From H. E. Darwin [c. 10 May 1866]
Summary
Mogg [John Traherne Moggridge] wants to visit CD.
Self-fertilising orchids.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 10 May 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5075 |
From J. D. Hooker 13 May 1866
Summary
Refers to enclosure from Asa Gray
with whom he can talk calmly now that war is over. North had no right to resort to bloodshed.
Startled by CD’s attendance at Royal Society soirée.
Has asked E. B. Tylor to make up questions for consuls and missionaries, through whose wives a lot of most curious information [for Descent?] could be obtained.
Tying umbilical cord has always been a mystery to JDH.
John Crawfurd’s paper on cultivated plants is shocking twaddle ["On the migration of cultivated plants in reference to ethnology", J. Bot. Br. & Foreign 4 (1866): 317–32].
R. T. Lowe back from Madeira.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 May 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 71–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5089 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Frances Harriet Hooker , visited from 23 to 29 June ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … Henrietta Emma Darwin was in France (see letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c. 10 May 1866] and …
- … 11th edition. 29 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1910–11. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … Royal Society of London on 28 April 1866 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The event is …
- … 5 May 1866, pp. 597–8. According to Emma Darwin , many of CD’s old friends did not …
- … of them, as his beard alters him so’ ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 185). Hooker refers to John …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 26 December [1863] , …
From Frances Harriet Hooker 1 November [1866]
Summary
Mentions a note in Notes and Queries [3d ser. 10 (1866): 343–4] which refers to A sketch of the life and works of Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | Frances Harriet Henslow; Frances Harriet Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Nov [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 242–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5263 |
From Emily Catherine Langton to Emma and Charles Darwin [6 and 7? January 1866]
Summary
CL is aware that she is dying and so says her farewells.
| Author: | Emily Caroline (Lena) Massingberd; Emily Caroline (Lena) Langton; Emily Caroline (Lena) Massingberd |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin; Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [6 and 7? Jan 1866] |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 202) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4968 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … E. C. Langton, E. C. Massingberd, E. C. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Darwin, C. R. …
- … Massingberd unstated [6 and 7? Jan 1866] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Charles Robert Darwin …
- … From Emily Catherine Langton to Emma and Charles Darwin [6 and 7? January 1866] …
- … Wedgwood , known as Elizabeth, was Emma Darwin’s sister and Catherine’s cousin ( Freeman …
- … pay social visits in a letter to Henrietta Emma Darwin of [November 1865] (DAR 219.8: 3). …
From J. T. Moggridge 21 May [1866]
Summary
Sends plants from France.
J. B. E. Bornet of Antibes, working in G. A. Thuret’s garden, finds Cistus hybrids do not follow the old dictum of having the mother’s foliage and the father’s habit. Bornet is engaged in long-term study.
JTM seeks invitation to Down.
| Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 May [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 206 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5096 |
From Charles John Robinson [1866?]
Summary
Has a small living at Norton Canon.
Will visit Charles Whitley next week.
| Author: | Charles John Robinson |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1866?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 188 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4966 |
From Anne Marsh-Caldwell 27 November [1866]
Summary
Writing for Mr Corbet, she asks what diet has helped in the treatment of CD’s illness.
| Author: | Anne Caldwell; Anne Marsh; Anne Marsh-Caldwell |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Nov [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5286 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Fox, 24 August [1866] . Eleanor Corbet . Emma Darwin . The reference is to Sarah Elizabeth …
- … with her three unmarried daughters in 1860 ( DNB ). Emma Darwin referred to the Caldwells …
- … as ‘old friends’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [28 November 1881] (DAR …
- … heartily rejoice Kindest love to Emma (M rs . Darwin) I mean— I did so grieve to lose my …
From W. E. Darwin [23 June 1866]
Summary
Ovules of males of two forms [of Rhamnus catharticus?] are abortive and both females have incomplete stamens.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [23 June 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 109: A75 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4962 |
From William Robert Grove 26 April 1866
Summary
Sorry he missed CD when he called. Suggests a time he can call.
| Author: | William Robert Grove |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Apr 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 230 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5068 |
From T. H. Huxley 11 November 1866
Summary
Thanks for 4th ed. of Origin.
What a basting CD gives "our mutual friend" [Owen].
Glad he argrees with THH on Jamaica affair [Gov. Eyre and the "rebellion"].
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Nov 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 312 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5275 |
From J. E. Gray 13 April 1866
Summary
Tameness of whales and porpoises.
| Author: | John Edward Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Apr 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 211 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5056 |
From George Warde Norman 20 September 1866
Summary
Sends a paper, by the wife of the local curate, on the habits of animals.
| Author: | George Warde Norman |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Sept 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 74 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5215 |
From Harriet Lubbock [April? 1866]
Summary
Local matters.
| Author: | Harriet Hotham; Harriet Lubbock |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [Apr? 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 18 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4960 |
From W. E. Darwin 10 November [1866]
Summary
Has made will. Discusses financial arrangements and asks whether CD would like a mortgage.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Nov [1866] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 24) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5273F |
From Charles Wentworth Dilke 24 April 1866
Summary
Invites CD and wife to dine with Alphonse and Mme de Candolle.
| Author: | Charles Wentworth Dilke, Jr, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Apr 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 181 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5065 |
From T. H. Huxley 6 July 1866
Summary
Has taken memorial to G. H. Richards, the Hydrographer. He favours the proposal and will instruct Capt. Mayne. THH will communicate with Dr Cunningham, the naturalist for the expedition.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 July 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 311 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5149 |
From W. E. Darwin 29 June [1866]
Summary
Sends flowers of the differing kinds [of Rhamnus?] with observations.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 June [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 109: A78–9, A47–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5134 |
From J. E. Gray 9 April 1866
Summary
Invites CD to dine and meet Alphonse de Candolle.
| Author: | John Edward Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Apr 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 210 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5052 |
From John Lubbock [21 October 1866]
Summary
Anxious to make acquaintance of Ernst Haeckel [who was staying with CD].
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [21 Oct 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 51 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5252 |
From Robert Caspary 25 May 1866
Summary
Plans to come to Down on 27 May.
| Author: | Johann Xaver Robert (Robert) Caspary |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 May 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 121 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5100 |
| letter | (48) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (10) |
| Moggridge, J. T. | (5) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (4) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (4) |
| Caspary, Robert | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (48) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (10) |
| Moggridge, J. T. | (5) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (4) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (4) |
