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 |
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 |
From E. A. Wheler 10 January 1880
Summary
Thanks CD for Erasmus Darwin. Comments on it.
News of Violetta Darwin’s death.
| Author: | Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 197–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12413 |
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 |
From the Darwin children 17 January 1880
Summary
Send CD a present of a fur coat.
| Author: | 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 |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 208 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12428 |
From G. H. Darwin 27 July 1880
Summary
Asks CD’s advice on how to answer a letter requesting his endorsement of Wrigley, his former teacher at Clapham School.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 July 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 64.2: 94; DAR 210.2: 85 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12668 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin were attempting to construct a pendulum to measure the lunar disturbance of gravity; the idea for the investigation had come from Thomson (see Nature , 3 November 1881, pp. 20–1, for a description of the construction of the bifilar pendulum; see also Longair 2016 , p. 93). Horace Darwin also lived in Cambridge. Francis Darwin was in Wales ( letter from Francis Darwin, [1 August 1880] ) and Elizabeth Darwin …
To the Darwin children 8 January 1882
Summary
Advises his children as to how some money will be distributed among them.
| 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: | 8 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13603 |
From T. H. Farrer 9 October 1880
Summary
Sends the marked plans of the Abinger Hall excavation site.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Oct 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12748 |
To T. H. Farrer 8 October 1880
Summary
Questions the exact location of rooms and trenches at Abinger excavation [for Earthworms].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 8 Oct 1880 |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/35); DAR 185: 38 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12743 |
From T. H. Farrer 16 June 1872
Summary
Asks CD for seeds of some plants.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 June 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 72 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8390 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin’s sister, Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood , was a neighbour of the Darwins in Down; Hope Elizabeth Wedgwood was one of their nieces. Katherine Euphemia Wedgwood (Effie), Hope Wedgwood’s sister, was noted for her singing; in the summer of 1872 their parents, Hensleigh and Frances Emma Elizabeth Wedgwood , were contemplating moving out of London; they settled at Ravensbourne, Kent. Effie married Farrer as his second wife in 1873; Farrer’ s daughter, Emma Cecilia Farrer (Ida), married Horace Darwin in 1880 ( …
Document type
| letter | (10) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (2) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (4) |
| Darwin, Francis | (4) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (4) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (4) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (10) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (6) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (5) |
| Darwin, Francis | (5) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (5) |
