To W. E. Darwin 23 [February 1872 – October 1874]
Summary
Asks for investment advice.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 23 [Feb 1872 - Oct 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 132 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13800 |
From W. E. Darwin [29 February 1872]
Summary
Amount of clay present in certain chalk samples.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [29 Feb 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 102 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7469 |
From W. E. Darwin [1 January 1872]
Summary
Worm action at Stonehenge.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Jan 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8137 |
To W. E. Darwin 3 January [1872]
Summary
Thanks for letter [8137]. Finds observation at Stonehenge of depth of mould at different parts of slope "most valuable".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Jan [1872] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Manuscripts MSS DAR 30) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8140 |
From W. E. Darwin [4 January 1872]
Summary
Sends comments on his diagram of Stonehenge. Will go to Beaulieu.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4 Jan 1872] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 49) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8141F |
To W. E. Darwin 9 January [1872]
Summary
Thanks WED for checking through the proofs of a new [6th] edition of Origin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Jan [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 137 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8153 |
To W. E. Darwin 23 January [1872]
Summary
Discusses earthworm activity observed in old ploughed fields.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Jan [1872] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 34) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8174 |
To W. E. Darwin 26 January [1872]
Summary
Gives information on recent editions of Lyell’s works.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Jan [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 138 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8183 |
To W. E. Darwin [1 March 1872]
Summary
David Forbes thinks WED’s chalk samples have been penetrated by surface mud.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Mar 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8216 |
From W. E. Darwin [3 March 1872]
Summary
Sends dirt residue of chalk samples for David Forbes to examine.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [3 Mar 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8220 |
From W. E. Darwin [19 February 1872]
Summary
Received copy of Origin 6th ed. Has had trouble with worm measurements at Winchester.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [19 Feb 1872] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 50) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8250F |
From J. D. Hooker to W. E. Darwin [13 June 1872]
Summary
Asks WED to direct bearer of letter to CD, as he has an address [memorial from men of science to W. E. Gladstone] for him to sign.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [13 June 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 116–17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8379 |
From W. E. Darwin [3 November 1872]
Summary
Is delighted to receive expression. Some comments on swallowing and scratching. Asks to be sent reviews.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [3 Nov 1872] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 51) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8593F |
From W. E. Darwin to Frederic Higgins 10 November [1872]
Summary
Glad the house and cottage are completed. Hopes there is a good-sized garden with the cottage.
Please remember himself and CD to FH’s father, John Higgins.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frederic Higgins |
| Date: | 10 November [1872] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/5/11) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8617F |
| letter | (14) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (7) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (7) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Higgins, Frederic | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (14) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (12) |
| Higgins, Frederic | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
