140 Items
To A. R. Wallace 20 August [1862]
Summary
Family illnesses.
On disposition of wild honeycomb gift.
Discounts the difficulty presented by ostrich wings.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 20 Aug [1862] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 46434: 28) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3689 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix II), and Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 178). See letter from …
- … 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 …
- … to Down House is not recorded in either Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) or CD’s ‘Journal’ ( …
- … suffered a relapse early in July (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), and letter to W. …
- … Darwin, 9 July [1862] ). According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), the Darwins travelled …
- … Brodie, who was at Down at the time ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 178; see also letter to W. E. …
- … for a holiday (see the letter from Emma Darwin to William Erasmus Darwin, [9 August …
- … in DAR 219.1: 61). As a result of Emma Darwin’s illness, however, the children were …
From Philip Henry Stanhope 28 July 1862
Summary
Invites CD and Emma to dine.
| Author: | Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 July 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 244 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3669 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … this letter has been found; however, Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) records for 7 August …
- … and returned’. (Horace, Elizabeth, and Henrietta Emma Darwin were at that time staying in …
- … because of Leonard Darwin’s illness ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 178); Francis and George …
To W. E. Darwin 4 [July 1862]
Summary
Reports some observations on the fertilisation of wheat which WED might follow up.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 4 [July 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 100 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3641 |
Matches: 10 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 …
- … ill with scarlet fever on 12 June 1862 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Horace Darwin . …
- … from January 1857 to January 1859 (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) and CD’s Classed …
- … since early in the year (see letters from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [2 March 1862], [ …
- … to Camilla Ludwig, 26 August [1862] , Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), and CD’s Classed …
- … 5 for ‘education’ (see CD’s Classed account book (Down House MS), Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …
- … 242), and letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [27 May 1862] (DAR 219.1: 57)). …
- … until the return of Camilla Ludwig in November (see letters from Emma Darwin to W. E. …
- … 6 November 1862] (DAR 219.1: 61, 64), and Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 178). Miss Rendle has not …
To W. E. Darwin [2–3 September 1862]
Summary
Asks WED to send some specimens [of Lythrum?].
[Letter from Emma Darwin to WED on verso.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [2–3 Sept 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3673 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … WED to send some specimens [of Lythrum ? ]. [Letter from Emma Darwin to WED on verso. ] …
- … and by reference to the letter to William from Emma Darwin , written on the verso of this …
- … his first free Saturday; according to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), William first visited …
- … on 13 August 1862 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). At the end of August 1862, during his …
- … letter. CD, Emma, and Leonard Darwin stayed with William in Southampton until 1 September …
- … 12 June 1862 (see letter to W. E. Darwin, 13 [June 1862] ); Emma contracted the fever …
To W. E. Darwin 30 [October 1862]
Summary
Thanks WED for observations on Lythrum.
Discusses family affairs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 30 [Oct 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 107 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3789 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … and the letters from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [19 November 1862] and [2 December …
- … Hampshire Bank, Southampton. Henrietta Emma Darwin . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 [ …
- … s visit to Down House on 31 October, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary (DAR 242): ‘Ch. …
- … in Kensington run by Miss Buob, on 27 January 1863 (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), …
- … and the letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [29 October 1862] , in DAR 219.1: 63). …
- … in the year. See the letters from Emma Darwin to William Erasmus Darwin , [2 March …
- … in DAR 219.1: 49, 57, 64; see also Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), and CD’s Classed account …
- … of Down. On Saturday 1 November 1862, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary (DAR 242) that …
- … having become friendly with Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), …
To W. E. Darwin 26 April [1862]
Summary
Thanks WED for eyeglass.
Reports on health of Horace and family matters.
Has finished Orchids.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Apr [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 96 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3520 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … proofs of Orchids (see n. 6, below). Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) records that the ‘Boys …
- … Mackintosh Wedgwood. There is an entry in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) on 25 April 1862 …
- … when Joseph Dalton Hooker was also visiting Down House ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … Grammar School. See also letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [3 February 1862] (DAR …
- … book (Down House MS), letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [13 December 1862] (DAR …
- … to G. V. Reed, 12 January 1863) . Emma Darwin wrote in her diary (DAR 242) that she ‘ …
- … George (see, for example, the letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [26 March 1858] ( …
- … beginning of the year. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Camilla Ludwig , the …
To John Lubbock 23 January [1862]
Summary
Has had 16 in the household ill.
Wants to meet JL.
Praises JL’s paper ["Ancient lake-habitations of Switzerland", Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 2 (1862): 26–51].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 23 Jan [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 263 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3409 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 12 (1862): 82). See also letter from E. F. Lubbock to Emma Darwin, [January 1862] . …
- … According to her diary (DAR 242), Emma Darwin stayed in London from 23 to 25 January 1862 …
- … 6 January 1862 , and by the reference to Emma Darwin’s trip to London (see n. 5, below). …
- … see letter from E. F. Lubbock to Emma Darwin, [January 1862] , and letters from John …
From Mary Butler [before 25 December 1862]
Summary
J. P. Thom [of Home News] must change his position because of his health. Asks if CD can help find him a new situation.
| Author: | Mary Butler |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 25 Dec 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 392 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3838 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Butler visited Down House for a week ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). In 1862, Lane took …
- … by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Edited by …
- … Drysdale was Lane’s mother-in-law, and lived with him ( Emma Darwin (1904) 2: 184). …
- … No letters from Emma Darwin to Butler have been found. CD made the acquaintance of J. …
- … identified. Emma had been encouraging CD to grow a beard (see letter to W. E. Darwin, …
To W. E. Darwin [2–3 August 1862]
Summary
Discusses Lythrum, "a really wonderful case"; asks WED to make observations and collect specimens; sends a diagram which shows what crosses he believes are fertile.
Would like George to watch bees visiting the flowers; wants some pods from different forms to compare shapes and count seeds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [2–3 Aug 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 70, DAR 210.6: 102 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3678 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … H. Barrett. 2 vols. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. 1977. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … of [late July 1862] (DAR 219.1: 59), Emma Darwin reported that ‘Aunt Susan’ had ‘a great …
- … was recovering from scarlet fever (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), and letter to W. …
- … Brodie, who was at Down at the time ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 178; see also letter to W. E. …
To John Lubbock 2 September [1862]
Summary
Hive-bees and clover.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 2 Sept [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 263 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3708 |
Matches: 4 hits
From Henrietta Emma Darwin [29 October 1862]
Summary
Instinct in cats.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [29 Oct 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3787 |
To J. D. Hooker 11 June [1862]
Summary
Sorry to hear of Mrs Hooker’s health and domestic problems. Wishes natural selection had produced neuters who would not flirt or marry.
Will be eager to hear Cameroon results.
Wishes JDH would discuss the "mundane glacial period". Still believes it will be "the turning point of all recent geographical distribution".
Pollen placed for 65 hours on apparent (CD still thinks real) stigma of Leschenaultia has not protruded a vestige of a tube.
"Oliver the omniscient" has produced an article in Botanische Zeitung with accurate account of all CD saw in Viola.
Asa Gray’s "red-hot" praise of Orchids [Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 34 (1862): 138–51].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 11 June [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 155 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3597 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … at Down House between 1857 and 1859 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); she was currently …
- … resident in Kew (see the letter from Emma Darwin to William Erasmus Darwin, [14 May …
- … a neighbour of the Hookers. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), ‘Miss Pugh came to …
- … 3 to 12 June 1862 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242); see also letter to W. E. Darwin, [31 …
- … CD was in London from 6 to 9 May 1862 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)), and visited the …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 9 June 1862 . Emma and Horace Darwin were in Southampton from …
From Henry Holland 26 March [1862]
Summary
Gives CD advice on the illness of one of his sons [presumably Horace].
| Author: | Henry Holland, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Mar [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 166.2: 241 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3485 |
To W. E. Darwin [8 May 1862]
Summary
Hooker has written about WED’s going to Kew.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [8 May 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 97 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3525 |
To W. E. Darwin [31 May 1862]
Summary
Wants WED to forward dried Malaxis to G. C. Oxenden.
Has been dissecting Viola flowers.
[Letter from Emma Darwin to WED, verso p. 3.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [31 May 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 98 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3580 |
From Thomas Gold Appleton 24 April [1862]
Summary
Sends letter via his brother visiting England. Awaits continuation of CD’s "wonderful book", which excites much interest.
Comments on Civil War which he expects will end slavery.
| Author: | Thomas Gold Appleton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Apr [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3517 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … present of some American maple sugar (see letter from Emma Darwin to T. G. Appleton, 28 …
- … visited Down House in October 1849 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)), and had sent a box of …
- … children in 1852 (see the letter from Emma Darwin to William Erasmus Darwin, [23 April …
- … Mary, was married to Robert Mackintosh, Emma Darwin’s cousin ( F. W. Gregory 1975 ). In …
To Edward Cresy 15 September [1862]
Summary
Son [Leonard] ill with scarlet fever. Also Mrs Darwin.
Intends to give up work on Drosera until Variation is done.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Date: | 15 Sept [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 322 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3724 |
To W. E. Darwin [25 October 1862]
Summary
Asks WED to make some observations on differences in pods of Lythrum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [25 Oct 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 106 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3782 |
From W. E. Darwin 8 July [1862]
Summary
WED reports on studying the pollen of grass and Valerian through his microscope.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 July [1862] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3644F |
To J. D. Hooker 9 May [1862]
Summary
Sorry to hear of JDH’s household troubles.
Will try to get a couple of flowers of Leschenaultia to send him.
"What a good case that of the Cameroons"; the 4000ft [elevation] is much to CD’s "private satisfaction".
Sends JDH a copy of Orchids.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 9 May [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 149 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3541 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … letter to Hugh Falconer, [8 May 1862] . Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) records that CD was …
- … 1857 until January 1859, Miss Pugh had been the governess of the Darwin children ( Emma …
- … in Kew, Surrey (see the letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [14 May 1862] in DAR …
- … Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). According to Henrietta Emma Litchfield’s autobiography (DAR …
Document type
| letter | (140) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (83) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (9) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (9) |
| Lubbock, John | (6) |
| Sulivan, B. J. | (5) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (57) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (14) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (14) |
| Gray, Asa | (8) |
| Bates, H. W. | (5) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Darwin, W. E. | (23) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (23) |
| Lubbock, John | (10) |
| Gray, Asa | (9) |
| Bates, H. W. | (8) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (6) |
| Innes, J. B. | (5) |
| Sulivan, B. J. | (5) |
| Fox, W. D. | (4) |
| Oliver, Daniel | (4) |
| Cresy, Edward, Jr | (3) |
| Falconer, Hugh | (3) |
| Holland, Henry | (3) |
| Lyell, Charles | (3) |
| Ludwig, Camilla | (2) |
| Oxenden, G. C. | (2) |
| Pattrick, Camilla | (2) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (2) |
| Appleton, T. G. | (1) |
| Baxter, W. W. | (1) |
| Bentham, George | (1) |
| Blomefield, Leonard | (1) |
| Brent, B. P. | (1) |
| Butler, Mary | (1) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Horner, Leonard | (1) |
| Jenyns, Leonard | (1) |
| King, P. G. | (1) |
| Kippist, Richard | (1) |
| Leighton, W. A. | (1) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (1) |
| Masters, M. T. | (1) |
| Murray, John (b) | (1) |
| Newman, Edward | (1) |
| Pritchard, Charles | (1) |
| Ramsay, A. C. | (1) |
| Rolfe, R. M. | (1) |
| Salter, J. W. | (1) |
| Société Impériale Zoologique d’Acclimatation | (1) |
| Stanhope, P. H. | (1) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (1) |
| Tollet, Georgina | (1) |
| Unidentified | (1) |
| Union Bank | (1) |
