To W. E. Darwin 5 February [1881]
Summary
Discusses investments.
The action of worms when drawing leaves into their burrows.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Feb [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 175 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13037 |
To W. E. Darwin 3 October [1877]
Summary
Encloses his marriage present, which he fears Sara [Darwin née Sedgwick] will think "atrociously unsentimental", but he hopes useful.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: A43 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11165 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … his marriage present, which he fears Sara [Darwin née Sedgwick] will think "atrociously …
- … see n. 2, below). Sara Sedgwick had accepted William Darwin’s proposal of marriage at the …
- … 1877] ). William and Sara were married on 29 November 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …
- … Sara will think it atrociously unsentimental; but I hope useful. Your old father wishes you both with all his soul as much happiness as this world can give. My dear son | Yours affectionately | Charles Darwin …
To W. E. Darwin 3 January [1881]
Summary
Thanks WED for some earthworm observations.
Discusses investments.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Jan [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 170 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12973 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 28, letter to W. E. Darwin, 2 December 1880 ). CD showed Sara Darwin the letter from W. …
- … after Christmas ( letter from Emma Darwin to Sara Darwin, [13 January 1881] (DAR 219.1: …
- … E. Darwin, 1 January [1881] . Sara had spent time at Down …
- … Sara turned up her nose, when I showed her your letter, & said it was a very interesting one. — I will go in for “Massachussett State Loan” or “Penn. General mortgage”. — What do you think about Southampton Docks for your Mothers 1000£,—either a little more or less— The 50£ for the Miles—hardly signifies— Your affectionate Father | Ch Darwin …
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 |
To W. E. Darwin 9 [June 1880]
Summary
Sends Asa Gray’s lectures on Natural science and religion [1880].
Greatly enjoyed their stay at Bassett.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 9 [June 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 159 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12624 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). In her letter to Sara Darwin, 9 June [1880] (DAR 219.1: 136), …
- … CD and Emma Darwin visited William and Sara Darwin at Bassett, Southampton, from 25 May to …
- … Sara: it makes me happy to think how happy you seem at Bassett my two dear children. Ever yours affect. | C. Darwin …
To W. E. Darwin 4 August [1881]
Summary
Reports on a luncheon of scientific savants at which the Crown Prince of Germany [and Prince of Wales?] were present.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Aug [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 181 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13274 |
To W. E. Darwin 18 June 1880
Summary
Wants WED to collect some worm-castings from Beaulieu Abbey.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 18 June 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 160 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12639 |
To W. E. Darwin 4 May [1881]
Summary
Discusses his investments.
P.S. on earthworms.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 4 May [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 179 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13144 |
To W. E. Darwin 12 December [1878]
Summary
Writes of Anthony Rich’s bequest.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Dec [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 151 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11786 |
To W. E. Darwin 9 February 1882
Summary
Writes about WED’s purchasing a house.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Feb 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 185 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13672 |
To W. E. Darwin 8 February [1881]
Summary
Thanks WED for sending leaves and making observations on how earthworms drag them into their burrows.
Doubts justice of fierce review against J. Geikie’s book [Prehistoric Europe (1881)] in Nature [by W. B. Dawkins, 23 (1881): 309–10], but if reindeer and hippopotamus have really been found in close contact in same bed – "it tells horribly against interglacial periods".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Feb [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 176 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13042 |
To W. E. Darwin 25 January 1881
Summary
Writes of WED’s certificate for the Geological Society
and discusses various instances of earthworm activity.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Jan 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 172 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13027 |
To W. E. Darwin 17 December [1880]
Summary
Worm-castings from [Roman] ruins at Brading contained bits of tiles or bricks. Obliged for WED’s trouble about Brading castings.
Movement in plants well received in Germany.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Dec [1880] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss B.D25) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12920 |
To W. E. Darwin 30 November [1880]
Summary
Asks whether WED can collect some worm-castings from Beaulieu Abbey.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Nov [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 163 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12876 |
To W. E. Darwin 22 April [1879]
Summary
Discusses his work on Dr Erasmus Darwin’s life.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Apr [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 154 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12007 |
To W. E. Darwin [19 July 1880]
Summary
Writes about gravel deposits [at Southampton] and sends a James Geikie letter [12655?] on the subject.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [19 July 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 161 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12661 |
To W. E. Darwin 5 [April 1880]
Summary
Discusses a book
and the "splendid news about the elections".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 5 [Apr 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 156 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12564 |
To W. E. Darwin 24 October [1877]
Summary
Returns [unspecified] enclosure.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 149 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11205 |
To the Darwin children 17 [January 1880]
Summary
Thanks his children for their present of a fur coat.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Sara Sedgwick; Sara Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 17 [Jan 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12429 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Darwin, Sara Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. …
- … Darwin George Howard Darwin Horace Darwin Leonard Darwin William Erasmus Darwin Sara …
- … Sedgwick/Sara Darwin Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
- … Darwin, Francis Darwin, G. H. Darwin, Horace Darwin, Leonard Darwin, W. E. Sedgwick, Sara …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (19) |
| Darwin, W. E. | |
| 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. | (19) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (19) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
