From G. H. Darwin [18 October 1881]
Summary
Occupied with details of E. A. Darwin’s house and furniture. He has ordered a gravestone.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [18 Oct 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 97 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13412 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin [18 October 1881] …
- … A. Darwin (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 15 October 1881 ). …
- … letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [14 October 1881] . The Tuesday after 14 October …
- … letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [14 October 1881] ). CD recorded receipt of £177 …
- … See letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [14 October 1881] . The gravestone was for E. …
- … 1881 (CD’s Account books–banking account (Down House MS)). The house was leased from the Portland Estate (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/sites/bartlett/files/chapter11_mansfield_street.pdf p. 15) and the agents were Gillow & Co. of Oxford Street (see (see letter from G. H. Darwin, …
From G. H. Darwin 15 October 1881
Summary
Sends text of the gravestone inscription [for E. A. Darwin] and details of arrangements for removal of furniture from Queen Anne St.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Oct 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 95 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13401 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin 15 October 1881 …
- … G. H. Darwin, [14 October 1881] . See letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [14 October …
- … the letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [14 October 1881] . Six Queen Anne Street, …
- … Chapman & Co. ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 28 August 1881, and n. 10) . The gardens of St …
To G. H. Darwin 30 August [1881]
Summary
CD is sorry he bothered GHD about the solicitor, but he boils with indignation to this day when he remembers how rudely he was treated by Mr Salt’s firm in London [40 years earlier].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Aug [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 108 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13305 |
From G. H. Darwin [6 December 1881]
Summary
Asks whether he is to give a gratuity of "cinquanta lire sterling" to the cook at 6 Queen Anne St.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [6 Dec 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13532 |
To G. H. Darwin 6 [October 1881]
Summary
Is obliged to GHD for arranging everything.
Sorry about the proof-sheets.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 6 [Oct 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 110 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13319 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 6 [October 1881] …
- … at Down ( letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [11 October 1881] (DAR 210.3: 25)). …
- … with the estate (see letter to G. H. Darwin, [28 August 1881] and n. 2). George’s note to …
- … Science, held at York (1881): 93–126 (see letters from G. H. Darwin, 28 August 1881 and [7 …
From Anthony Rich 13 June 1881
Summary
The Huxleys have visited; CD may come soon.
| Author: | Anthony Rich |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 June 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 149 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13202 |
From G. H. Darwin [9 September 1881]
Summary
Has found the missing packet of forks, which he will send or take to Down.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [9 Sept 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 94 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13367 |
To G. H. Darwin 8 September [1881]
Summary
Has been visiting Anthony Rich, who persists in his intention to leave his property to CD despite the large fortune left by Erasmus. It is now all the more necessary for CD to arrange his own will.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Sept [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1.: 109 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13322 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 8 September [1881] …
- … 2, below). See letter from G. H. Darwin, [7 September 1881] . CD visited Rich in Worthing …
- … p. 6). See the letter from G. H. Darwin, [7 September 1881] , in which George had stated …
- … property to CD (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 28 August 1881 ). In December 1878, Rich had …
From G. H. Darwin [20 November 1881]
Summary
Writes of Challis’ health
and of other matters of family interest.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [20 Nov 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 99 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13494 |
From W. E. Darwin [24 April 1881]
Summary
Sends observations of wormcasts at Malvern. Describes stay at Abinger.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [24 Apr 1881] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 102) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13141G |
From G. H. Darwin [22 November 1881]
Summary
Thinks William Thomson will support him [for Plumian Professorship at Cambridge].
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [22 Nov 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 100 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13503 |
From G. H. Darwin [29 August 1881]
Summary
E. A. Darwin’s funeral arrangements.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [29 Aug 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 91 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13303 |
From G. H. Darwin [9 June 1881]
Summary
Has nearly finished his mathematical paper.
Is not sure when he will go to Patterdale.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [9 June 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 88 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13199 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From G. H. Darwin [9 June 1881] …
- … Stawell Ball ; see letter to G. H. Darwin, 8 June [1881] and n. 2. The lecture, ‘Recent …
- … this letter and the letter to G. H. Darwin, 8 June [1881] . In 1881, the Thursday after 8 …
- … 1881] . George’s paper ‘On the stresses caused in the interior of the earth by the weight of continents and mountains’ was received at the Royal Society of London on 11 June 1881 ( G. H. Darwin …
To W. E. Darwin [27 February 1881]
Summary
Discusses some business matters
and E. A. Darwin’s health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [27 Feb 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 177 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13035 |
From G. H. Darwin [after 15 October 1881]
Summary
Has sent the inscription [for E. A. Darwin’s gravestone]. If CD approves, will he forward it to G. S. ffinden [Vicar of Downe Parish] and William [Darwin].
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 15 Oct 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 96 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13404 |
From G. H. Darwin [23 January 1882]
Summary
Has sent Kovalevsky his major paper on the moon’s motion, with references to others.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [23 Jan 1882] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13639 |
To W. E. Darwin 13 September [1881]
Summary
Discusses financial affairs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Sept [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 182 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13334 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … his estate (see letter to G. H. Darwin, 8 September [1881] ). See letter to W. M. Hacon, …
- … executors (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 28 August 1881 ). George Howard Darwin and Horace …
- … Darwin had died on 26 August 1881; he had bequeathed half his personal estate and all his real property to CD (see letter from G. H. …
- … G. H. Darwin 1881c ). John Wesley Judd stated in the preface to his book that his aim was to write about volcanoes from a new standpoint by focusing on investigations that had thrown fresh light upon the subject ( Judd 1881 ). …
To G. H. Darwin 25 November [1881]
Summary
Last issue of Nature has made him "awfully proud". [See R. S. Ball, "A glimpse through the corridors of time", Nature 25 (1881): 79–82.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Nov [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 112 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13511 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … To G. H. Darwin 25 November [1881] …
- … Darwin, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge’ ( Nature , 24 November 1881, p. 81). See also letter to G. H. …
- … Darwin, [16 November 1881] (DAR 210.3: 31)). The issue of Nature contained a lecture by Robert Stawell Ball praising George’s contribution to tidal theory: ‘The great theory itself is chiefly the work of one man. You are all familiar with the name he bears. The discoverer of tidal evolution is Mr G. H. …
To G. H. Darwin 27–8 February [1881]
Summary
Describes lecture at Royal Institution by J. S. Burdon Sanderson on movement of plants and animals; JSBS’s preliminary part was so long that he never got to the plants.
Comments on the triumph of the ladies in the voting at Cambridge.
Mentions F. Galton’s visit to Down, a call on the Huxleys, and a visit with the Duke of Argyll.
Tells a story about the absent-mindedness of Burdon Sanderson.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 27–8 Feb [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 103 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13068 |
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