To R. B. Litchfield 19 July [1875–81]
Summary
Thanks for explanation. Will follow RBL’s instructions.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Buckley Litchfield |
| Date: | 19 July [1875–81] |
| Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) (no date) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13820 |
To W. W. Baxter 11 March 1882
Summary
Orders morphia pills in case of severe pain, which he hopes may never occur.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Walmisley Baxter |
| Date: | 11 Mar 1882 |
| Classmark: | Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (Baxter Collection, 1136/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13724 |
To the Down Friendly Society 31 December [1877?]
Summary
Reports, as treasurer, on the financial position of the Club.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Down Friendly Society |
| Date: | 31 Dec [1877?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11300 |
To K. M. Lyell 16 February 1882
Summary
Offering to send a copy of Kosmos containing a short review of her Life, letters and journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart. (K. M. Lyell ed. 1881).
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Katharine Murray Horner; Katharine Murray Lyell |
| Date: | 16 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | Christie’s, London (dealers) (16–23 May 2019, lot 8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13689F |
From Francis Darwin to Lawson Tait [30 March 1882]
Summary
CD will be glad to keep the proof of the medal.
He is decidedly better again.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Date: | [30 Mar 1882] |
| Classmark: | DAR 221.5: 42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13749 |
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- … unknown hand. The medal was struck in connection with the ‘Darwin Prize’ instituted by the Midland Union of Natural History Societies (see Correspondence vol. 28, letter from E. W. Badger, 17 July 1880 ). The die for the medal was cut by Joseph Moore ; one side showed a bust of CD and the other showed a branch of coral ( Midland Naturalist 5 (1882): …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 30 October [1878]
Summary
Wants Impatiens seeds, in order to observe movements of cotyledons.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 30 Oct [1878] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 189–90) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11731 |
To ? 2 May [1869 or later]
Summary
"When a man has laboured hard in science & has proved that he is capable of original research, he may [some]times indulge in speculation [&] the public will indulge him. But even in this case it is a common error to speculate too largely, for speculation is far easier than observation or experiments . . ."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | 2 May [1869-82] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (28 March 1983) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13866A |
| letter | (7) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Baxter, W. W. | (1) |
| Down Friendly Society | (1) |
| Horner, K. M. | (1) |
| Litchfield, R. B. | (1) |
| Lyell, K. M. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Baxter, W. W. | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Down Friendly Society | (1) |
| Horner, K. M. | (1) |
drama in Commentary
Dramatisation script
Summary
Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … Re: Design – performance version – 25 March 2007 – 1 Re: Design – Adaptation of the …
