To W. E. Darwin 25 [November 1856]
Summary
Writes about suitable mourning clothes and sale of house [Petleys, after death of Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood I].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Date: | 25 [Nov 1856] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 11 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2000 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … use of Sarah Wedgwood’s phaeton, which would now cease (see Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 105). …
- … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … at Rugby School ( Rugby School register ). Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that ‘George …
- … 6 October 1856. Sarah Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Wedgwood, Emma Darwin’s older sister and CD’s …
- … cousin. Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that ‘Eliz came’ on 27 November 1856. The Mid- …
To George Howard Darwin and W. E. Darwin 13 [November 1856]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin; George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 13 [Nov 1856] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1987 |
Matches: 9 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 …
- … in Down village, in 1847 (see Correspondence vol. 3, letter to Emma Darwin, [24 June …
- … 1846] and Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 105). …
- … had taken place on 12 November 1856 ( Emma Darwin’s diary). These uncles were Emma’s …
- … which only gained by repetition. ’ ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 106). Henrietta Litchfield …
- … believe ever visited in the village. ’ ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 105). Although CD had told …
- … Darwin , then at Rugby School. Dated by the reference to the funeral of Sarah Elizabeth (Sarah) Wedgwood, who died on 6 November 1856. Sarah Wedgwood , CD’s and Emma’ …
- … Emma’s older sister, Sarah Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Wedgwood. John Lewis was the carpenter and undertaker in Down village. John Innes , perpetual curate of Down. Henry Hemmings , Sarah Morrey , and Martha Morrey . Sarah Wedgwood’s servants, of whom the Darwin …
To Charles Lyell 10 November [1856]
Summary
Illnesses of Mrs Horner and Emma Darwin.
Death of Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood.
Mentions work on his "Big Book" [Natural selection].
Remarks on J. A. H. de Bosquet’s discovery of a Chthamalus in the Chalk.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 10 Nov [1856] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.140) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1984 |
Matches: 4 hits
To Harriet Lubbock [8 December 1856]
Summary
Thanks her for kindness. Announces, "We have now half-a-dozen Boys" [Charles Waring Darwin, born 6 Dec].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Harriet Hotham; Harriet Lubbock |
Date: | [8 Dec 1856] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.141) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2015 |
To Miss Holland [May 1856]
Summary
An entomologist who has been staying with CD [T. V. Wollaston] says the pupa she sent would turn into a lackey moth.
Adds that the great destruction of birds in the winter preceding the last is probable cause of survival of caterpillars and resulting numerous cocoons.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Miss Holland |
Date: | [May 1856] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1861 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … in his garden during that winter in Origin , p. 68. Emma Darwin’s note has been excised. …
- … who visited the Darwins from 25 to 28 April 1856 ( Emma Darwin’s diary). See n. 2, above. …
- … interlined in a different hand, possibly Emma Darwin’s , after ‘first-rate Entomologist’ …
- … Emma demands the rest of this note, so pray believe me, dear Miss Holland, yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin …
To W. E. Darwin 10 [December 1856]
Summary
Writes of arrangements for the end of the school-term.
Condition of Emma and the new baby [C. W. Darwin].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Date: | 10 [Dec 1856] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 12 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2019 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … the birth of Charles Waring Darwin . Emma Darwin noted in her diary that after his school- …
- … Darwin, 13 [November 1856]). According to Emma Darwin’s diary, the Darwin boys stayed with …
- … which was William Darwin’s birthday. Emma Darwin recorded in her diary on 26 December, ‘ …
- … for the end of the school-term. Condition of Emma and the new baby [C. W. Darwin]. …
To George Varenne Reed 8 September [1856]
Summary
George is not so low at school as CD anticipated. He keeps at the top of his class, thanks to GVR’s labours.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Varenne Reed |
Date: | 8 Sept [1856] |
Classmark: | Buckinghamshire Record Office (D 22/39/1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2139 |
To John Lubbock 24 April [1856]
Summary
Congratulations on JL’s marriage. Invitation to dine at Down with the Hookers, Huxleys, and T. V. Wollaston.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Date: | 24 Apr [1856] |
Classmark: | DAR 263: 2 (EH 88206448) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1859 |
To W. D. Fox 20 October [1856]
Summary
Has taken birds with seeds in crops to Zoological Society and fed them to eagles and owls. Pellets with seeds in perfect condition were "thrown up" in 18 and 16 hours, showing an effective means of distribution.
Asks WDF to write to his nephew in Jamaica to try experiments with floating lizards’ and snakes’ eggs in sea-water, to see if they survive.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 20 Oct [1856] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 99) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1978 |
To J. D. Hooker 9 May [1856]
Summary
Lyell urges CD to publish a sketch of species theory; CD asks JDH’s opinion on best course.
Concerned about opposition, particularly by Owen, to Huxley’s admission to Athenaeum.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 9 May [1856] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 161 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1870 |
To J. M. Herbert 18 November [1856]
Summary
Defers a visit with Lieutenant Blakiston; "my wife is out of health & expects her confinement in a few weeks, & I cannot possibly receive any one here or leave home . . ."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Maurice Herbert |
Date: | 18 Nov [1856] |
Classmark: | Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (June 1991); Remember When Antiquities (dealers) (catalogue 26, 1992); Gerard A. J. Stodolski Inc. (dealers) (1995) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2020A |
To John Lubbock 12 [June 1856]
Summary
Smallpox in the village. Death of Joseph Parslow’s son.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
Date: | 12 [June 1856] |
Classmark: | DAR 263: 3 (EH 88206450) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1900 |
To William Erasmus Darwin [26 February 1856]
Summary
Writes of WED’s progress at school and events at home.
Discusses pigeons, with which he is "getting on splendidly".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Date: | [26 Feb 1856] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1804 |
To W. D. Fox 3 October [1856]
Summary
Finds his grief over his daughter Anne’s death still strong.
Is following Lyell’s advice about publishing his species doctrine. It is not to be a sketch, however, but as perfect as his 19 years of work will allow. His work on pigeons has been invaluable on many points. "No subject gives me so much trouble as means of dispersal of terrestrial production in the oceanic islands."
Finds "most remarkable differences" in skeletons of rabbits.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
Date: | 3 Oct [1856] |
Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 100) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1967 |
To J. D. Hooker 22 June [1856]
Summary
CD sends reference for "Laburnum case", with comment on his own credulity.
Wants to quote JDH on plants endemic to NW. America.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 22 June [1856] |
Classmark: | DAR 114: 165 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1908 |
To T. H. Huxley 9 April [1856]
Summary
Arrangements for visit of Huxleys to Down on 26 Apr.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Date: | 9 Apr [1856] |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 33) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1852 |
To S. P. Woodward 3 June [1856]
Summary
Comments on SPW’s book [Manual of Mollusca (1851–6)].
Mentions questions he has for SPW [see 1890].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Samuel Pickworth Woodward |
Date: | 3 June [1856] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.129) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1886 |
To Frances Mackintosh Wedgwood 18 [August 1856 – January 1858]
Summary
Is flattered by a proposal that he undertake some reviewing work, but has many years’ work in prospect on his present book on species and varieties.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
Date: | 18 [Aug 1856 - Jan 1858] |
Classmark: | DAR 148: 303 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1810 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … 1856 Henrietta Darwin was ill, and Emma Darwin recorded in her diary on 25 August that CD …
- … Darwin Down 18 Aug 1856 18 Sept 1856 18 Oct 1856 18 Nov 1856 18 Dec 1856 18 Jan 1857 18 Feb 1857 18 Mar 1857 18 Apr 1857 18 May 1857 18 June 1857 18 July 1857 18 Aug 1857 18 Sept 1857 18 Oct 1857 18 Nov 1857 18 Dec 1857 18 Jan 1858 Frances Emma …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 31 May [1856]
Summary
Wants good rabbit specimens. Will be in London on 21 June and can pick up some pigeons.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 31 May [1856] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1882 |
To Thomas Henry Huxley 2 April [1856]
Summary
Invitation to THH and wife to come to Down to meet H. C. Watson, T. V. Wollaston, and the Hookers.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Date: | 2 Apr [1856] |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 46) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1847 |
letter | (30) |
Hooker, J. D. | (6) |
Darwin, W. E. | (4) |
Fox, W. D. | (3) |
Tegetmeier, W. B. | (3) |
Huxley, T. H. | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (30) |
Hooker, J. D. | (6) |
Darwin, W. E. | (4) |
Fox, W. D. | (3) |
Tegetmeier, W. B. | (3) |