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From Francis Darwin   [before 18 October 1870]

Summary

Needs more money to pay his tutoring bills.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 18 Oct 1870]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 14
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7345F

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  • … the letter to Francis Darwin, 18 October [1870] ( Correspondence vol. 18). Robert Burn was …

From Francis Boott   26 December 1862

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On his particular spiritual faith; worships great naturalists and authors.

Does not wish to see American newspapers that Asa Gray offers to send, or hear about Civil War.

Author:  Francis Boott
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 Dec 1862
Classmark:  DAR 160: 253
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3876

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  • … also letter from Francis Boott, 22 December [1862] . George Gordon Byron, Robert Burns , …

From G. H. Darwin   22 November 1877

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Will look for worm-castings in the cloisters,

and will send CD items from the Cambridge papers on the honorary degree.

Has hit on a possible fallacy in W. Thomson’s theory of secular cooling of the earth.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 Nov 1877
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 62
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11247

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  • Robert Burn had been Francis Darwin’s tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge ( Correspondence vol. 13, letter
  • Robert Burn, 2 December [1865] ). Henry Fawcett was professor of political economy at Cambridge; his wife was Millicent Garrett Fawcett . William Erasmus Darwin and Sara Sedgwick’s wedding took place at Trinity Church, Paddington, London, on Thursday 29 November 1877 ( London, England, Church of England marriages and banns, 1754–1921 (Ancestry.com, accessed 24 May 2016)). Henrietta Emma Litchfield . John Evans’s letter

From Francis Darwin   [after 18 October 1870]

Summary

Thanks CD for the cheque. Gives account of money owed for tutoring and tennis.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 18 Oct 1870]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 20
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7346F

Matches: 1 hit

  • Robert Burn . Although Francis overspent his allowance by a considerable amount, CD had scolded him gently and asked whether he needed more money; he advised Francis to get into the habit of keeping accounts (see Correspondence vol. 18, letter

To Francis Darwin   [after 12 October 1866]

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Instructions on paying a bill.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Francis Darwin
Date:  [after 12 Oct 1866]
Classmark:  DAR 211: 2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13793

Matches: 1 hit

  • Robert Burn was Francis’s tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge, where Francis was an undergraduate from 29 September 1866 until April 1870, when he received his BA ( Admissions to Trinity College, Cambridge 5: 329, Cambridge University calendar 1870, p.  xxiv; see also Correspondence vol.  13, letter

From B. J. Sulivan   16 November 1880

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Wonders whether CD can explain why white muscat grapes growing between two black grapevines have started turning black on ripening but retain the muscat flavour.

Author:  Bartholomew James Sulivan
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  16 Nov 1880
Classmark:  DAR 177: 313
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12823

Matches: 1 hit

  • letter from CD to Sulivan has been found. Maria Isabella FitzRoy was the widow of Robert FitzRoy , the former captain of HMS Beagle ; John Lort Stokes , Arthur Mellersh , Alexander Burns

From B. J. Sulivan   3 November 1878

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Encloses a letter [missing] on the progress of the Fuegians.

His eldest son has married.

Author:  Bartholomew James Sulivan
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 Nov 1878
Classmark:  DAR 177: 306
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11734

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  • Burns Usborne were all members of the crew of HMS Beagle during CD’s time on board. Robert Nicholas Hamond (1809–83), was a former member of the crew of HMS Beagle ; his infant grandson was Philip Walpole Hamond , and his youngest daughter was Almeria Blanche Hamond . For the other members of the family, see the letter

From Bartholomew James Sulivan   27 June 1870

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Tells of his health and family matters.

Congratulates CD on being honoured by Oxford.

Discusses the state of Tierra del Fuego and the success of missionaries there.

Author:  Bartholomew James Sulivan
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  27 June 1870
Classmark:  DAR 177: 293
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7246

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  • letter from B.  J.  Sulivan, 25 December 1866  and nn.  12 and 13). Charles Lyell . Presumably Sulivan refers to Robert Alfred Cloyne Godwin-Austen . Edmund Sandars and Alfred Baldry . Robert Nicholas Hamond . Arthur Mellersh and Alexander Burns

From B. J. Sulivan   13 October 1879

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The "Beagles" are, after all, to provide for Jemmy Button’s grandson [see 11501].

Author:  Bartholomew James Sulivan
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  13 Oct 1879
Classmark:  DAR 177: 310
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12255

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  • Robert Nicholas Hamond , Arthur Mellersh , Alexander Burns Usborne , John Lort Stokes , and Charles Richardson Johnson had served on the Beagle during CD’s 1831–6 voyage. B. J. Sulivan’s wife was Sophia Sulivan ; their daughters were Frances Emma Georgina Sulivan , Sophia Henrietta Sulivan , and Catherine Sabine Trench . See also letter

From G. H. Darwin   [after 13 June 1871]

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Discusses his position at Cambridge, which is apparently under threat.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 13 June 1871]
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 19
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7791

Matches: 1 hit

  • letter from G.  H.  Darwin, [13 June 1871] and n.  2. Henry Jackson was a fellow at Trinity College. George refers to Montague Hughes Cookson (a barrister), Robert Burn ( …

From George Rolleston   22 February 1871

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Applauds CD’s expression of dissent from J. S. Mill’s view of differences of mental powers of men and women [Descent 2: 326–9]. Sends some corrections.

Author:  George Rolleston
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 Feb 1871
Classmark:  DAR 87: 15–16
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7506

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  • letter from J.  D.  Hooker, 7 September 1869 and n.  4), and was cited by CD in Descent 1: 63. In Descent 1: 68, CD cited Wilhelm Braubach and Braubach 1869 . There is an annotated copy of Braubach 1869  in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL.   Robert Burns’ …

From B. J. Sulivan   29 September 1881

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Gives further details on his grapes.

Tells of his recent movements and state of health.

Author:  Bartholomew James Sulivan
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  29 Sept 1881
Classmark:  DAR 177: 315
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13363

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  • letter from B. J. Sulivan, 2 January [1880] ). Both Charles Langton and Sulivan lived in Bournemouth. Alexander Burns Usborne , who had served on the Beagle , had retired from the navy in 1868. Robert
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