To the Darwin children 16 September 1881
Summary
A circular letter on the distribution of his money at death and the division ofErasmus’ estate.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 16 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 183 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13340 |
From T. H. Huxley 12 September 1881
Summary
Hopes Anthony Rich will keep to his intention of leaving his fortune to CD, despite CD’s increased wealth.
His BAAS address at York in Nature ["The rise and progress of palaeontology" 24 (1881): 452–5].
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 9: 215) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13348 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … the ‘Ur-hund (Polly)’ was published in Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 199. Rich had already stated …
- … Darwin and Anthony Rich . The proverb ‘take the goods the gods provide’ is an exhortation to enjoy good fortune or advantageous circumstances. Rich had intimated that he might make further changes to his will in favour of Huxley (see letter to T. H. Huxley, 9 September 1881 and n. 4). Polly was a rough-haired fox terrier, originally Henrietta Emma …
To W. E. Darwin 13 September [1881]
Summary
Discusses financial affairs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Sept [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 182 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13334 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … in a letter dated 14 September [1881], Emma Darwin thanked Sara for her postcard from …
- … Hacon was CD’s solicitor. In a letter dated 13 September 1881, Emma Darwin reported …
- … Emma Litchfield that CD had finished ‘settling about his money matters’, and declared that they were ‘enormously rich’ (DAR 219.9: 270). Erasmus Alvey Darwin …
From Anthony Rich 2 September [1881]
Summary
Condolences on the death of E. A. Darwin.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Sept [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 151 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13314 |
From G. H. Darwin [7 September 1881]
Summary
Gives an account of the reception of his paper at York [BAAS meeting].
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [7 Sept 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 92 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13321 |
From E. B. Aveling 27 September [1881]
Summary
Ludwig Büchner is in London. Requests interview for him with CD on Wednesday or Thursday; he leaves Friday.
| Author: | Edward Bibbens Aveling |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Sept [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 134 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13357 |
To Caroline Wedgwood 20 September [1881]
Summary
Division of CW’s share [of E. A. Darwin’s estate]. Investment advice.
Recounts his memories of their mother and of her death. Remembers "her black velvet gown and her work table and the death scene", but cannot remember her face. Remembers that Caroline "always acted like a mother" to him and Catherine.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Date: | 20 Sept [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13347 |
From Wilhelm Breitenbach 9 September 1881
Summary
Thanks for gift of Movement in plants.
Plans botanical research in Brazil.
Hermann von Jhering is conducting experiments on snakes.
WB obliged to work as newspaper correspondent.
Plans breeding experiments on dimorphic plants.
| Author: | Wilhelm Breitenbach |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 295 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13325 |
From W. M. Hacon 20 September 1881
Summary
Details of new will. 12/74ths to each son and 7/74ths to each daughter.
| Author: | William Mackmurdo Hacon |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13346 |
To John Price 3 September [1881]
Summary
Thanks for letter about death of Erasmus Darwin.
Cannot answer question about dotterels.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Price |
| Date: | 3 Sept [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 282 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13315 |
From J. B. Innes 14 September 1881
Summary
JBI’s observations on bees and wasps. The hexagonal cells made by solitary queen wasps do not fit explanation in Origin.
| Author: | John Brodie Innes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 167: 39 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13337 |
To T. H. Huxley 9 September 1881
Summary
Erasmus has left half his fortune to CD. Anthony Rich nevertheless insists on keeping to his testamentary arrangements. He also referred to leaving some additional property to THH.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 9 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 368) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13324 |
To John Lubbock [18 September 1881]
Summary
JL’s address [Presidential Address, 31 Aug 1881, Rep. BAAS (1881): 1–51] has made him think about important steps in advancing geology. Lists major advances in his lifetime.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | [18 Sept 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.7: 11 (EH 88205936) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13308 |
To John Lubbock 3 September [1881?]
Summary
Discusses insect attraction to artificial flowers. CD’s experiments of 40 years ago failed, but Nägeli reported success by scenting them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Date: | 3 Sept [1881?] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 49644: 94–5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9622 |
From John Price 17 September 1881
Summary
Nathan Hubbersty [of Cambridge days] is very ill.
| Author: | John Price |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 76 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13341 |
To G. H. Darwin 8 September [1881]
Summary
Has been visiting Anthony Rich, who persists in his intention to leave his property to CD despite the large fortune left by Erasmus. It is now all the more necessary for CD to arrange his own will.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Sept [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1.: 109 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13322 |
From G. H. Darwin [9 September 1881]
Summary
Has found the missing packet of forks, which he will send or take to Down.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [9 Sept 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 94 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13367 |
From B. J. Sulivan 29 September 1881
Summary
Gives further details on his grapes.
Tells of his recent movements and state of health.
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 315 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13363 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin was in the Royal Navy; he was commander of HMS Cruiser , the training ship for ordinary seamen in the Mediterranean, from 1 August 1881 ( Navy list ). HMS Alexandra was the flagship stationed at Malta, the headquarters of the Mediterranean fleet ( ibid. ). It is unclear to which daughter Sulivan refers. In June 1879, he had reported that his two unmarried daughters, Sophia Henrietta Sulivan and Frances Emma …
From W. M. Hacon 23 September 1881
Summary
Clarifies some details of CD’s new will.
| Author: | William Mackmurdo Hacon |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 29 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13353 |
| letter | (19) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
| Hacon, W. M. | (2) |
| Aveling, E. B. | (1) |
| Breitenbach, Wilhelm | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (11) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Lubbock, John | (2) |
| Darwin, Caroline | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (19) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (4) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Hacon, W. M. | (2) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (2) |
