …
- … of Cambridge (see letter to Anthony Rich, 4 February 1882 ). James Whitbread Lee Glaisher …
- … to Erasmus (letter from Elizabeth Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, 27 August 1882 (DAR 219.8: …
- … between this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 23 January 1882. In 1882, the Sunday …
From John Collier 22 February 1882
Summary
Thanks CD for note on his book on the sense of beauty [A primer of art (1882)].
Views of Huxley and Spencer on consciousness.
| Author: | John Collier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 209 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13701 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … See letter to John Collier, 16 February 1882 . Collier had sent …
- … a copy of A primer of art ( Collier 1882 ). See letter to John Collier, 16 February 1882 …
- … and n. 2. See letter to John Collier, 16 February 1882 and n. 4. Thomas Henry Huxley ’s …
- … 1882 Dear Mr Darwin It is very kind of you to write to me about my little book— I expressly said that I did not want any acknowledgment of it but I am none the less grateful for your letter. …
To G. J. Romanes 3 January [1882]
Summary
Asks GJR’s opinion about grafting experiments on sugar-cane carried out by the Baron [de Villa Franca].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 3 Jan [1882] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.610) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13597 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … and the letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 2 January 1882 . See letter from Arthur de …
- … 1881 ( Correspondence vol. 29). See also letter to G. J. Romanes, 1 January [1882] . …
- … 1882 and n. 2. CD had received documents on new varieties of sugar cane from Ignacio Francisco Silveira da Motta, baron de Vila Franca ; they were enclosed in the letter …
From G. H. Darwin 23 January 1882
Summary
Encloses letter from R. S. Ball [missing], who has placed reliance on Samuel Haughton’s wild speculations.
Has heard that J. Challis’s health is worse.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13640 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … left for Jamaica on 2 February 1882 (see letter from W. E. …
- … the University of Cambridge (see letter from G. H. Darwin, [22 January 1882] ). George …
- … 1882] and n. 3). George intended to apply for the position of Plumian Professor of astronomy and experimental philosophy at Cambridge University, in the event of James Challis ’s death (see Correspondence vol. 29, letter …
From Agnes Taylor 26 March [1882]
Summary
Formal letter of thanks for contribution to Mrs C. T. Beke.
| Author: | Agnes Taylor |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Mar [1882] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 53 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13742 |
To C.-F. Reinwald 27 November 1881
Summary
Has no objection to Édouard Heckel’s preface to the French translation of Movement in Plants.
Sends some additions for the French translation of Earthworms.
Wouls like a copy of the French translation of Movement in Plants sent to Gaston de Saporta, Charles Frédéric Martins and Charles Victor Naudin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles-Ferdinand Reinwald |
| Date: | 27 Nov 1881 |
| Classmark: | Institut de France, Bibliothèque (Ms 7327 f. 112) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13513F |
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