To H. E. Darwin [March] 1870
Summary
Responds to her suggested corrections [of Descent].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [Mar] 1870 |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7123 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] , and letter from H. E. Darwin, [after 8 February …
- … relationship between this letter, the letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] , and …
- … Darwin to H. E. Darwin, [25 March 1870] (DAR 219.9: 82), in which Emma asks Henrietta to write when she receives a manuscript. This manuscript was presumably that of the chapter or chapters of Descent following those on the mental powers of humans and animals. CD had asked Henrietta, who was travelling in France and Italy, to read the manuscript of Descent ; see letter …
From Emma Darwin to T. H. Farrer [16 October 1877]
Summary
CD desires her to say that the cream of THF’s letter of congratulations about William [Darwin]’s marriage [to Sara Sedgwick] lay in the P.S. about "the beloved worms, and not in any such trifles as marrying, &c".
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | [16 Oct 1877] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/28) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11268 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Abinger Hall since July (see letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [25 May 1877] ( …
- … had heard the news ( letter from W. E. Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, (see letter from W. …
- … Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [28 September 1877] (DAR 219.8: 32)). Their engagement was publicly announced on 13 October 1877 ( letter …
- … Darwin’s engagement (see n. 2, below). In 1877, 16 October was a Tuesday. Farrer’s letter has not been found, but he probably wrote to congratulate the Darwins on the engagement of Sara to William and to commiserate on the news of Richard Buckley Litchfield’s recent illness (see letter to H. E. …
From H. E. Darwin [after 8 February 1870]
Summary
Responds to note about the MS [Descent] with great interest and promises to obey his instructions. [See 7124.]
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 8 February 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 245: 33b |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7112F |
From J. T. Moggridge 21 May [1866]
Summary
Sends plants from France.
J. B. E. Bornet of Antibes, working in G. A. Thuret’s garden, finds Cistus hybrids do not follow the old dictum of having the mother’s foliage and the father’s habit. Bornet is engaged in long-term study.
JTM seeks invitation to Down.
| Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 May [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 206 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5096 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … by the reference to meeting Henrietta Emma Darwin at Cannes (see letter to H. E. …
- … Darwin, [14–21 April 1866] , and letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c. 10 May 1866]). On …
- … insectifera (the fly orchid; see letter to H. E. Darwin, [14–21 April 1866] and n. 6). …
- … Darwin had met Moggridge during her stay in the south of France. See letter from H. E. …
To Henrietta Emma Darwin [8 February 1870]
Summary
Sends MS [of chs. 3 and 4, "Comparison of the mental powers of man and the lower animals", Descent] to HED for her criticism. CD fears parts are too much like a sermon; "who wd ever have thought I shd turn parson?"
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [8 Feb 1870] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 58373: 1–2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7124 |
To Henrietta Emma Darwin [14–21 April 1866]
Summary
Discusses some observations on, and the fertilisation of, Ophrys.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [14–21 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5074 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … visited Mentone twice during her stay in France ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. …
- … Darwin, [6 April 1866] (DAR 219.9: 40), and letter from H. E. Darwin to G. H. Darwin, …
- … Cannes around 10 May. See also letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c. 10 May 1866]. Emma Darwin …
- … Elinor’s aunt, Julia Smith ( letter from H. E. Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [March 1866] ( …
From H. E. Darwin 21 March [1871]
Summary
Is delighted at the sale of Descent. What CD says about her help pleases her very much and the proposed gift as a memorial will be very precious to her. Is looking forward to seeing the family in London. Comments on a letter comparing CD's appearance to an ape. Is surprised CD has had no effect on Wallace: 'It seems to me his mind can’t be so clear as u used to think it'. Has worked out why she is dissatisfied with T. H. Huxley's essay ‘On the physical basis of life’ (T. H. Huxley 1869).
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 44) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7605F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … between this letter and the letter to H. E. Darwin, 20 March 1871 ( Correspondence vol. …
- … when she was in Cannes in 1870 ( letter from H. E. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 3 March 1870 ( …
- … See Correspondence vol. 19, letter to H. E. Darwin, 20 March 1871 and n. 3. Thomas Henry …
- … Darwin, 20 March 1871 . CD’s publisher John Murray had ordered a second printing of Descent . CD earned £1470 for the book; the cost of corrections was £128 (see Correspondence vol. 19, letter to H. E. …
- … Darwin, 20 March 1871 and nn. 1 and 2). CD had offered Henrietta a gift to thank her for her extensive comments and corrections to Descent (see Correspondence vol. 19, letter to H. E. …
To Leslie Stephen 13 January 1881
Summary
Thanks LS for his advice and his kind note. When CD thinks how he has been treated he will say to himself "so good a judge as Leslie Stephen thinks nothing of the accusation".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leslie Stephen |
| Date: | 13 Jan 1881 |
| Classmark: | Stockholms Auktionsverk (dealers) (15 December 2015) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13012 |
From W. E. Darwin 5 October [1877]
Summary
Thanks CD for present of £300.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.5: 21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11169 |
From J. T. Moggridge 10 May [1866]
Summary
Sends a box of orchids.
| Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 205 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5084 |
To John Fiske 14 May [1880]
Summary
Invites JF to Down.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Fiske |
| Date: | 14 May [1880] |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 8269) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12606 |
From Karl Scherzer 28 May 1871
Summary
Craniological part of Novara voyage report is done.
Expresses his satisfaction at CD’s election as a Foreign Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences, Vienna.
| Author: | Karl von Scherzer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 May 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 51 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9998 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin to H. E. Darwin, [19–20 April 1870] and [20 April 1870] (DAR 219.9: 87–8); letter …
- … Darwin to H. E. Darwin, 14 April [1870] (DAR 245: 39)). The reference is to Scherzer ed. 1872. Wilhelm von Tegetthoff commanded the Austrian fleet in the battle of Lissa (or Vis, a Croatian island in the Adriatic sea) on 20 July 1866. The battle was fought as part of a war between Italy and the Austrian empire ( EB ). CD’s election was confirmed by the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I in July. See letter …
To W. R. Grove [26 April 1866]
Summary
Makes arrangements to call.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Robert Grove |
| Date: | [26 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | Royal Institution of Great Britain (RI MS GR/1a/99) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5069 |
From G. H. Darwin [20 April 1870]
Summary
Is leaving tonight for Genoa;
sends a French paper [not identified].
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [20 Apr 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7046 |
From H. E. Darwin [c. 10 May 1866]
Summary
Mogg [John Traherne Moggridge] wants to visit CD.
Self-fertilising orchids.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 10 May 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5075 |
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 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … of his own work in Erasmus Darwin (see letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] ). …
- … Darwin , Leonard Darwin , and Francis Darwin had also read CD’s draft reply to Butler. CD sent Thomas Henry Huxley a copy of the Athenæum containing Butler’s letter, his second draft letter to the Athenæum , and the first enclosure to the letter from H.E. Litchfield, [1 February 1880] (see letter to H. E. …
From E. A. Darwin [before 20 February 1866?]
Summary
Lyell calculates enviously that CD can do more work than any of the philosophers.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 20 Feb 1866?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4965 |
To Asa Gray 16 July [1871]
Summary
CD’s sons, George and Francis, are to visit the U. S. Can AG supply any letters of introduction?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 16 July [1871] |
| Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (101) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7867 |
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: 4 hits
- … Darwin explaining that Ernst Krause ’s original essay ( Krause 1879a ) had been revised (see letter to H. E. …
- … Darwin had accidentally been omitted (see n. 3, above). The last sentence in CD’s first draft letter to the Athenæum was shortened and slightly modified in his second draft, where it was enclosed with square brackets ( letter to H. E. …
- … Darwin was CD’s grandfather. Richard Buckley Litchfield appears to have read Henrietta’s letter before writing his own view on the matter. The club was probably the Oxford and Cambridge Club ( H. E. Litchfield 1910 , p. 245). See letter …
- … H E L 4, Bryanston Street, | Portman Square. W. 1 Feb 1880 Dear M r . Darwin, Henrietta asks me to write my ideas on the Butler letter & …
| Darwin, C. R. | (147) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (25) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (17) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (12) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (12) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (117) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (19) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (12) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (11) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (11) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (264) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (44) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (28) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (23) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (23) |
