From E. A. Darwin 3 March 1867
Summary
He has promised Mark [coachman to R. W. Darwin and Susan] that CD will continue the payment of £20 a year after EAD’s death; the house is rent free.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Mar 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B57–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5428 |
Notes on marriage [after 7 Apr 1838]
Summary
Published as an appendix to vol. 2 of the Correspondence; see https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/tags/about-darwin/family-life/darwin-marriage. Considers his options for the future. Debates marriage and the best place to live. Feels the need for experiment and direct observation which would be difficult living in London; he "could not go on as Lyell does correcting & adding up new information to old train".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 7 Apr 1838] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8 :1, DAR 210.8: 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-409 |
Notes on marriage [July 1838]
Summary
Published as an appendix to vol. 2 of the Correspondence; see https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/tags/about-darwin/family-life/darwin-marriage. Debates with himself the pros and cons of marriage. Considers plans for future.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [July 1838] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-420 |
From Emma and Charles Darwin 13 May 1865
Summary
CD and ED bequeath an annuity of £50 to J. Parslow [the Darwins’ butler].
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin; Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 May 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.10: 26 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4832 |
DCP-LETT-7839A
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | |
| Classmark: | DAR 271.4: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7839A |
DCP-LETT-3040
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: A10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3040 |
DCP-LETT-5828
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 124 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5828 |
DCP-LETT-9589
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9589 |
DCP-LETT-7421
Summary
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 56 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7421 |
From Francis Darwin [after August 1878]
Summary
Observations of leaf movement at Würzburg Botanic Garden.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after Aug 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.14: 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11683 |
From Leonard Darwin 1 March 1874
Summary
Notes on movements of Mimosa pudica.
| Author: | Leonard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.2: 158 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9328 |
From Leonard Darwin 3 May 1874
Summary
Experiments on sensitive plants.
| Author: | Leonard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 May 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 77 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9438 |
To C. M. C. Darwin 24 March 1879
Summary
Can CMCD provide a photograph of Elston, the birthplace of Erasmus Darwin, with permission to have it reproduced in Erasmus Darwin.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Mar 1879 |
| Classmark: | The late Mrs Vivien Kindersley (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11950F |
To C. M. C. Darwin 6 April 1879
Summary
Sends details of the progress of his researches for Erasmus Darwin.
His son Leonard will photograph Elston and Cleatham. He has found an early drawing of Elston.
Asks for a letter of introduction for Leonard Darwin to CMCD’s tenant at Elston.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Apr 1879 |
| Classmark: | The late Mrs Vivien Kindersley (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11978F |
To C. M. C. Darwin 15 April 1879
Summary
Thanks for letter of introduction for Leonard Darwin to CMCD’s tenant at Elston.
Sends some information about R. W. Darwin’s residence at Elston; does not plan to include a portrait of him.
Asks the acreage of land at Cleatham.
Offers to send a print of the portrait of himself by W. W. Ouless.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Apr 1879 |
| Classmark: | The late Mrs Vivien Kindersley (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11995F |
From Horace Darwin 19 June 1877
Summary
Notes on the position of one of the fallen stones [at Stonehenge].
| Author: | Horace Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 June 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 71 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11009 |
From Francis Darwin [July 1878]
Summary
Reports observations on day and night movement in Porlieria.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.14: 181 [2nd sheet] |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11578 |
From Francis Darwin [c. 25 February 1879]
Summary
Directs CD where to find tools in his room. Has been looking at agave and aloe flowers. Thanks family for their letters.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 25 Feb 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 60 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11883F |
From Francis Darwin 3 March [1879]
Summary
Astonished at circular and will risk revolutions to invest. Describes Blidah, Algeria.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Mar [1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11913F |
From Reginald Darwin 2 April 1879
Summary
Will try to find an engraving of [Breadsall] Priory.
Offers a photograph of Dr Erasmus Darwin’s house in Derby.
| Author: | Reginald Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Apr 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 150–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11968 |
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