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From W. E. Darwin   21 November 1881

Summary

Financial matters; executing EAD’s will; pleased to hear news about Prof. Challis.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  21 Nov 1881
Classmark:  Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 96)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13497F

Matches: 3 hits

  • … Hooker were also present ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, 4 December 1881 ( …
  • Emma Darwin ’s trust included shares in the Maryport & Carlisle railway company (CD’s …
  • … to Down on 3 December ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, 4 December 1881 (DAR …

To G. H. Darwin   25 November [1881]

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Last issue of Nature has made him "awfully proud". [See R. S. Ball, "A glimpse through the corridors of time", Nature 25 (1881): 79–82.]

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  25 Nov [1881]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 112
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13511

Matches: 2 hits

  • … 2, below). George had been at Down from 11 to 13 November 1881 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …
  • … 242) and letter from Emma Darwin to George Howard Darwin, [16 November 1881] (DAR 210.3: …

From G. H. Darwin   [22 November 1881]

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Thinks William Thomson will support him [for Plumian Professorship at Cambridge].

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [22 Nov 1881]
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 100
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13503

Matches: 1 hit

  • … November 1881; Thomson presided ( Glasgow Herald, 25 November 1881, p. 8). Emma Darwin . …

From W. E. Darwin   1 November 1881

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Requests a list of CD’s trust securities; he and Sara have finished Worms; asks what he should do with dividend warrant.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 Nov 1881
Classmark:  Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 95)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13445F

Matches: 1 hit

  • … II)). Erasmus and CD had been co-trustees of Emma Darwin ’s trust; George and William were …