To Gustaf Retzius 2 October 1879
Summary
CD invites MGR and his wife to lunch. Travel directions. Regrets that he will be unable to converse for more than an hour and a half. [See 12246.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Magnus Gustaf (Gustaf) Retzius |
| Date: | 2 Oct 1879 |
| Classmark: | Centrum för vetenskapshistoria, Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien (Gustaf Retzius arkiv, Inbundna serien, Engelsmän I, s 37) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12245A |
To Francis Darwin [2 August 1879]
Summary
Tells arrangements for their journey to Coniston.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [2 Aug 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 63 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12179 |
To Ernst Haeckel 2 September 1879
Summary
Invites EH to spend night at Down.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | 2 Sept 1879 |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1: 1–52/49 [A 9903]) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12212 |
From B. J. Sulivan 9 June 1879
Summary
Reports on his family’s illnesses and other domestic matters.
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 June 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 309 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12097 |
To T. H. Farrer 27 June [1879]
Summary
Wishes to call on THF to discuss the situation with regard to Horace Darwin [who wishes to marry THF’s daughter, Emma Cecilia (Ida)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 27 June [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12125 |
From E. A. Wheler 18 April 1879
Summary
Forwards a letter [missing] from her cousin relating to Dr Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Apr 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.14: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12002 |
Matches: 3 hits
To Horace Darwin [28 June 1879]
Summary
Sends an enclosure [a statement of CD’s finances and estimate of the inheritance his children may expect] for HD and Ida to read; CD very pleased to be able to leave his children comfortably provided for.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | [28 June 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 5, 20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12384 |
From Francis Darwin 3 March [1879]
Summary
Astonished at circular and will risk revolutions to invest. Describes Blidah, Algeria.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Mar [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11913F |
To Victor Marshall 25 August 1879
Summary
CD expresses the pleasure the Darwins had in the courtesies extended them by the Marshalls at Coniston.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Victor Alexander Ernest Garth (Victor) Marshall |
| Date: | 25 Aug 1879 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12199 |
To Horace Darwin 23 October [1879]
Summary
Thanks for all Horace has done for him and for his ship-shape account. Hopes Horace has charged him enough. There will be less to divide amongst them, which seems to please Frank.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Oct [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 258: 549 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12268G |
To Leonard Darwin 12 August 1879
Summary
Coniston is most beautiful, but CD finds "there are too many human beings for my taste".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leonard Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Aug 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 94 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12191 |
From R. W. Dixon [after 20 December 1879]
Summary
Three letters from Erasmus Darwin to Dixon’s great-grandfather, transcribed by Dixon. Enclosure to a missing letter.
| Author: | Robert Walker Dixon |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 20 Dec 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 218: D1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12368F |
To John Tyndall 14 February 1879
Summary
Has been asked to contribute to W. K. Clifford memorial fund. Asks JT’s advice on how much the committee hopes to raise. Would like to give handsomely but feels bound "with such a lot of children, not to be extravagant".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Tyndall |
| Date: | 14 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.8: 30 (EH 88205968) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11882 |
To Francis Galton 15 [June 1879]
Summary
CD’s little biography [Erasmus Darwin] has turned out very dull.
May FG’s tour turn out pleasant.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Galton |
| Date: | 15 [June 1879] |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/3/3/4/3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12109 |
From Francis Galton 9 June 1879
Summary
Memorandum about Dr Erasmus Darwin’s bequests.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 June 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.14: 30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12097F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … grandchildren— This much excited Emma Darwin—as D r . Rob et . had 6. children—& Violetta …
- … Hall, and of Erasmus Darwin . Emma Georgiana Elizabeth Darwin never married. CD’s father, …
- … Darwin , still living at the time of his death, were Edward , Violetta (later Violetta Galton, 1783–1874) , Emma …
- … Darwin died—he left by his second marriage 6. Children Edw d . was nearly of age—Sach. l Francis ab t . 15—John much younger Violetta 19. Emma …
To Francis Darwin [4 February – 8 March 1879]
Summary
Requests some seeds.
Believes the leaves of Phyllanthus sleep like those of Cassia.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [4 Feb – 8 Mar 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11815 |
From T. H. Farrer 30 October 1879
Summary
Has Torbitt any further results? THF has forgotten what he had proposed to do.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Oct 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 94 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12279 |
To J. D. Hooker 22 July [1879]
Summary
At work on Movement in plants.
Discusses John Ball’s, G. de Saporta’s, and his own theories of higher plant origin. Their rapid development remains an "abominable mystery".
Frank is working in Würzburg.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 22 July [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 485–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12167 |
To Francis Galton [1 March 1879?]
Summary
Can FG come to lunch on Monday?
Sorry FG has not been well and is soon going abroad.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Galton |
| Date: | [1 Mar 1879?] |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/3/2/1/26) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11911 |
From W. E. Darwin 9 January 1879
Summary
Sends figures on increase in value of North Western Railway stocks. Says consol stock considered much more secure for bankers. Does not think his own bank is in danger of a run. Is glad to see the Emperor of Prussia has confirmed CD’s appointment to Academy. Is snowing at Bassett.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Jan 1879 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 70) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11823F |
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| Wheler, E. A. | (6) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (127) |
| Darwin, Francis | (19) |
| Galton, E. A. | (9) |
| Wheler, E. A. | (9) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (8) |
