From E. A. Darwin 3 March 1867
Summary
He has promised Mark [coachman to R. W. Darwin and Susan] that CD will continue the payment of £20 a year after EAD’s death; the house is rent free.
Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 Mar 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 105: B57–8 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5428 |
Notes on marriage [after 7 Apr 1838]
Summary
Published as an appendix to vol. 2 of the Correspondence; see https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/tags/about-darwin/family-life/darwin-marriage. Considers his options for the future. Debates marriage and the best place to live. Feels the need for experiment and direct observation which would be difficult living in London; he "could not go on as Lyell does correcting & adding up new information to old train".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 7 Apr 1838] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.8 :1, DAR 210.8: 2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-409 |
Notes on marriage [July 1838]
Summary
Published as an appendix to vol. 2 of the Correspondence; see https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/tags/about-darwin/family-life/darwin-marriage. Debates with himself the pros and cons of marriage. Considers plans for future.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [July 1838] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-420 |
From Emma and Charles Darwin 13 May 1865
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin; Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 May 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.10: 26 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4832 |
DCP-LETT-7421
Summary
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 56 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7421 |
From Francis Darwin [after August 1878]
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after Aug 1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 209.14: 33 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11683 |
From Leonard Darwin 1 March 1874
Summary
Notes on movements of Mimosa pudica.
Author: | Leonard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 Mar 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 209.2: 158 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9328 |
From Leonard Darwin 3 May 1874
Summary
Experiments on sensitive plants.
Author: | Leonard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 May 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 77 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9438 |
From Horace Darwin 19 June 1877
Summary
Notes on the position of one of the fallen stones [at Stonehenge].
Author: | Horace Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 June 1877 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 71 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11009 |
From Francis Darwin [July 1878]
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [July 1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 209.14: 181 [2nd sheet] |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11578 |
From Sara Sedgwick Darwin [3 December 1877]
Summary
Describes her and W. E. Darwin’s honeymoon.
Author: | Sara Sedgwick; Sara Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [3 Dec 1877] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.5: 23 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11267F |
From [G. R. Waterhouse] [1943?]
Summary
Cancelled: enclosures to DCP-LETT-869. List of recent and fossil mammalian species of Brazil.
Author: | George Robert Waterhouse |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1843?] |
Classmark: | DAR 205.9: 173–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-655 |
From [G. R. Waterhouse] [1943?]
Summary
Cancelled: enclosures to DCP-LETT-869. List of fossil Mammalia from the caverns of Minas Gerais purchased by the British Museum from Claussen.
Author: | George Robert Waterhouse |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1843?] |
Classmark: | DAR 205.9: 172 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-656 |
CD’s notes arising from conversations with J. D. Hooker 8 December 1844
Summary
[Notes on conversations with J. D. Hooker.] Geographical distribution; diffusion and distribution of species. Island and mountain floras; means of migration (high-roads, icebergs).
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 8 Dec 1844 |
Classmark: | DAR 100: 35–40 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-798 |
From T. R. R. Stebbing 5 March 1869
Summary
Explains how he, as "an orthodox clergyman" reading CD’s works, was totally convinced by his arguments. Expresses pleasure "that Science might make gigantic strides without offering such collateral opinions as, if true, would certainly dispense with clergymen altogether".
Author: | Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 5 Mar 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 177: 248 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6643 |
From Leonard Darwin 25 April 1878
Author: | Leonard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 Apr 1878 |
Classmark: | DAR 186: 34 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11484 |
From Francis Darwin [after 14 July 1878]
Summary
Thinks it would be a good idea to give the typing machine to Karl Semper.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 14 July 1878] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 48 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11553F |
From Reginald Darwin 12 November 1879
Summary
Thanks for copy of Erasmus Darwin. The refutation of Miss Seward is admirable and conclusive.
Author: | Reginald Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Nov 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 99: 162–3 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12310 |
From Francis Darwin [before 18 October 1870]
Summary
Needs more money to pay his tutoring bills.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 18 Oct 1870] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 14 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7345F |
From Francis Darwin [before 5 December 1870]
Summary
Sends list of bills.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 5 Dec 1870] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 13 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7387G |
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