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To Horace Darwin [15 October 1873]
Summary
Sends notes on waxy secretion on leaves for F. M. Balfour; cannot procure any more Dionaea.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | [15 Oct 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 258: 548a |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9096F |
To Horace Darwin 23 October [1879]
Summary
Thanks for all Horace has done for him and for his ship-shape account. Hopes Horace has charged him enough. There will be less to divide amongst them, which seems to please Frank.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Oct [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 258: 549 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12268G |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin, 27[–8] April [1843] , and Correspondence vol. 5, letter to Edward Cresy, 15 May [1853] ). CD had decided to divide his surplus income among his children annually (see letter to the Darwin children, 21 February 1879 ). Frank: Francis Darwin . Horace was going to spend a few days with his fiancée, Ida Farrer , on Saturday 25 October ( letter …
To Horace Darwin 1 November [1877]
Summary
Wants HD to observe earthworm activity at Roman antiquities of Chedworth and Cirencester.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Horace Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11221 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Horace and Francis Darwin’s visit to the Roman villa at Chedworth, Gloucestershire, in November 1877. The agent of John Scott (Lord Eldon) and his son have not been identified, although their surname was presumably Hall (see below in the letter). …
- … Francis’s findings at Chedworth in Earthworms , pp. 197–9. Fossebridge is the location of an inn near Chedworth. Earlier in the year, Horace had been working on the waterworks at Brighton ( letter from Horace Darwin …
To the Darwin children 3 January 1881
Summary
About the distribution of [surplus income] funds among the children.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 3 Jan 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 169 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12972 |
To the Darwin children 10 January 1880
Summary
Circular letter regarding the distribution of CD’s excess income, with a note addressed to W. E. Darwin concerning his handling of Elizabeth Darwin’s share.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 10 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 155 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12414 |
To the Darwin children 21 February 1879
Summary
Circular about the distribution of the overplus of his income and advice on investment.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 21 Feb 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 153 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11896 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin ; his sons were William Erasmus , George Howard , Francis , Leonard , and Horace Darwin . CD had purchased shares in the Patent Siliceous Stone Company in 1852, and had subsequently made several loans to it, with an initial investment of £501 10 s. (CD’s Investment Book (Down House MS), pp. 59–60). He cancelled the bond in 1864 and then was engaged in a correspondence about paying back the bonded loans, which were never repaid (see Correspondence vol. 12, letter …
Document type
| letter | (6) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
Addressee
| Darwin, Horace | |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (3) |
| Darwin, Francis | (3) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (3) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (3) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (3) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (3) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Darwin, Horace | (6) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (3) |
| Darwin, Francis | (3) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
