From Henrietta Emma Darwin [1 August 1863]
Summary
A memorandum describing the expressive behaviour of a cat with added notes by CD.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Aug 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 189: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4260F |
From Edward Cresy 27 April 1863
Summary
CD’s Linum paper [Collected papers 2: 93–105].
Sending up-to-date railway map of southern region.
| Author: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Apr 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 241 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4130 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 356). See letter from George Howard Darwin to Emma Darwin, [15 April 1863] , in DAR 251: …
- … Cresy visited Down House for lunch (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Cresy refers to …
- … DNB ). See letter from George Howard Darwin to Emma Darwin, [15 April 1863] , in DAR …
- … 251: 2232, and letter from Charles and Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [4 May 1863]. See …
From Edward Levett Darwin 7 September 1863
Summary
Glad to find they are cousins.
Sends his book [High Elms (pseud.), The game-preserver’s manual (1858)].
| Author: | Edward Levett Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Sept 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 17–18 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4295 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … An appeal. [By Charles and Emma Darwin. ] [Bromley, Kent]: [privately printed. ] [1863. ] …
- … CD and Edward Darwin has been found. Emma Darwin had apparently sent for a copy of the …
- … published in 1863 ( E. L. Darwin 1863 ). Emma Darwin had apparently sent Edward Darwin a …
- … see letter from G. B. Sowerby Jr to Emma Darwin, 22 July 1863 , and Appendix IX). …
- … See also letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [6–27 September 1863] . The two parts of …
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 W. D. Fox 29 May [1863]
Summary
Recommends that CD visit Dr MacLeod’s [hydropathic] establishment near Ilkley.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 May [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 179 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4193 |
From George Varenne Reed 12 January 1863
Summary
Sorry CD considers Horace Darwin unfit for school.
| Author: | George Varenne Reed |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Jan 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 78 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3912 |
From W. E. Darwin 22 April [1863]
Summary
Sent off Corydalis. Observations on Corydalis pistils.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Apr [1863] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 12) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4120F |
From W. E. Darwin 12 March [1863]
Summary
Discusses partnership in bank and whether Atherley would like to retire.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Mar [1863] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 14) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4035F |
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 G. H. Darwin [9–15 June 1863]
Summary
Discusses some angles [relating to phyllotaxy].
The forthcoming school holidays.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [9–15 June 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4209 |
From John Lubbock 20 February 1863
Summary
Dining arrangements.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4002 |
From John Lubbock 28 February 1863
Summary
Will come to dine on Monday unless he hears to the contrary.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Feb 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4017 |
From John Goodsir 21 August [1863]
Summary
Agrees to examine a slide preparation of fluid [from CD’s vomit] to determine presence of Sarcina as a possible cause of his stomach ailment. Sends some authoritative references on it. Warns CD that Sarcina has been found in healthy stomachs.
| Author: | John Goodsir |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Aug [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 73 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4272 |
From John James Aubertin 27 April 1863
Summary
Reminds CD of their acquaintance at Ilkley Wells; encloses portrait of self;
describes the topography, trade, commerce, produce, and population of São Paulo province.
Sends pieces of rock blasted for railway for CD to analyse.
| Author: | John James Aubertin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Apr 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 123 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4129 |
From George Chichester Oxenden 13 May 1863
Summary
Going abroad; will miss the English orchid season.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 May 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 173: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4163 |
From J. D. Hooker 6 January 1863
Summary
Falconer’s elephant paper.
Owen’s conduct.
Falconer’s view of CD’s theory: independence of natural selection and variation.
JDH on Tocqueville,
the principles of the Origin,
and the evils of American democracy.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Jan 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 88–91 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3902 |
From W. E. Darwin 8 May [1863]
Summary
Describes the structure of Corydalis and its arrangement for making pollen accessible to bees.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 May [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 76: B188–90 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4147 |
From B. J. Sulivan 10 February [1863]
Summary
Sends some tickets so that CD’s son might see [an unspecified] model.
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Feb [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 281 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3976 |
From J. D. Hooker [1 or 3 November 1863]
Summary
Anxious to see Haast’s letter.
JDH’s views on Poles and Franco-Prussian conflict.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 or 3] Nov 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 173–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4325 |
From John Brodie Innes 29 August [1863]
Summary
Duke of Argyll has been dubbed "Duke Darwinii" by papers.
Large number of toads have been found in railway cuttings; wishes a scientific observer had taken pains to explain where they came from.
Comments on Scottish schools and on the morals of the adult poor.
| Author: | John Brodie Innes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Aug [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 167: 11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4283 |
| letter | (41) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (41) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (6) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (5) |
| Fox, W. D. | (4) |
| Lubbock, John | (4) |
