From E. W. Fithian 30 May 1878
Summary
Requests, as Treasurer of the Knockholt & Chevening Footpath Fund, part of the amount guaranteed by CD and family to defray expenses incurred in resisting closure of the footpath.
Author: | Edward William Fithian |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 May 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 202: 101 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11535 |
To Francis Darwin 30 July [1878]
Summary
Comments on function of bloom.
Describes the effect of water shortage on sleep movements in Porlieria.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | 30 July [1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 41 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11635 |
To Francis Darwin [19 August 1878]
Summary
Asks FD to reply to a letter [11653a] requesting a list of CD’s books.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [19 Aug 1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 271.2: 4v |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11669 |
To T. H. Huxley 11 August [1878]
Summary
CD’s election to Botany Section of French Academy amuses him, because he "doesn’t know the characters of a single natural order!".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Date: | 11 Aug [1878] |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 326) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11651 |
To G. H. Darwin 17 [August 1878]
Summary
He and Emma rejoice that GHD’s mathematical troubles are at an end. It is miraculous that he unconsciously followed the right course – like composing a sonata by a fluke.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 17 [Aug 1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 73 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11663 |
To Francis Darwin [17 August 1878]
Summary
Instructions to sow some seeds
and suggestions for experiment on effects of removal of bloom.
Likes Hugo de Vries very much; has hardly ever seen so modest a man.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
Date: | [17 Aug 1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 44 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11668 |
To J. F. Fisher 8 August [1878]
Summary
Agrees to read manuscript if short.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Francis Fisher |
Date: | 8 Aug [1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 144: 106 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11645 |
To G. J. Romanes 20 August 1878
Summary
Comments on GJR’s lecture on animal intelligence [Rep. BAAS].
Comments on J. R. L. Delboeuf, La psychologie [1876].
Suggests that GJR keep a young monkey to observe.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George John Romanes |
Date: | 20 Aug 1878 |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.546) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11671 |
From G. H. Darwin [before 11 July 1878]
Summary
Refers to Charles Lagrange, who is working on the same subject as GHD, but in a fundamentally different way.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 11 July 1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 68 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11600 |
To Hugo de Vries [10 or 11 August 1878]
Summary
Arranges for HdeV to call.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Hugo de Vries |
Date: | [10 or 11 Aug 1878] |
Classmark: | Artis Library (De Vries 4a) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11643 |
From G. H. Darwin 14 December 1878
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 14 Dec 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 72 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11796 |
From Francis Darwin [4–7 August 1878]
Summary
Experiments on effects of removing "bloom" from leaves and fruit.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [4–7 Aug 1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 57 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11632 |
To E. A. Darwin 12 December 1878
Summary
Informs EAD of Anthony Rich’s proposal to bequeath his property to CD.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
Date: | 12 Dec 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 153: 10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11789 |
letter | (13) |
Darwin, C. R. | (9) |
Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
Darwin, Francis | (1) |
Fithian, E. W. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Darwin, Francis | (3) |
Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
Fisher, J. F. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | |
Darwin, Francis | (4) |
Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
Fisher, J. F. | (1) |
Fithian, E. W. | (1) |
Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
Romanes, G. J. | (1) |
Vries, Hugo de | (1) |