From E. A. Darwin [after 31 March 1864?]
Summary
Sends "2 pods ¼ gr each" to tide CD over.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 31 Mar 1864?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B18 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4364 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … the best chemist in the world’ ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 118 n. 2; see also Correspondence …
- … et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … this letter and the letter from E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 30 [March 1864? ] . Erasmus …
- … March 1864 (see letter from E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 30 [March 1864? ] and n. 4). …
From E. A. Darwin 24 August [1865]
Summary
Sends an allotment of shares which he presumes are Emma’s.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Aug [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4885 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Edited by …
- … rented for the summer of 1865 by the Hensleigh Wedgwood s ( Emma Darwin (1904) , 2: 207). …
- … Henrietta Emma Darwin and George Howard Darwin had spent some time there in June with some …
- … Wedgwood cousins (letter from H. E. Darwin to Emma Darwin , DAR 245: 26; this letter …
- … Sarah, who was CD’s sister, and to Emma Darwin . Both Emma and CD had owned Monmouth Canal …
From E. A. Darwin 3 March 1867
Summary
He has promised Mark [coachman to R. W. Darwin and Susan] that CD will continue the payment of £20 a year after EAD’s death; the house is rent free.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Mar 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B57–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5428 |
From E. A. Darwin 7 May [1864]
Summary
Henry Holland sends thanks for Zoonomia.
Sir Henry would not expect podophyllin to be good for CD.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B27 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4489 |
From Erasmus Alvey Darwin 21 [January 1863]
Summary
Will be glad to have CD.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 [Jan 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B15–16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3399 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … in Algiers (see the letter from Emma Darwin to William Erasmus Darwin, [13 November …
- … to a ball taking place ‘tomorrow’ (see n. 4, below). According to Emma Darwin’s diary ( …
- … January 1863] . On 22 January 1863, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary (DAR 242) a visit to …
- … DAR 242), CD, Emma, Henrietta, and Horace Darwin stayed at Erasmus’s house at 6 Queen Anne …
From E. A. Darwin 13 December [1872]
Summary
Hopes to have a visit to discuss proportions to be left to the children under their wills; thinks 5/6 to the boys, 1/6 to the girls who "will have as much as is good for them".
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Dec [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B86–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8675 |
From E. A. Darwin 14 November [1880]
Summary
Asks CD to sign his guarantee.
Reports events at Cambridge involving Horace.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Nov [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B114 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12817 |
From E. A. Darwin [1863–6?]
Summary
Has signed for the shares. Fears CD’s "good time" has not lasted long.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1863–6?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B34 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4726 |
From E. A. Darwin [15? April 1864]
Summary
Sir Henry Holland wants to see [Erasmus Darwin] Zoonomia.
Snow [F. J. Wedgwood] has gone, hoping to meet Fanny who is in a state of anxiety.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15? Apr 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B19–20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4482 |
Matches: 2 hits
From E. A. Darwin 15 December [1864]
Summary
Sends a power of attorney to be executed and sent to the Old Bank; asks acknowledgment.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Dec [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B37–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4717 |
From E. A. Darwin 19 [December 1870]
Summary
Has received a letter, and two packets of securities.
Comments on George’s escape.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 [Dec 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B69–70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7066 |
From E. A. Darwin 11 October [1866]
Summary
Disposal of Susan’s effects. Legacies to CD’s children. EAD has taken the letters and papers and asked Henry [Parker] to forward the George Richmond pictures of CD and Emma.
Caroline looks "miserably ill".
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Oct [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B48–51 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5238 |
From E. A. Darwin 31 August [1877]
Summary
Sends a dividend.
Recommends a novel but is sure Emma will not like it.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Aug [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B102 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11123 |
From E. A. Darwin 1 September [1865]
Summary
Sends a "Lanc & York" [railway share?].
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Sept [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B35 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4889 |
From E. A. Darwin [after 21 April 1869]
Summary
Discusses CD’s health and James Paget’s "verdict".
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 21 Apr 1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6521 |
From E. A. Darwin [before 20 February 1866?]
Summary
Lyell calculates enviously that CD can do more work than any of the philosophers.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 20 Feb 1866?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4965 |
From E. A. Darwin [20 November 1865?]
Summary
John Brent [book?] has come, and he will send it.
Hopes CD will visit again.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [20 Nov 1865?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B39 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4938 |
From E. A. Darwin 12 [September 1871]
Summary
Sees mistake he made on certificates; will make list for future use.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 [Sept 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B78–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7935 |
From Erasmus Alvey Darwin [24 September – 10 October 1868]
Summary
Has talked with J. J. Sylvester [Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich] and thinks Leonard [Darwin] should call on him.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [24 Sept – 10 Oct 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B60–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6339 |
From E. A. Darwin 17 [1877?]
Summary
Wants Francis [Rhodes] Darwin’s address; also asks if CD has heard "the great news".
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 [1877?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B94–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10754 |
