From H. E. Litchfield [1 February 1880]
Summary
Comments on drafts of CD’s letter to the Athenæum answering S. Butler’s charges.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B93–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12444 |
From H. E. Litchfield [1 February 1880]
Summary
Advise against making any reply to Samuel Butler’s charges.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield; Richard Buckley Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B72–4; B91–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12450 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … DAR 92: B72–4; B91–4 Henrietta Emma Darwin/ …
- … 4 February 1880 (DAR 219.1: 134), Emma Darwin wrote to her son William Erasmus Darwin , ‘ …
- … Emma Litchfield Richard Buckley Litchfield London, Bryanston St, 4 [1 Feb 1880] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Darwin’s: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie. Kosmos 4 (1878–9): 397–424. Litchfield, Henrietta Emma. …
- … Emma Litchfield had been sent one or two draft letters from CD to the Athenæum , along with a copy of the Athenæum containing the letter from Samuel Butler (see letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] and three enclosures). In his first draft response, CD had stated that text had inadvertently been left out of the preface to Erasmus Darwin …
To J. W. C. Fegan [before 25 February 1880]
Summary
Gladly turns reading room over to JWCF for his mission work. Through his gospel services there is not a drunkard left in the village.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James William Condell Fegan |
| Date: | [before 25 Feb 1880] |
| Classmark: | Fullerton 1930, p. 30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12879 |
To H. E. Litchfield 1 February [1880]
Summary
Sends the Litchfields two drafts of a letter in reply to Samuel Butler’s letter to the Athenæum; hopes for their approval.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 1 Feb [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B98–101, B102, B121; DAR 185: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12445 |
To Lawson Tait 13 February 1880
Summary
CD thanks RLT for his two notes, a newspaper article, and a copy of RLT’s address honouring him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Date: | 13 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12475 |
From W. H. Flower to Francis Darwin 16 February 1880
Summary
Enjoyed his visit to Down.
| Author: | William Henry Flower |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 142 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12486 |
From W. E. Darwin 10 February [1880]
Summary
"Dia" [as a prefix] means "through, across".
WED’s wife would like to meet the Huxleys.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Feb [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.7: 159 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11352 |
To W. H. Flower [after 16 February 1880]
Summary
Thanks correspondent for a gift of books.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Henry Flower |
| Date: | [after 16 Feb 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 19v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12505 |
To T. H. Huxley 4 February [1880]
Summary
Greatly relieved by THH’s letter [advising against a reply to Samuel Butler].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 4 Feb [1880] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 338) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12458 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … T. H. Huxley, 3 February 1880 , in Emma Darwin ’s hand, is in DAR 92: B95–6; in the copy, …
- … Darwin The affair has [ annoyed ] & pained me to a silly extent; but it w d . be disagreeable to any one to be publickly called in fact a liar. He seems to hint that I interpolated sentences in Krause’s M.S, but he could hardly have really thought so. Until quite recently he expressed great friendship for me & said he had learnt all he knew about Evolution from my books, & I have no idea what has made him so bitter against me. You have done me a real kindness. — —Litchfield will be infinitely pleased at your letter. Emma …
To Lawson Tait 14 February 1880
Summary
Would be glad to see RLT at Down if he thinks it fit to come there to deliver the address honouring CD.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Date: | 14 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 535 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12481 |
To R. B. Litchfield 2 February 1880
Summary
Thanks RBL for advice [concerning dispute with Samuel Butler]. Notes reaction of family.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Buckley Litchfield |
| Date: | 2 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 56 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12453 |
From H. W. Crosskey 28 February 1880
Summary
Forwards, on behalf of the Birmingham Philosophical Society, an address offering CD the first honorary membership of the Society. Encloses formal record of this meeting.
| Author: | Henry William Crosskey |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 187 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12502 |
From Ernst Haeckel 9 February 1880
Summary
Sends birthday wishes.
Discusses work on Medusae.
Recalls visit to Down.
| Author: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 76 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12467 |
From W. S. Dallas 5 February 1880
Summary
Since CD has decided not to answer S. Butler’s charge, WSD will not reply either.
Will look over Francis Darwin’s lecture ["Climbing plants"] with a view to publishing it in Popular Science Review [19 (1880): 213–29].
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Feb 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 133–134 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12462 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (2) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (2) |
| Crosskey, H. W. | (1) |
| Dallas, W. S. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Tait, Lawson | (2) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Fegan, J. W. C. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (13) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (3) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (3) |
| Flower, W. H. | (2) |
| Litchfield, R. B. | (2) |
