From Emma Darwin to W. D. Whitney 9 May [1875]
Summary
CD asks her to tell him how sorry he is not to be there to see Whitney today. He hopes that Whitney will give him another chance when next in England.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | William Dwight Whitney |
Date: | 9 May [1875] |
Classmark: | Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (William Dwight Whitney Family Papers (MS 555): Box 22, folder 600 1875 May 6-10) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9974F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Whitney, W. D. …
- … From Emma Darwin to W. D. Whitney 9 May [1875] …
- … 600 1875 May 6-10) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 9 May [1875] William Dwight Whitney …
- … stay abroad & that you will write to him— My dear Sir | yours very truly | Emma Darwin …
- … Buckley Litchfield visited on Saturday 8 May 1875 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … Darwin to W. D. Whitney, 21 December 1875 ). CD recorded in his ‘Journal’ that he ‘finished slips of Insectivorous Plants’ on 23 May 1875 (see Appendix II). Thomas Henry and Katherine Euphemia Farrer and Henrietta Emma …
From Francis Darwin 1 and 2 May [1875]
Summary
Proofs arrived and Francis is correcting them. Tells Emma Darwin that Amy is delighted about the azaleas. The Ruck family very much like Isabella Bird’s Six months in the Sandwich Islands.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 and 2 May 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 31 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9961F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … and Francis is correcting them. Tells Emma Darwin that Amy is delighted about the azaleas. …
- … on Hawaii ( Bird 1875 ) because he knew that Emma Darwin considered Bird ‘such a romancer’ …
- … her not worth reading ( letter from Emma Darwin to William Darwin, [5 March 1875] (DAR …
- … the plants that Francis mentions to Emma Darwin may have been intended for the garden …
From Francis Darwin [4 May 1875]
Summary
Will send corrected proofs [of Insectivorous plants].
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [4 May 1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 34 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9961G |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Darwin, 1 and 2 May [1875] and n. 2). Emma Darwin’s letter has not been found. Lady …
- … Dorothy Nevill came to lunch with the Darwins on 4 May 1875 ( Emma Darwin’s diary ( …
- … DAR 242)); Emma Darwin implied that the visit from Nevill would be a strain because …
- … adoring (if possible)’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [1 May 1875] (DAR …
To ? 4 May [1875]
Summary
Sends photograph.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 4 May [1875] |
Classmark: | eBay (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Charles-Darwin-Autographed-Letter-and-Carte-de-Visite-/222539494617, accessed 5 June 2018) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9970 |
To T. H. Huxley 21 May 1875
Summary
CD believes Playfair’s bill would not restrict demonstrations under anaesthetic.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Date: | 21 May 1875 |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 316) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9986 |
To W. D. Whitney 8 May 1875
Summary
Hopes WDW will come to Down.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Dwight Whitney |
Date: | 8 May 1875 |
Classmark: | Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (William Dwight Whitney Family Papers (MS 555): Box 22, folder 600 1875 May 6-10) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9974 |
From T. F. Burgers 13 May 1875
Author: | Thomas François Burgers |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 May 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 97: C11v |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9978 |
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 1 May [1875]
Summary
CD is delighted to hear that JSBS’s exertions and labour will probably be rewarded by success. He has had a note from Playfair who, like Lubbock, thinks the title and preamble [of the proposed bill] "had better wear a more humanitarian aspect".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
Date: | 1 May [1875] |
Classmark: | University of the Witwatersrand, Historical Papers Research Archive (A237f, letters to Sir John Burdon Sanderson) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9963 |
From J. B. Innes 7 May 1875
Summary
Writes about a white rabbit which is turning fawn-coloured,
and about Scottish education.
Author: | John Brodie Innes |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 May 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 167: 32 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9973 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … letter from J. B. Innes, 13 June 1868 . ) Emma Darwin had received seeds of Aquilegia ( …
- … Correspondence vol. 22, letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 October [1874] and …
- … Emma’s name for a variety that Innes grew in his garden. The Bromley Record , 1 May 1875, p. 226, reported that Francis Darwin …
To T. F. Burgers [after 13 May 1875]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas François Burgers |
Date: | [after 13 May 1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 97: C11r |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9979 |
To J. B. Innes 10 May [1875]
Summary
On colour changes in rabbits. Suspects JBI’s is of impure origin.
Is correcting proof of Insectivorous plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Brodie Innes |
Date: | 10 May [1875] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9975 |
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 3 May 1875
Summary
Encloses the bill with its corrected preamble. How many copies would he like?
Hopes JSBS can attend the meeting of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on 5 May 1875.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
Date: | 3 May 1875 |
Classmark: | University of the Witwatersrand, Historical Papers Research Archive (A237f, letters to Sir John Burdon Sanderson) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9966F |
letter | (12) |
Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
Darwin, Francis | (2) |
Burgers, T. F. | (1) |
Darwin, Emma | (1) |
Innes, J. B. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (2) |
Whitney, W. D. | (2) |
Burgers, T. F. | (1) |
Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (11) |
Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (2) |
Burgers, T. F. | (2) |
Darwin, Francis | (2) |
Innes, J. B. | (2) |