To John Tyndall 11 April 1873
Summary
Sends JT the list and amounts subscribed for Huxley. It will probably amount to £1800. He will write to Huxley and use every argument he can to make him accept.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Tyndall |
| Date: | 11 Apr 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.8: 14 (EH 88205952) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8856 |
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- … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Edited by …
- … Lyell, who had raised the idea of a subscription in conversation with Emma Darwin on 4 …
- … April 1873 ( Emma Darwin’s diary ( …
- … DAR 242); Emma Darwin (1904) 2: 262). CD refers to Joseph Dalton Hooker . See also letter …
From John Tyndall 21 April 1873
Summary
[Sir Joseph?] Whitworth’s contribution brings total to over £2000. Wishes CD could be persuaded to come to lunch with Huxley and Emerson.
| Author: | John Tyndall |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Apr 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: C15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8870 |
From John Tyndall 8 April [1873]
Summary
William Spottiswoode was not at home, but JT sought out Herbert Spencer. Spencer will come with JT to see CD [about the Huxley fund].
| Author: | John Tyndall |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Apr [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: C10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8849 |
To John Tyndall 8 April [1873]
Summary
CD will write to William Spottiswoode about the fund for Huxley. CD is raising his subscription to £300. "We have done a good day’s work … [it] gives me a higher opinion of human nature than I had before, though I am not one of those who think lowly of mankind."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Tyndall |
| Date: | 8 Apr [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.8: 13 (EH 88205951) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8850 |
Document type
| letter | (4) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Tyndall, John | (2) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Tyndall, John | (2) |
