To B. J. Sulivan 20 March 1881
Summary
Thanks for BJS’s account of the Fuegians. CD would have predicted that "not all the missionaries in the world could have done what has been done".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
Date: | 20 Mar 1881 |
Classmark: | Sulivan family (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13092 |
To B. J. Sulivan 30 September [1881]
Summary
BJS’s grape case is a mystery.
CD is still able to work a little but does not expect to do much more of any interest to naturalists.
The death of his brother [E. A. Darwin] was a heavy loss.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
Date: | 30 Sept [1881] |
Classmark: | Sulivan family (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13365 |
To B. J. Sulivan 28 October [1881]
Summary
Has looked at BJS’s grapes. Can give no explanation of the case.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
Date: | 28 Oct [1881] |
Classmark: | Sulivan family (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13439 |
To B. J. Sulivan 1 December 1881
Summary
Sends his subscription for the adopted Fuegian [James FitzRoy Button].
Feels very old and wishes he could be idle but finds himself miserable without any daily work.
Is reading Lyell’s biography [K. M. Lyell (1881)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
Date: | 1 Dec 1881 |
Classmark: | Sulivan family (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13525 |