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From Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin   [14 October 1881]

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Arrangements for the disposal of the contents of Erasmus Alvey Darwin’s house at 6 Queen Anne Street, London.

The text on EAD’s gravestone.

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  [14 Oct 1881]
Classmark:  DAR 210.3: 24
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13400F

Matches: 7 hits

  • … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Darwin, G. H. …
  • … From Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin   [14 October 1881] …
  • … DAR 210.3: 24 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [14 Oct 1881] George Howard Darwin …
  • … from 20 to 27 October 1881 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The Irish politician Charles …
  • … were travelling in Italy ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, 2 October [1881] ( …
  • Darwin , George was organising the sale by auction of the contents of Erasmus’s former home at 6 Queen Anne Street, London. Henrietta Emma
  • Emma Elizabeth Wedgwood . The particular edition of John Milton ’s works has not been identified. Elizabeth Pearce . An entry in CD’s Account book–cash accounts (Down House MS) records a payment of £16 11 s. 3 d. to ‘Taylors removing Furniture’ on 18 November 1881; the firm has not been further identified. No earlier correspondence about the inscription for Erasmus Alvey’s gravestone has been found, but see the letter from G. H. Darwin, …

From G. H. Darwin   15 October 1881

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Sends text of the gravestone inscription [for E. A. Darwin] and details of arrangements for removal of furniture from Queen Anne St.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 Oct 1881
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 95
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13401

Matches: 4 hits

  • … of the inscription, see the letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [14 October 1881] . …
  • … Queen Anne Street, London, was Erasmus’s former home. See letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. …
  • … 14 October 1881] . See letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [14 October 1881] and n. …
  • … difficulty finding work ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, 2 October [1881] ( …

To G. H. Darwin   8 June [1881]

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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   [18 October 1881]

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Occupied with details of E. A. Darwin’s house and furniture. He has ordered a gravestone.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [18 Oct 1881]
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 97
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13412

Matches: 3 hits

  • … between this letter and the letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [14 October 1881] . …
  • … auction of the contents (see letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [14 October 1881] ). …
  • … October 1881 and n. 5). See letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [14 October 1881] . …

From G. H. Darwin   [9 June 1881]

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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

Matches: 3 hits

  • … but was most likely addressed to Emma Darwin and passed to other family members; the most …
  • … and Leonard Darwin left on 25 June ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Troutbeck is about …
  • … joined the Darwins at Patterdale in the Lake District on 15 June 1881; Henrietta Emma

To G. H. Darwin   25 November [1881]

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Last issue of Nature has made him "awfully proud". [See R. S. Ball, "A glimpse through the corridors of time", Nature 25 (1881): 79–82.]

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  25 Nov [1881]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 112
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13511

Matches: 2 hits

  • … 2, below). George had been at Down from 11 to 13 November 1881 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …
  • … 242) and letter from Emma Darwin to George Howard Darwin, [16 November 1881] (DAR 210.3: …

To G. H. Darwin   27–8 February [1881]

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Describes lecture at Royal Institution by J. S. Burdon Sanderson on movement of plants and animals; JSBS’s preliminary part was so long that he never got to the plants.

Comments on the triumph of the ladies in the voting at Cambridge.

Mentions F. Galton’s visit to Down, a call on the Huxleys, and a visit with the Duke of Argyll.

Tells a story about the absent-mindedness of Burdon Sanderson.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  27–8 Feb [1881]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 103
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13068

Matches: 4 hits

  • … visit to Madeira (see n. 5, below). CD and Emma Darwin visited Henrietta Emma and Richard …
  • … to 3 March 1881 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Emma Darwin had told George that E. …
  • … Henrietta Emma Litchfield on 19 February 1881 (CUL Add.9368.1: 5977). Francis Darwin and …
  • Darwin was very unwell in her letter to him of 16 February 1881 (DAR 210.3: 4). George’s letter has not been found. In her letter of 8 February 1881, Emma

From G. H. Darwin   [7 September 1881]

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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

Matches: 3 hits

  • … himself up enough to go’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to Ida Darwin, [6 September 1881] (DAR …
  • … in a letter dated 14 September [1881], Emma Darwin thanked Sara for her postcard from …
  • … Rheims (DAR 219.1: 147)). CD and Emma Darwin visited Anthony Rich in Worthing from 8 to 10 …

To G. H. Darwin   6 [October 1881]

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Is obliged to GHD for arranging everything.

Sorry about the proof-sheets.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  6 [Oct 1881]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 110
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13319

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  • … Darwin remained at Down ( letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [11 October 1881] (DAR …

From G. H. Darwin   [22 November 1881]

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Thinks William Thomson will support him [for Plumian Professorship at Cambridge].

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [22 Nov 1881]
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 100
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13503

Matches: 1 hit

  • … November 1881; Thomson presided ( Glasgow Herald, 25 November 1881, p. 8). Emma Darwin . …

To G. H. Darwin   8 September [1881]

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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

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  • Emma Burnaby did outlive him, but was in her mid-seventies in 1881; William Erasmus Darwin

From G. H. Darwin   28 August 1881

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Discusses funeral arrangements for E. A. Darwin, and his will.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  28 Aug 1881
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 90
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13301

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  • Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood , Katherine Euphemia (Effie) Farrer , and Hope Elizabeth Wedgwood . Caroline Wedgwood . Henry Parker and Charles Parker were Erasmus Alvey Darwin’ …

From G. H. Darwin   [9 September 1881]

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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

Matches: 1 hit

  • … G. H. Darwin, 28 August 1881 ). Four Bryanston Street was the home of Henrietta Emma and …

To the Darwin children   3 January 1881

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About the distribution of [surplus income] funds among the children.

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:  3 Jan 1881
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 169
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12972

Matches: 3 hits

  • … George Howard Darwin Horace Darwin Leonard Darwin William Erasmus Darwin Henrietta Emma
  • Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
  • … Darwin , Leonard Darwin , Horace Darwin , and Henrietta Emma Litchfield . Each daughter …

To the Darwin children   16 September 1881

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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

Matches: 3 hits

  • … George Howard Darwin Horace Darwin Leonard Darwin William Erasmus Darwin Henrietta Emma
  • Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
  • … and his three surviving daughters, Emma Darwin , Elizabeth Wedgwood , and Charlotte …

To the Darwin children   20 December 1881

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Has promised to pay Hooker about £250 annually "for the formation of a perfect MS catalogue of all known plants [Index Kewensis]".

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:  20 Dec 1881
Classmark:  DAR (CD library—Index Kewensis tom. 1)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13570

Matches: 2 hits

  • … George Howard Darwin Horace Darwin Leonard Darwin William Erasmus Darwin Henrietta Emma
  • Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …