To Elizabeth Drysdale [22 or 29 October 1859]
Summary
Declines an invitation to visit [Moor] Park.
He hopes that Dr Lane is arranging things to his satisfaction.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth Pew, Lady Drysdale; Elizabeth Copland, Lady Drysdale; Elizabeth Drysdale, Lady Drysdale |
| Date: | [22 or 29] Oct 1859 |
| Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) (Catalogue 88); Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupré (dealers) (Catalogue 55); B & L Rootenberg (dealers) (May 1991) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2498A |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Henrietta and Elizabeth on 24 November ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). In mid-October CD …
- … and probably Leonard and Horace), arrived on 17 October ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …
- … 242); letter from Emma Darwin to William Erasmus Darwin, [24 or 31 October 1859] , DAR …
- … the son-in-law of Elizabeth Drysdale ( Emma Darwin (1904), p. 184). See n. 7, below. CD …
- … Darwins were in Ilkley and the reference to four or five weeks’ stay. CD left for Ilkey, in Yorkshire, where he was planning to visit the hydropathic establishment, on 2 October 1859, and left there for London on 9 December ( Correspondence vol. 7, Appendix II). In his letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 October [1859] ( Correspondence vol. 7), CD wrote that his family were arriving on Monday, which would have been 17 October, and staying for three or four weeks. Emma …
To W. E. Darwin [14 October 1859]
Summary
Discusses events at Ilkley.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [14 Oct 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2498 |
To W. D. Fox [6 October 1859]
Summary
First impressions of the water-cure establishment are not favourable – "I always hate everything new".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [6 Oct 1859] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 123) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2502 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … See Metcalfe 1906 and Rees 1989 . Emma Darwin and the children joined CD at Ilkley on …
- … and stayed until 24 November 1859 ( Emma Darwin’s diary). See letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 …
- … Emma telling me to look out for for a House, as she is greatly inclined to come here. But I have not least idea whether there is a House which would suit or how I could do my water-cure out of Establishment. — So everything is utterly uncertain. I heartily wish you would come, but I darenot not advise or press it. Most affec ly yours | C. Darwin …
To W. E. Darwin [23 October – 20 November 1859]
Summary
Tells how to get information on, and gain membership in, the London Library.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [23 Oct – 20 Nov 1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2497 |
To James Paget [15 October – 19 November 1859]
Summary
Thanks JP for bearing in mind his strong wish to learn any facts on inheritance at corresponding ages, and on correlation of growth.
JP’s case of teeth affected by syphilitic parents seems very curious. Would like to hear a few particulars when they meet.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Paget, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [15 Oct – 19 Nov 1859] |
| Classmark: | Wellcome Collection (MS.5703/27) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2500 |
To J. D. Hooker [27 October or 3 November 1859]
Summary
More detailed comments on JDH’s introductory essay [to Flora Tasmaniae]. Remarks on struggle of vegetation are admirable.
JDH will receive Origin in about ten days.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [27 Oct or 3 Nov] 1859 |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 25 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2512 |
Document type
| letter | (6) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
Addressee
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Copland, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Drysdale, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Copland, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Drysdale, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
