To F. P. Cobbe 20 August [1870]
Summary
CD writes for Emma, who is ill.
Delighted with FPC’s "most just" article [in Echo?]. Sends £1 subscription.
Thanks for telling CD about the Fraser’s Magazine article [F. W. Farrar, "Hereditary genius (by F. Galton)", n.s. 2 (1870): 251–65].
CD wrote as Justice of Peace for Kent to the Home Secretary about Holder’s case.
Tropaeolum transmits every shade of colour if self-fertilised for six or seven generations.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Frances Power Cobbe |
Date: | 20 Aug [1870] |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (CB 385) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7306 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … in the vegetable kingdom. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1876. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … There is no reference to illness in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242). Cobbe had published a …
- … £1. – | I am, Sir, yours &c. | Charles Darwin | Down, Beckenham, Kent. Emma Darwin wrote …
- … to Henrietta Emma Darwin that CD thought the publication of the letter ‘unjustifiable’ and …
- … in this form without his consent ( Emma Darwin (1915) , 2: 302). The original article did …
From V. O. Kovalevsky 15 August [1870]
Summary
Wishes to visit Down.
Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Aug [1870] |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 65 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7302 |
To H. B. Jones 3 August [1870]
Summary
Despite HBJ’s good aid, CD’s stomach will not permit a visit.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Bence Jones |
Date: | 3 Aug [1870] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Surrogate RP 3120) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7293A |
From Henry Bence Jones 2 August 1870
Summary
CD has complained of pins and needles keeping him from working on his book [Descent]. If he could spend ten days with HBJ, he would be well and fit.
Author: | Henry Bence Jones |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Aug 1870 |
Classmark: | DAR 168: 79 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7293 |
From V. O. Kovalevsky 7 August [1870]
Summary
Plans to visit Down in a week.
Author: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Aug [1870] |
Classmark: | DAR 169: 64 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7297 |
letter | (5) |
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Kovalevsky, V. O. | (2) |
Bence Jones, Henry | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Bence Jones, Henry | (1) |
Cobbe, F. P. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
Bence Jones, Henry | (2) |
Kovalevsky, V. O. | (2) |
Cobbe, F. P. | (1) |