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To Henrietta Emma Darwin   [14–21 April 1866]

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Discusses some observations on, and the fertilisation of, Ophrys.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:  [14–21 Apr 1866]
Classmark:  DAR 185: 59
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5074

Matches: 8 hits

  • … To Henrietta Emma Darwin   [14–21 April 1866] …
  • … Robert Darwin unstated [14–21 Apr 1866] Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
  • … during her stay in France ( letter from Emma Darwin to H.  E.  Darwin, [6 April 1866] (DAR …
  • … 1866 (DAR 245: 270)). According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Henrietta went abroad on …
  • … is established by the reference to Emma Darwin’s and CD’s poor health (see n.  8, below), …
  • … from H.  E.  Darwin, [ c. 10 May 1866]. Emma Darwin and CD both had influenza during …
  • … the second and third weeks of April; Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) records that CD had a …
  • … companions were unwell for much of April ( Emma Darwin to H.  E.  Darwin, [6 April 1866] ( …

From J. D. Hooker   13 May 1866

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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] , …

To J. D. Hooker   [23 November 1866]

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Will visit Kew on Tuesday [27 Nov].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  [23 Nov 1866]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 306
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5284

Matches: 3 hits

  • … 4 December 1866 ). There is no mention of the visit in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) and …
  • … no record of whether Henrietta Emma Darwin accompanied CD. Frances Harriet Hooker . …
  • Emma thinks she will not be able to come, perhaps Henrietta will. — We will go to M rs Hooker’s house, & if you are not there will go on to Herbarium, after staying a few minutes with M rs Hooker, then a walk in the garden & home again Ever yours | C.  Darwin

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

Matches: 3 hits

  • … 1866]. Moggridge visited Down from 23 to 25 June 1866 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
  • … the reference to meeting Henrietta Emma Darwin at Cannes (see letter to H.  E.  Darwin, [ …
  • … Moggridge, 13 November [1866] . Henrietta Emma Darwin had met Moggridge during her stay in …

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

Matches: 3 hits

  • … Yorkshire, in October 1859 ( letter from Emma Darwin to William Erasmus Darwin, [24 or 31  …
  • … Glastonbury. ( Biograph and Review 6 (1881): 144–6. ) Robinson refers to Emma Darwin and …
  • … Henrietta Emma Darwin ; he had met them and CD at …

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 W. E. Darwin   [23 June 1866]

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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

Matches: 2 hits

  • … E.  Darwin, 21 June [1866] and n.  4. Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) records a ‘feverish …
  • … 22 June [1866] , and by the reference to Emma Darwin’s poor health (see n.  5, below). In  …

To J. D. Hooker   [5 April 1866]

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Queries for John Smith [Kew curator] on crossing a cucumber variety.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  [5 Apr 1866]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 286
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5054

Matches: 2 hits

  • … s brother, Erasmus Alvey Darwin . CD and Emma Darwin both fell ill with influenza in the …
  • … following week, and did not go to London until 21 April ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …

From William Robert Grove   26 April 1866

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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

Matches: 1 hit

  • … CD was in London from 21 April to 1 May 1866 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …

To Thomas Gold Appleton   2 March [1866]

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The specimen is not a fish but the larva of some batrachian or frog-like animal. Has sent it to British Museum, which says it resembles the axolotl of Mexico.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Thomas Gold Appleton
Date:  2 Mar [1866]
Classmark:  Boston Public Library Rare Books and Print Departments–Courtesy of the Trustees
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5427

Matches: 2 hits

  • … 1866 . Appleton had visited Down House in October 1849 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
  • Emma Darwin’s cousin, Robert James Mackintosh , had married Appleton’s sister (Wedgwood …

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

Matches: 3 hits

  • … to T.  H.  Huxley 1866  and Henrietta Emma Darwin . Ernst Haeckel had visited CD on 21  …
  • … Huxley, 27 May [1865] ). According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), CD was in London from …
  • … Committee, see Semmel 1962 , pp.  123–7). Emma Darwin . Huxley’s wife was Henrietta Anne …

From J. E. Gray   13 April 1866

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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

Matches: 1 hit

  • … Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum ( J.  E.  Gray 1866 ). Emma Darwin . …

To J. D. Hooker   [28 April 1866]

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Needs Annales de la Société d’horticulture de Paris 7 (1830).

Asks that Oliver provide a reference for microscopical appearance and structure of a bud.

Was very well on first part of London visit.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  [28 Apr 1866]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 287
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5071

Matches: 3 hits

  • … CD refers to Emma Darwin ; he had planned to visit the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on 29  …
  • … fertilisation , pp.  358, 365. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), the Darwins …
  • … in London from 21 April to 1 May 1866 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). He refers to the …

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

Matches: 2 hits

  • … CD’s, Norman may have visited informally (see Freeman 1978 , pp.  127, 216). Emma Darwin . …
  • … Swinhoe, [September 1866] and n.  3). Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) makes no mention of a …

To Henry Bence Jones   3 January [1866]

Summary

A report on his somewhat improved health.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henry Bence Jones
Date:  3 Jan [1866]
Classmark:  DAR 249: 86
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4968A

Matches: 4 hits

  • … see Correspondence vol.  13, Appendix IV). Emma Darwin’s diary listed regular walks on the …
  • … s diet (see Correspondence vol.  13). Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) shows CD’s weight to …
  • … Chapman, 7 June 1865 ). The entry in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) for 8 December 1865 …
  • … 1858] ). CD began taking iron in 1864, Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) recording ‘began …

To W. D. Fox   24 August [1866]

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Family news. Describes [final] illness of Susan Darwin [d. 3 Oct 1866]. CD’s health better.

Making rapid progress on Variation.

Has heard of hybrids between moths mentioned by WDF.

Work on [4th] edition of Origin has delayed Variation.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Darwin Fox
Date:  24 Aug [1866]
Classmark:  Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5197

Matches: 2 hits

  • … June–July 1866] (DAR 251: 2240)). Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) recorded, ‘Boys went to …
  • … 4). He started riding on 4 June 1866 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); see also letter to …

To Charles Lyell   8[–9] September [1866]

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Disappointed to put off CL’s visit because of illness of CD’s sister [Susan], but hopes to see him in October.

Thanks for lending pamphlet [L. Agassiz, Geology of the Amazons]. Agassiz has written "wild nonsense".

Refers to a translation of Pictet and Humbert’s "capital" paper on fossil fish ["Recent researches on the fossil fishes of Mount Lebanon", Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3d ser. 18 (1866): 237].

Hooker’s lecture at BAAS Nottingham meeting.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:  8[–9] Sept [1866]
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.319)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5208

Matches: 2 hits

  • … Elizabeth Darwin died on 3 October 1866 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Charles and Mary …
  • … the Darwins from 16 to 19 November 1866 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). CD refers to an …

From H. E. Darwin   [c. 10 May 1866]

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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

Matches: 3 hits

  • … DAR 162: 67 Henrietta Emma Darwin/ …
  • … CD at Down from 23 to 25 June 1866 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). For CD’s apprehension …
  • … Henrietta Emma Litchfield unstated [c. 10 May 1866] Charles Robert Darwin

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

Matches: 2 hits

  • … vol. 14, Appendix II). Henrietta Emma Darwin . Emily Catherine Langton had left her …
  • … Charles Langton’s son by his marriage to Emma Darwin’ s sister Charlotte. William Lacon …

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

Matches: 1 hit

  • … Tuckwell 1917, 1: 8). Dilke refers to Emma Darwin . CD and Emma did not attend the dinner. …
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