To W. R. Greg 21 March [1860?]
Summary
Is glad to read Greg’s remarks on Origin. Discusses MS Greg has sent for review on proportion of sexes at birth.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Rathbone Greg |
| Date: | 21 Mar [1860?] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (December 1996) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2732F |
To Frances Emma Elizabeth Wedgwood 28 June [1864]
Summary
Family matters; CD’s feelings on death of FW’s son [James Mackintosh Wedgwood, 1834–64].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
| Date: | 28 June [1864] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.300) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4547 |
To H. W. Bates 3 December [1861]
Summary
Thanks HWB for references.
Praises his paper ["Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon valley", read before Linnean Society, 21 Nov 1861, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 23 (1862) : 495–566] which solves "one of the most perplexing problems which could be given to solve".
Discusses the difficulties of writing and expresses disappointment at Wallace’s book [Travels on the Amazon (1861)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Date: | 3 Dec [1861] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3338 |
From Emma Wedgwood to F. E. E. Wedgwood [17 December 1836]
Summary
The Darwin family are anxious for FEEW’s and Hensleigh’s opinions of CD’s journal. EW is convinced that Henry Holland is wrong if he thinks it not worth publishing.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
| Date: | [17 Dec 1836] |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS WM 233) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-328 |
To W. D. Fox 4 [September 1863]
Summary
His bad health has caused him to return to Malvern.
Emma cannot find the gravestone of their child, Anne. Asks WDF whether he can remember its location.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 4 [Sept 1863] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 140) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4292 |
From Emma Wedgwood and Louisa Holland to F. E. E. Wedgwood [21 and 24 November 1836]
Summary
Tells of the pleasure that CD’s visit gave the family.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin; Louisa Holland; Louisa Croft |
| Addressee: | Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
| Date: | 21 and 24 Nov 1836 |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS WM 233) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-324 |
From Sarah Williams 26[–31] August 1832
Summary
Gives CD an "account of my life and adventures since we parted" and news of her family.
| Author: | Sarah Harriet Mostyn Owen; Sarah Harriet Williams; Sarah Harriet Haliburton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26[–31] Aug 1832 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 117 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-183 |
From O. A. Ainslie 2[5] November 188[0]
Summary
Thanks for CD’s letter, and further discussion of the sale of Tromer Lodge.
| Author: | Oliver Alexander Ainslie |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2[5] Nov 188[0] |
| Classmark: | DAR 159: 11b |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12388 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … letter, & only sorry, that I should give you the trouble
〈 o〉 f writing— You are probably〈 a〉 ware of the decease of my lamented Sister, M rs Reynolds, in January— She had been some time prepared for the grea〈 t〉 change, but her end at l〈 a〉 st was somewhat sudden— I think in my〈 n〉 ote to you—I said “principal creditor”—(by a slip of the〈 pen〉 instead of “principal D〈 ebtor”〉 to my Father—〈 2 or 3 words〉 shall communicate with M〈 r〉 Wedgwood …
| letter | (8) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (2) |
| Ainslie, O. A. | (1) |
| Croft, Louisa | (1) |
| Mackintosh, F. E. E. | (3) |
| Wedgwood, F. E. E. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Bates, H. W. | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Mackintosh, F. E. E. | (3) |
| Wedgwood, F. E. E. | (3) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (2) |
