From W. E. Darwin to Emma and/or Charles Darwin c. 20–5 September 1877
Summary
Description of their English dinner companions at a foreign hotel.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | c. 20-25 Sept 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.5: 18 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11146F |
DCP-LETT-4427
Summary
[Outline sketches of pollen from short- and long-styled plants of Oxalis sinensis.]
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | |
| Classmark: | DAR 108: 88 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4427 |
From W. E. Darwin 14 December [1881]
Summary
Paperwork relating to 6 Queen Anne Street, London.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 14 Dec [1881] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 97) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13548F |
From W. E. Darwin 3 March [1868]
Summary
Asks CD to collect from the Jermyn Street Museum a box containing a skull and bones which belong to Mr Cumberbatch.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 35) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5970F |
From W. E. Darwin 16 February 1881
Summary
Brokers have purchased Leeds Corporation Stock.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 90) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13054F |
From W. E. Darwin 29 December 1881
Summary
North East Railway Consols.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Dec 1881 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 99) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13585F |
From W. E. Darwin 4 January 1882
Summary
Has sold London & South Western Railway stock and has purchased Great Western stock.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 105) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13599F |
From W. E. Darwin 15 March 1882
Summary
News about his dividends.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Mar 1882 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 110) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13726G |
From W. E. Darwin 23 March 1882
Summary
News of Great Western Railway dividend; discussion of Leonard Darwin’s ‘exciting news’.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Mar 1882 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 111) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13734F |
From W. E. Darwin [9? September 1862]
Summary
Asks for advice on where a local chemist can send his brother’s meteorological observations from Missouri.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [9? Sept 1862] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3674G |
From W. E. Darwin 2 August [1862]
Summary
Sends specimens of the three forms of Lythrum. Remarks on the numerical proportions of different forms.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Aug [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 91 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3677 |
From W. E. Darwin 29 July [1871?]
Summary
Wants CD to sign an enclosure [missing] and get the signatures of other family members.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 July [1871?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.5: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7886 |
From W. E. Darwin [before 29 January 1876?]
Summary
Purchases cigarettes for CD.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 29 Jan 1876?] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 58) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10366F |
From W. E. Darwin [24 August 1877]
Summary
Action of heavy rain on the leaves of Robinia.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [24 Aug 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 85 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10753 |
From W. E. Darwin 24 October 1877
Summary
Asks for key and letter to be sent to him at the New University Club in London.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Oct 1877 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 62) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11204F |
From W. E. Darwin 27 October [1876]
Summary
Discussing a purchase of land.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Oct [1876] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 64) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11212F |
From W. E. Darwin 10 February [1880]
Summary
"Dia" [as a prefix] means "through, across".
WED’s wife would like to meet the Huxleys.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Feb [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.7: 159 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11352 |
From W. E. Darwin 22 May [1878]
Summary
Extract from Athenæum 11 May [1878], p. 606, of R. I. Lynch on germination of the provision tree.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 May [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.6: 199–200 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11523 |
From W. E. Darwin 20 August 1880
Summary
Asks CD to invite William James to stay before he returns to America.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Aug 1880 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 77) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12694F |
From W. E. Darwin 4 February 1881
Summary
Discusses possible investments.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Feb 1881 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 89) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13035G |
| Darwin, W. E. | |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, Horace | (1) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (1) |
| Darwin, Sara | (1) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (1) |
| Sedgwick, Sara | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (172) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (2) |
| Abbot, F. E. | (1) |
| Salt, Thomas | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (174) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (173) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (2) |
| Abbot, F. E. | (1) |
