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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 John and Emma Pender   [before 23 June 1870]

Author:  John Pender; Emma Denison; Emma Pender
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 23 June 1870]
Classmark:  DAR 53.2: 168v
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7240F

Matches: 6 hits

  • … Pender, Emma Darwin, C. R. …
  • … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
  • … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
  • … Denison/Emma Pender [before 23 June 1870] Charles Robert Darwin Pender, John Denison, Emma
  • … Edward VII) at a Royal Society of London soirée on 28 April 1866 ( Emma Darwin (1915) , 2: …
  • … 184–5; Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The party at the Penders’ London house was to …

To Henrietta Emma Darwin   [8 February 1870]

Summary

Sends MS [of chs. 3 and 4, "Comparison of the mental powers of man and the lower animals", Descent] to HED for her criticism. CD fears parts are too much like a sermon; "who wd ever have thought I shd turn parson?"

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:  [8 Feb 1870]
Classmark:  The British Library (Add MS 58373: 1–2)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7124

Matches: 5 hits

  • … To Henrietta Emma Darwin   [8 February 1870] …
  • … 2) Charles Robert Darwin Down [8 Feb 1870] Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
  • … established by the relationship between this letter and a letter from Emma Darwin to H.   …
  • … England in January 1870 ( letter from Emma Darwin to H.  E.  Darwin, [18 January 1870] ( …
  • … E.  Darwin, [8 February 1870] (DAR 219.9: 72), in which Emma says she is enclosing a …

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

Matches: 2 hits

  • … Bickley Station is just outside Bromley, Kent, about six miles from Down. Emma Darwin , …
  • … Henrietta Emma Darwin , and Elizabeth Darwin . …

From H. E. Darwin   [after 8 February 1870]

Summary

Responds to note about the MS [Descent] with great interest and promises to obey his instructions. [See 7124.]

Author:  Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 8 February 1870]
Classmark:  DAR 245: 33b
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7112F

Matches: 3 hits

  • … DAR 245: 33b Henrietta Emma Darwin/ …
  • … of Descent. From the letter from H.  E.  Darwin to Emma Darwin, 17 February 1870 (DAR 245: …
  • … Henrietta Emma Litchfield Genoa [after 8 February 1870] Charles Robert Darwin

To H. E. Darwin   [March] 1870

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Summary

Responds to her suggested corrections [of Descent].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:  [Mar] 1870
Classmark:  DAR 185: 58
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7123

Matches: 3 hits

  • … Charles Robert Darwin unstated [Mar] 1870 Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
  • … the letter to H.  E.  Darwin, [8 February 1870] , and the letter from Emma Darwin to H.   …
  • … E.  Darwin, [25 March 1870] (DAR 219.9: 82), in which Emma asks Henrietta to write when …

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

Matches: 2 hits

  • … H.  B.  Jones, 2 August 1870 . CD, with Emma Darwin and Leonard Darwin , visited William …
  • … in Southampton from 13 to 26 August 1870 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), CD’s ‘Journal’ ( …

From Adam Sedgwick   30 May 1870

Summary

Writes of CD’s recent visit to Cambridge and the joy it gave him.

Author:  Adam Sedgwick
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  30 May 1870
Classmark:  DAR 177: 128
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7209

Matches: 2 hits

  • … see letter to J.  D.  Hooker, 25 May [1870] and n.  6). Sedgwick refers to Emma Darwin , …
  • … Henrietta Emma Darwin , and Elizabeth Darwin . Sedgwick refers to his Supplement to the …

From H. E. Darwin   [30 March 1870]

Summary

Describes crying in an infant.

Author:  Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [30 Mar 1870]
Classmark:  DAR 162: 69
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7153

Matches: 2 hits

  • … DAR 162: 69 Henrietta Emma Darwin/ …
  • … Henrietta Emma Litchfield unstated [30 Mar 1870] Charles Robert Darwin

To W. D. Fox   18 February [1870]

Summary

Invites WDF to visit.

Describes activities of his children.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Darwin Fox
Date:  18 Feb [1870]
Classmark:  Isle of Wight Record Office (Ac 2008/79)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7113

Matches: 2 hits

  • … was Rolla Charles Meadows Rouse . Henrietta Emma Darwin was by this time in Italy ( letter …
  • … from H.  E.  Darwin to Emma Darwin, 1 February [1870] (DAR 245: 31)). CD also refers to …

From Robert Swinhoe   2 February 1870

Summary

Sends a copy of Notes and Queries for Francis Galton, as it contains a reply to Galton’s circular on hereditary genius.

RS much refreshed by his trip to Down.

Author:  Robert Swinhoe
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  2 Feb 1870
Classmark:  DAR 177: 333
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7095

Matches: 2 hits

  • … Pamphlet Collection–CUL. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Albert Günther , …
  • … visited Down from 22 to 24 January 1870 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Galton enquired …

From George Cupples   14 November 1870

Summary

Glad "Bran" [deerhound puppy] arrived safely.

Author:  George Cupples
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  14 Nov 1870
Classmark:  DAR 161: 295
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7369

Matches: 1 hit

  • … 1870] . Cupples refers to Anne Jane Cupples , and to Emma and Henrietta Emma Darwin . …

To A. R. Wallace   7 March [1870?]

Summary

Would like to call at 10 o’clock on Wednesday morning.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:  7 Mar [1870?]
Classmark:  David Schulson (dealer) (Catalogue 46, June 1988)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7127A

Matches: 1 hit

  • … in London from 5 to 12 March 1870 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). In 1870, 7 March was a …

To J. D. Hooker   21 February [1870]

Summary

Has read the notes on Rond [Round] Island which he owes to JDH. What an enigma its flora and fauna present, especially the problem of monocotyledons! Asks JDH’s opinion.

A new book on St Helena confirms CD’s observations.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  21 Feb [1870]
Classmark:  DAR 94: 164–6
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7115

Matches: 2 hits

  • … enclosure to letter from J.  D.  Hooker to Emma Darwin, 29 March 1869 . The Darwins stayed …
  • … Darwin from 5 March to 12 March 1870 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Round Island, like …

From E. A. Darwin   19 [December 1870]

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Summary

Has received a letter, and two packets of securities.

Comments on George’s escape.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  19 [Dec 1870]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B69–70
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7066

Matches: 2 hits

  • … two packets of certificates’ were part of Emma Darwin’s trust (Erasmus was a trustee); see …
  • … p.  3). There is a letter from Henrietta Emma Darwin to George, written shortly after she …

From Federico Delpino   20 May 1870

Summary

Responds to CD’s request for Canna seeds.

Studying dichogamy in Lotus. Describes mechanism that pumps pollen on to a visiting bee. Corrects Axell on Lotus.

Author:  Federico Delpino
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  20 May 1870
Classmark:  DAR 162: 147
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7196

Matches: 2 hits

  • … April 1870, and according to Henrietta Emma Darwin , visited Florence ( letter from H.   …
  • … E.  Darwin to Emma Darwin, 14 April [1870] ; DAR 219.9: 87). Lotus siliquosus is now …

To ?   [1870s?]

Summary

Suggests the recipient catch the 4.12 train.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Unidentified
Date:  [1870s?]
Classmark:  The National Library of Wales (NLW Dolaucothi L 5984)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7088F

Matches: 1 hit

  • … letter to G. J. Romanes, 27–8 May [1877] ). George Howard Darwin . Emma Darwin . …

To B. J. Sulivan   30 June [1870]

Summary

Congratulates BJS on his K.C.B.

In autumn he will publish a book partly on man [Descent], which he expects "many will decry as very wicked".

Thinks the success of the Tierra del Fuego mission is wonderful.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Bartholomew James Sulivan
Date:  30 June [1870]
Classmark:  Sulivan family (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7256

Matches: 2 hits

  • … to Leonard Darwin . CD refers to Emma Darwin , Sophia Sulivan , and Catherine Sabine …
  • … married William Wallace Trench . A note in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) for 21 June 1870  …

From Benjamin Collins Brodie   9 June 1870

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Summary

Hears CD may come to Oxford at Commencement to receive an honorary degree. Invites CD, his wife, and daughter to stay at his house. [CD declined Hon. D.C.L. on grounds of ill health.]

Author:  Benjamin Collins Brodie, Jr, 2d baronet
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 June 1870
Classmark:  DAR 160: 315
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7225

Matches: 1 hit

  • … refers to Emma and presumably Henrietta Emma Darwin . Brodie was the Wayneflete Professor …

From Alfred Newton   11 February 1870

Summary

Is glad to hear that CD is pleased with AN’s notice of his work on pigeons.

He will not soon forget the pleasure of his visit to Down.

Author:  Alfred Newton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Feb 1870
Classmark:  DAR 172: 48
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7103

Matches: 2 hits

  • … Down between 22 and 24 January 1870 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Rarae aves : rare …
  • … letter to J.  D.  Hooker, 24 July [1869] . Emma, Henrietta Emma, and Elizabeth Darwin . …
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