From W. E. Darwin 23 July [1863]
Summary
Could not find Anchusa but will go out and find some.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 July [1863] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 18) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4251F |
To Francis Darwin 17 October 1881
Summary
Has been reading Julius von Wiesner’s book [Das Bewegungsvermögen der Pflanzen (1881)]. Comments that it is "an excellent book, but he vivisects me in the most grievous terms, but most effectively".
Has been experimenting on aggregation of chlorophyll but with little success.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Oct 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 86 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13411 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwins visited Cambridge from 20 to 27 October 1881 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). See letter from Leonard Darwin, 12 October [1881] and n. 3; Isaac Withers Laslett was a local builder. Frances Emma Elizabeth Wedgwood visited the Darwins from 6 to 17 October 1881 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Bernard Darwin , Francis’ …
To Ernst Krause 7 July 1879
Summary
Sends proofs of his preface [to EK’s Erasmus Darwin], with which he is disappointed. Suggests additions and improvements he would like to make.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause |
| Date: | 7 July 1879 |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (HM 36188) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12136 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … letter from Leonard Darwin, [before 12 July] 1879 ). Krause had revised his biographical sketch, including material that evidently duplicated some of CD’s essay (see letter to Ernst Krause, 5 June 1879 , and letter from Ernst Krause, 13 June 1879 ). Erasmus Darwin was published by John Murray (1808–92) in November; it contained a portrait of Erasmus Darwin as the frontispiece and two woodcuts ( ibid. , pp. 3, 125). The relations have not been identified, but CD’s wife, Emma Darwin , and sons George and Francis …
From Charles Pritchard 17 June [1862]
Summary
Has broken up school a few days early to avoid danger. Hopes CD’s son is nearly recovered.
| Author: | Charles Pritchard |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 June [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 174.2: 77 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3607 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin’s illness (see n. 2, below). Pritchard was headmaster of Clapham Grammar School, the school then attended by George Howard Darwin , Francis, and Leonard Darwin (see letter to W. E. Darwin, 26 April [1862] , n. 2). Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) records that Leonard had been sent home from school on 12 June with scarlet fever, that George returned home on 16 June, and that Francis, …
From W. E. Darwin [15? December 1875]
Summary
Asks CD whether it is worth sending money to prop up the Index.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15? Dec 1875] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 56) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10297F |
To W. E. Darwin [25 July 1863]
Summary
Relates events at Down;
asks WED to make some observations on Lythrum.
His present hobby-horse is tendrils.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [25 July 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 112 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4199 |
From C. E. Norton 17 May 1881
Summary
Thanks CD for R. W. Darwin’s memoranda respecting Franklin. Would be grateful for copies of any Franklin letters that exist among Dr Darwin’s papers.
| Author: | Charles Eliot Norton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 May 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 77; Sparks ed. 1836–40, 6: 410–11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13160 |
To Francis Darwin 27 [September 1876]
Summary
Sends last chapter of Orchids [1877] for revision.
Has some articles that might interest FD.
Has invited Ferdinand Cohn and his wife to Down but hopes they will not come.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 27 [Sept 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10621 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin described the visit, noting that Cohn was quite deaf: ‘Any thing like the noise they made I never heard’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, [29 September 1876] (DAR 239.23: 1.51)). Haeckel had lost his first wife, Anna, to typhoid fever in 1864, after being married for less than two years (see Correspondence vol 12, letter from Ernst Haeckel, 10 August 1864 ). Francis Darwin’ …
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| Pritchard, Charles | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Darwin, Francis | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Krause, Ernst | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (3) |
| Darwin, Francis | (2) |
| Krause, Ernst | (1) |
| Norton, C. E. | (1) |
