From W. E. Darwin to Emma and/or Charles Darwin c. 20–5 September 1877
Summary
Description of their English dinner companions at a foreign hotel.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | c. 20-25 Sept 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.5: 18 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11146F |
From W. D. Fox 29 November [1877]
Summary
Congratulates W. E. Darwin, who is about to be married,
and CD for the LL.D. conferred upon him by Cambridge.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 201 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11261 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … LLD from Cambridge University on 17 November 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … 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 …
- … and Sara Sedgwick were married on 29 November 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … had fallen ill with appendicitis ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 227). Leonard Darwin . See letter …
From Charles Hoare 20 November 1877
Summary
A poem in tribute to CD following the award of his Cambridge LL.D.
| Author: | Charles Hoare |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Nov 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 140.1: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11243 |
From W. E. Darwin [12 or 19 July 1877]
Summary
Discusses an experiment.
His dogs appear to have rabies.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [12 or 19] July 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.5: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10743 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … s housekeeper ( letter from Sara Darwin to Emma Darwin, [3 December 1877] (DAR 210.5: …
- … was William’s manservant ( letter from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, 12 November [1876] ( …
- … infection with hydrophobia. In a letter to Emma Darwin of [24 July 1877] (DAR 210.5: 15, …
- … Jet certainly had hydrophobia. CD and Emma Darwin stayed with William until Wednesday 4 …
From B. J. Sulivan 25 December 1877
Summary
BJS was pleased to see CD’s son [William] and his wife at Charles Langton’s.
His own son is preparing for marriage.
Reports meeting a former Beagle shipmate.
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Dec 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 303 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11288 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … University on 17 November 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). An article titled ‘ …
- … Sedgwick on 29 November 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). They spent part …
- … Charles Langton ( letter from Sara Darwin to Emma Darwin, [3 December 1877] (DAR 210.5: …
- … and Frances Emma Georgina Sulivan were his daughters. William Erasmus Darwin married Sara …
From J. W. Judd 24 April 1877
Summary
Grateful for CD’s support for his election as F.R.S.
| Author: | John Wesley Judd |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Apr 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 83 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10940 |
From R. F. Cooke 12 April 1877
Summary
JM will be pleased to publish the new work [Forms of flowers] on the usual terms. MS has been sent to the printer.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Apr 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 487 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10927 |
From W. M. Moorsom 13 September [1877]
Summary
Pleased with CD’s interest in temperance. Can he quote CD? Sorry the elephant story is a myth. It fits his argument for temperance: a passion for alcohol is natural [primitive]. Only the morally developed can resist. Moral development will take a long time. Thus education cannot cure alcoholism now. Thus public sale of alcohol must be outlawed. Although he is a follower of J. S. Mill and Herbert Spencer he has been forced to this conclusion.
| Author: | Warren Maude Moorsom |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Sept [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 235 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11137 |
From Francis Darwin [14 June? 1877]
Summary
Forwards letters.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [14 June? 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10762F |
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 W. E. Darwin [25 March? 1877]
Summary
Staying with W. D. Fox on the Isle of Wight. Offers to find Pulmonaria plants.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [25 Mar? 1877] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 67) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10922F |
From Leonard Darwin 28 November 1877
Summary
LD is supplying coloured-glass light filters for CD’s experiments.
| Author: | Leonard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Nov 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 186: 32 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11256 |
From John Murray 27 November [1877]
Summary
Sends CD his share of profits on Descent and Forms of flowers.
Wants to reprint Cross and self-fertilisation because supply of copies is entirely exhausted.
Congratulates CD on his Cambridge honour [LL.D.].
| Author: | John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 495 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11255 |
From G. H. Darwin [28 October 1877]
Summary
Writes again about arrangements for the honorary degree ceremony.
Has been working on tides, which he is almost certain have altered the obliquity of the ecliptic.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Oct 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 60–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11213 |
From G. H. Darwin [23 November 1877]
Summary
Asks CD if he would like to sign GHD’s Royal Society proposal for membership.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [23 Nov 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 63 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11249 |
From Arthur Mellersh 1 January 1877
Summary
Has "the missing link" been found in New Guinea, as he read in the newspaper?
Offers CD the nest of a foreign bird pressed on him by a neighbour.
| Author: | Arthur Mellersh |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 148 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10764 |
From Francis Darwin [28 October 1877?]
Summary
FD has sent proofs; nutating of Ricinus; Horace Darwin and the wormograph.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Oct 1877?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11302F |
From W. E. Darwin [15 January 1877]
Summary
Thanks for the copy of Orchids.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15 Jan 1877] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 66) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10794F |
From Ernst Haeckel 9 February 1877
Summary
Sends birthday wishes. Album of photographs from German admirers has been sent.
Plans trip to Mediterranean.
| Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10835 |
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 |
| letter | (25) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (5) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (2) |
| Darwin, Francis | (2) |
| Beger, Karl | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (25) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (5) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (2) |
| Darwin, Francis | (2) |
