From W. E. Darwin [13 March 1881]
Summary
Cannot write so is using Lily as secretary. Proud to be member of Geological Society. Sends observations of rhododendron leaves. Could not find piece of ploughed land. Has proved Josiah Wedgwood III’s death in North Eastern Railway Company. Taking care because head hurts.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Mar 1881] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 101) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13141F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … House MS), p. 152. The letters from Emma Darwin and from Sara Darwin have not been found. …
- … authorising the purchase of shares for Emma Darwin’s trust; her trustees were Erasmus …
- … III , who had died on 11 March 1880 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). William was Josiah’s …
- … the letter from W. E. Darwin, 3 February [1881] and nn. 3 and 4. Emma Darwin , in a letter …
- … Darwin , 7 March 1881 (DAR 251: 1002) mentioned that William had been kicked off his horse, hitting his head, but that he was ‘not the least stunned’. In a letter of 16 March 1881 (DAR 210.3: 5), Emma …
From Anthony Rich 1 March 1881
Summary
AR plans, when he dies, to leave sea-side house at Worthing to Huxley.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 146 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13071 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … visited Rich in Worthing in May 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). CD was working on …
- … Ullswater, from 3 June to 4 July 1881 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). George Henslow had …
- … Emma Burnaby ’s husband, William Dyott Burnaby , died on 8 November 1882 ( England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1995 ; Ancestry.com, accessed 31 July 2019). She appears to have continued living in London after her husband’s death (Census returns of England and Wales 1891 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG12/76/57/1)). The Darwins …
Document type
| letter | (2) |
Author
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Rich, Anthony | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Rich, Anthony | (1) |
