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 |
To J. D. Hooker 6 November [1877]
Summary
Requests seeds for study of movement in cotyledons. Would love to study Welwitschia cotyledons.
Son William is to be married 28 November.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 6 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 459–60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11226 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … 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 …
- … Litchfield, [13 September 1877] (DAR 219.9: 155); Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 227). …
- … According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), he and his wife, Henrietta Emma Litchfield , …
- … Sara Sedgwick on 29 (not 28) November ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); he had originally …
- … as 28 November ( letter from W. E. Darwin to Emma Darwin, [21 October 1877] (DAR 210.5: …
- … ill with appendicitis in Switzerland in September 1877 ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. …
To Horace Darwin 1 November [1877]
Summary
Wants HD to observe earthworm activity at Roman antiquities of Chedworth and Cirencester.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11221 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Litchfield to G. H. Darwin, [8 November 1877] (DAR 245: 314), Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 227). …
- … observations on their habits. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1881. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … England on 8 November ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [13 September 1877] ( …
- … at Brighton ( letter from Horace Darwin to Emma Darwin, [February 1877 ? ] (DAR 258: …
- … his knee playing lawn tennis ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [23 September …
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 …
To W. D. Fox 2 December 1877
Summary
Working hard on physiology of plants.
His son George sees no reason to change his view on marriage of cousins.
George’s astronomical work is too deep for CD.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 2 Dec 1877 |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 155) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11266 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … his knee playing tennis ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [23 September …
- … Sara Sedgwick on 29 November 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). CD had recently …
- … 8 to 13 June 1877 (CD’s ‘ Journal’ (Appendix II)). Emma Darwin had reported that Caroline …
- … was frequently unwell ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [11 June 1877] (DAR …
To G. H. Darwin [23 April 1877]
Summary
"Frank has sent the cards here."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | [23 Apr 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10937 |
To H. E. Litchfield 4 October [1877]
Summary
Is glad to hear R. B. Litchfield is better.
Discusses William Darwin’s engagement to Sara Sedgwick.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 4 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11167 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 37 Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Oct [1877] Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
- … harder for her to leave again ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [30 September …
- … September ( Litchfield 1910 , p. 150; Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Richard Litchfield’s …
- … his knee playing tennis (see letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [23 September …
- … Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Litchfield, Henrietta Emma. …
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 …
To G. J. Romanes 27–8 May [1877]
Summary
Discusses Francis Darwin’s paper on teasel [Dipsacus].
Comments on GJR’s investigation of spiritualism.
Comments on book by Grant Allen [Physiological aesthetics (1877)].
Invites him to visit
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 27–8 May [1877] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.514, Mss.B.D25.546) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10973 |
To J. D. Hooker 21 April [1877]
Summary
CD regrets not being able to see JDH.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 21 Apr [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 439 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10935 |
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 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 |
To W. E. Darwin 24 October [1877]
Summary
Returns [unspecified] enclosure.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 149 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11205 |
To G. H. Darwin 21 November [1877]
Summary
Asks GHD to determine whether there are worm-castings in cloisters of [Neville?] Court.
Enjoyed his visit to Cambridge. Asks for newspaper account of the LL.D.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 64 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11246 |
To W. H. Flower 19 May [1877]
Summary
Will be delighted to see WHF on 26th.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Henry Flower |
| Date: | 19 May [1877] |
| Classmark: | Bonhams (dealers) (15 July 2004) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10967 |
To C. E. Norton 16 March 1877
Summary
Thanks for Chauncey Wright’s work [Philosophical discussions (1877)].
Gladstone visited recently, and they discussed the future role of the United States as a world power.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Eliot Norton |
| Date: | 16 Mar 1877 |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Charles Eliot Norton Papers, MS Am 1088.14: 1596) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10895 |
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 |
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| Darwin, Francis | (4) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (25) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (4) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Galton, Francis | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Darwin, W. E. | (7) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (6) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (5) |
| Darwin, Francis | (4) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (2) |
| Fox, W. D. | (2) |
| Galton, Francis | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Murray, John (b) | (2) |
| Norton, C. E. | (2) |
| Beger, Karl | (1) |
| Cartmell, James | (1) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (1) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, Horace | (1) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (1) |
| Darwin, Sara | (1) |
| Flower, W. H. | (1) |
| Haeckel, Ernst | (1) |
| Hoare, Charles | (1) |
| Hooker, Hyacinth | (1) |
| Innes, J. B. | (1) |
| Jardine, Hyacinth | (1) |
| John Murray | (1) |
| Judd, J. W. | (1) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (1) |
| Marshall, W. C. | (1) |
| McLennan, J. F. | (1) |
| Mellersh, Arthur | (1) |
| Moorsom, W. M. | (1) |
| Price, John | (1) |
| Sedgwick, Sara | (1) |
| Sulivan, B. J. | (1) |
| Symonds, Hyacinth | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
