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 Sara Sedgwick [30 September 1877]
Summary
Thanks CD for his kind letter on her engagement to his son William.
| Author: | Sara Sedgwick; Sara Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [30 Sept 1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.5: 20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11159 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Sedgwick, Sara Darwin, Sara Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR 210.5: 20 Sara Sedgwick/Sara Darwin London, Elgin Crescent, 23 [30 Sept 1877] Charles …
- … See letter to Sara Sedgwick, 29 September [1877] ; William Darwin was anxious that …
- … Sara Sedgwick, 29 September [1877] . In 1877, 30 September was a Sunday. In his letter to Sedgwick of 29 September [1877] , CD had expressed his pleasure at her engagement to his son William Erasmus Darwin . …
To Sara Sedgwick 29 September [1877]
Summary
Rejoices that SS has accepted his son [William]. Judging from his own experience "life would be a most dreary blank without a dear wife to love with all one’s soul".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Sara Sedgwick; Sara Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Sept [1877] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Surrogate RP 9524) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11158 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Darwin, Sara …
- … Sedgwick/Sara Darwin …
- … 2 below). William Darwin and Sara Sedgwick were married on …
- … The British Library (Surrogate RP 9524) Charles Robert Darwin Down 29 Sept [1877] Sara …
- … Darwin, C. R. Sedgwick, Sara …
- … by the reference to Sara Sedgwick and William Erasmus Darwin’s engagement (see n. …
- … of my heart for having accepted him. My dear Sara | Yours affectionately | Charles Darwin …
- … Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). See also letter from J. D. Hooker, 19 October 1877 . William was a partner in a bank in Southampton. Sara …
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 C. E. Norton 25 October 1877
Summary
CD and Emma are delighted with forthcoming marriage of W. E. Darwin to Sara [Sedgwick].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Eliot Norton |
| Date: | 25 Oct 1877 |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Charles Eliot Norton Papers, MS Am 1088.14: 1597) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11208 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … CD and Emma are delighted with forthcoming marriage of W. E. Darwin to Sara [Sedgwick]. …
- … been found. Sara Sedgwick was engaged to be married to William Erasmus Darwin ; she was …
- … Sara seems to have a wonderful number of nice friends, as I judge from parts of some of the letters of congratulation which I have heard,—especially one from M r Lowell in Madrid & from M r . Simon. — I beg you to give my kindest remembrances to all your party, whom I know, & if I may be permitted to the Miss Ashburners & Miss Theodora Sedgwick. It was very good of them to send us a kind message about the marriage. — Believe me | Yours ever very sincerely | Charles Darwin …
From B. J. Sulivan 25 December 1877
Summary
BJS was pleased to see CD’s son [William] and his wife at Charles Langton’s.
His own son is preparing for marriage.
Reports meeting a former Beagle shipmate.
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Dec 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 303 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11288 |
From Emma Darwin to T. H. Farrer [16 October 1877]
Summary
CD desires her to say that the cream of THF’s letter of congratulations about William [Darwin]’s marriage [to Sara Sedgwick] lay in the P.S. about "the beloved worms, and not in any such trifles as marrying, &c".
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | [16 Oct 1877] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/28) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11268 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … of congratulations about William [Darwin]’s marriage [to Sara Sedgwick] lay in the P.S. …
- … wrote to congratulate the Darwins on the engagement of Sara to William and to commiserate …
- … public announcement of Sara Sedgwick and William Erasmus Darwin’s engagement (see n. 2, …
- … pp. 176–88). Sara visited Down from 13 to 24 October 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …
- … secret until Sara’s family in America had heard the news ( letter from W. E. Darwin to H. …
- … Sara Sedgwick the more we feel how well she will join into the family & how nice & tasteful she is besides having the more sterling qualities— It is pleasant to her to see how she has been welcomed by all the outsiders as well as our immediate set & Effie’s charming little note was duly appreciated by both— I trust we shall hear in a day or two that dear Fanny has not suffered by the transit. yours very sincerely | E. Darwin …
To H. E. Litchfield 4 October [1877]
Summary
Is glad to hear R. B. Litchfield is better.
Discusses William Darwin’s engagement to Sara Sedgwick.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 4 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11167 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … hear R. B. Litchfield is better. Discusses William Darwin’s engagement to Sara Sedgwick. …
- … Correspondence vol. 24). Sara Sedgwick and William Erasmus Darwin wanted to keep their …
- … Sara decided not to return to America before the wedding as it would make it harder for her to leave again ( letter from Emma Darwin …
From Leonard Darwin 28 November 1877
Summary
LD is supplying coloured-glass light filters for CD’s experiments.
| Author: | Leonard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Nov 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 186: 32 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11256 |
To W. D. Fox 2 December 1877
Summary
Working hard on physiology of plants.
His son George sees no reason to change his view on marriage of cousins.
George’s astronomical work is too deep for CD.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 2 Dec 1877 |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 155) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11266 |
From W. D. Fox 29 November [1877]
Summary
Congratulates W. E. Darwin, who is about to be married,
and CD for the LL.D. conferred upon him by Cambridge.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 201 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11261 |
From W. E. Darwin [12 or 19 July 1877]
Summary
Discusses an experiment.
His dogs appear to have rabies.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [12 or 19] July 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.5: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10743 |
From G. H. Darwin 22 November 1877
Summary
Will look for worm-castings in the cloisters,
and will send CD items from the Cambridge papers on the honorary degree.
Has hit on a possible fallacy in W. Thomson’s theory of secular cooling of the earth.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Nov 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11247 |
To J. D. Hooker 21 October [1877]
Summary
Welcomes JDH home from American expedition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 21 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 457–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11195 |
From J. D. Hooker 7 November 1877
Summary
Sent rare cycad seeds for CD’s cotyledon study.
Welwitschia seed germinated at Kew had ordinary cotyledons. JDH thinks mature Welwitschia leaves are original cotyledons.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Nov 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 97–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11227 |
To J. D. Hooker 6 November [1877]
Summary
Requests seeds for study of movement in cotyledons. Would love to study Welwitschia cotyledons.
Son William is to be married 28 November.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 6 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 459–60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11226 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … William married Sara Sedgwick on 29 (not 28) November ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); he …
- … E. Darwin to Emma Darwin, [21 October 1877] (DAR 210.5: 22)). Theodora was Sara’s sister. …
- … Sara & Theodora Sedgwick & William, so our house will be full for some little time. — They are to be married on the 28 th . — I am longing to see you, & we do hope that in latter part of month, you may be able together with Lady Hooker to come here for a Sunday. I want much to hear news of all your adventures, & I also want advice about our work on cotyledons &c. — I hope you are beginning to see daylight through the accumulation of your work. Ever yours affectionately | Ch. Darwin …
To J. D. Hooker 8 November [1877]
Summary
CD and Frank working hard on cotyledonary movement.
CD suggests technique for growing Welwitschia.
Approves of J. D. Dana and of O. Heer.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 8 Nov [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 461–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11229 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … with his work. William Erasmus Darwin was engaged to Sara Sedgwick . Hooker had met her …
- … Sara is the one to be married. — I like her better even than poor M rs Norton to whom you lost your heart. We have just seen such a charming letter from Theodora,—worthy of her name—to William. — Good-bye— The kindness of Kew is unbounded. Yours | C. Darwin …
From J. D. Hooker 19 October 1877
Summary
JDH has just returned from U. S., where he worked on N. American geographical distribution with Asa Gray.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Oct 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 95–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11190 |
From W. E. Darwin 5 October [1877]
Summary
Thanks CD for present of £300.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.5: 21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11169 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … to W. E. Darwin, 3 October [1877] . CD’s marriage present to William and his fiancée Sara …
- … found. Sara Sedgwick was living in Tilgate, Crawley, Sussex (see letter from W. E. Darwin …
- … Sara with me will make it all the pleasanter for you. I shall buy her a small close carriage with part of the money, but I shall hardly dare let her know the amount of the present. I have had two such happy notes from Hen. & Richard, it is a blessing what pleasure one’s own happiness gives to others. Dear Father | Your affectionate son | W. E. Darwin …
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 |
Document type
| letter | (21) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (9) |
| Darwin, Sara | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Sedgwick, Sara | (2) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (11) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (3) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, Sara | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (20) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (5) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (4) |
| Darwin, Sara | (3) |
| Sedgwick, Sara | (3) |
