From L. M. Forster to H. E. Litchfield [11 June 1881]
Summary
On flowers bending towards light reflected in a mirror.
| Author: | Laura Mary Forster |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [11 June 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 158 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12960 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Laura Mary Forster unstated [11 June 1881] Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
- … Darwin at Southampton. Caverswall Castle in Staffordshire was rented by Godfrey Wedgwood from 1878 ( Wedgwood and Wedgwood 1980 , pp. 311–13). Probably John Stafford Northcote ; he married Hilda Cardew Farrar on 14 June 1881 at St Margaret’s, Westminster, London ( Belfast Newsletter , 17 June 1881). Northcote’s mother, Cecilia Frances Northcote , was Thomas Henry Farrer’s sister. Frances Emma …
To C. E. Norton 1 June 1881
Summary
No Benjamin Franklin letters to Erasmus Darwin preserved.
Was inaccurate about Franklin’s nephews [in Erasmus Darwin].
Recounts story about Franklin at court of France.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Eliot Norton |
| Date: | 1 June 1881 |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Charles Eliot Norton Papers, MS Am 1088.14: 1599) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13187 |
From Anthony Rich 13 June 1881
Summary
The Huxleys have visited; CD may come soon.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 June 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 149 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13202 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Heene, Worthing, on 8 September 1881 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). They stayed at the …
- … while William arrived on 18 June ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). George had travelled to …
- … of March ( letter to W. E. Darwin, 4 February [1881] ; letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. …
- … Darwin, 23 March 1881 (DAR 210.3: 6); Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). George had visited …
- … at Patterdale, from 3 June to 4 July ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Victor Marshall ’s …
To G. H. Darwin 8 June [1881]
Summary
Discusses a letter [not found] from R. S. Ball that has quite delighted him.
Describes events at Patterdale.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 8 June [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13197 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … the Lake District from 3 June to 4 July ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The letter from …
- … Erasmus Darwin came on 18 June ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). There is no record of a …
- … Buckley Litchfield ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Pooley Bridge is a village at the …
- … including Leonard , Horace , and Elizabeth Darwin , and Henrietta Emma and Richard …
From G. H. Darwin [9 June 1881]
Summary
Has nearly finished his mathematical paper.
Is not sure when he will go to Patterdale.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [9 June 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 88 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13199 |
To Francis Darwin [c. 6 June 1881]
Summary
Has accepted FD’s correction to chapter seven [of Earthworms].
Weather is bad; sky like lead and the lake as black as ink.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 6 June 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 81 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13194 |
To James Paget 3 June 1881
Summary
Is honoured by, and accepts JP’s invitation for 3 August.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Paget, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 3 June 1881 |
| Classmark: | Francisco Ayala (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13191 |
To William and Anne Siemens 13 June 1881
Summary
Regrets that CD’s health does not allow him to accept any invitations.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles William (William) Siemens; Anne Gordon; Anne Siemens |
| Date: | 13 June 1881 |
| Classmark: | English Electric Co. 1953, p. 165 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13203F |
To Francis Darwin 28 June [1881]
Summary
Comments on FD’s notions about movement of multicellular and unicellular organisms.
Comments on an interesting letter received from J. B. Hannay [see 13222] which leads CD to speculate on the possibility of organisms inhabiting a red hot earth under great pressure.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 28 June [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 84 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13225 |
To J. H. Gilbert 8 June 1881
Summary
Regrets that he has not strength enough to visit [Rothamsted].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Henry Gilbert |
| Date: | 8 June 1881 |
| Classmark: | Rothamsted Research (GIL13) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13198 |
To Francis Darwin 4 [June 1881]
Summary
Has taken almost all FD’s corrections for chapter six [of Earthworms]. Is glad FD approves of the book.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 4 [June 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13193 |
To Ernst Haeckel 25 June 1881
Summary
EH’s scheme to visit Ceylon an excellent one. Has written to Huxley about getting money from Royal Society. If funds are unavailable, would like to subscribe £100.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | 25 June 1881 |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13218 |
To G. J. Romanes 27 June [1881]
Summary
CD is glad the portrait [of CD by John Collier] has been arranged; suggests dates, but feels he should have no say in the subscriptions or remuneration.
Thinks the Lakes are beautiful.
Is reading W. Graham’s The creed of science.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 27 June [1881] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13221 |
To T. H. Huxley 28 June 1881
Summary
CD has offered Ernst Haeckel £100 but does not know where to get further aid. Sorry to hear about Du Bois-Reymond, but is not in the least surprised about R. Virchow.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 28 June 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 145: 302 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13226 |
To Francis Darwin [16 June 1881]
Summary
Describes seeds sent by George Payne [see 13205]. Is surprised that they bury themselves.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | [16 June 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 98v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13206 |
From J. D. Hooker 18 June 1881
Summary
At 63 JDH still works hard to support his family. Many friends have died. Memories of times past spent with CD lift his pessimism.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 June 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 152–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13209 |
| letter | (16) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (12) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Forster, L. M. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Rich, Anthony | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Gilbert, J. H. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (15) |
| Darwin, Francis | (4) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Forster, L. M. | (1) |
