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 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … from W. E. Darwin, 30 November [1876] . See letter to James Geikie, 19 July 1880 and n. 4. …
- … 1880 , and letter to E. W. Badger, [19 July 1880] . Sara Darwin was consulting a physician and taking the waters at Buxton (see letter from W. E. …
- … 1880 . CD and William had discussed CD’s ideas about upright pebbles and interstratified gravel at Southampton in 1876 (see Correspondence vol. 24, letter to W. E. Darwin, [ …
From W. E. Darwin 24 June [1880]
Summary
Asks whether CD will forward enclosed to Lord Derby, and offers to send him a copy of the New York state survey. Will go to Beaulieu in the early autumn. Tells story about gallenes raised by hens being attacked.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 June [1880] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 82) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12642G |
To E. W. Badger [19 July 1880]
Summary
CD is honoured to have a medal named after him by an organisation [Midland Union of Natural History Societies] dedicated to the advancement of science. [See 12660.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward William Badger |
| Date: | [19 July 1880] |
| Classmark: | Manchester Guardian, 2 May 1882, p. 6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12660A |
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 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: 3 hits
- … 2 December 1880 ). CD showed Sara Darwin the letter from W. E. Darwin, 1 January [1881] . …
- … Correspondence vol. 28, letter from W. E. Darwin, 31 December [1880] and n. 3). William …
- … 1880 ( Correspondence vol. 28). CD had offered to lend William his copy of James Geikie ’s Prehistoric Europe: a geological sketch ( J. Geikie 1881 ; see Correspondence vol. 28, letter to W. E. Darwin, …
To Lawson Tait 16 July [1880]
Summary
Is honoured by RLT’s announcement, and offers a contribution to the Birmingham scientific fund.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Date: | 16 July [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 86 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12659 |
From W. E. Darwin 30 January [1881]
Summary
Discusses his election to the Geological Society, worm researches, GHD’s travels, investments,G J Romanes on Samuel Butler, the snow, politics.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Jan [1881] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 87) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13033F |
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 [before 16 September 1880]
Summary
Wants some more rubber bands for his wrist.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [before 16 Sept 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 168 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12383 |
To W. E. Darwin 10 September [1880]
Summary
Writes about worm-castings; tells WED not to bother with samples from Beaulieu Abbey.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Sept [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 162 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12710 |
To W. E. Darwin 23 [November 1880]
Summary
Asks WED to observe whether worms consistently draw acacia leaves into their burrows with a particular end first.
Will soon know whether he will need worm-castings from Beaulieu.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 23 [Nov 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 137 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12848 |
To G. H. Darwin 5 March [1880]
Summary
The Colonel [J. L. Chester] is pleased [see 12509].
Jos[iah Wedgwood III] is dying.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Mar [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 92 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12514 |
From W. E. Darwin 26 November [1880]
Summary
Observations on worms’ pulling leaves into their burrows.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Nov [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 110 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12861 |
From W. E. Darwin 1 December [1880]
Summary
Will soon manage to go to Beaulieu. Is glad the book is going off well. Is thinking of going to the Roman Villa at Brading on the Isle of Wight.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Dec [1880] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 84) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12880F |
From W. E. Darwin 16 September 1880
Summary
Sends four wrist bands, and advice on putting them on. George is well. Can easily get worm castings. Lilly and Mlle Wild arrived in a storm to stay the night. Is much amused by Sedgwick’s ferocious letter about Vestiges.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Sept 1880 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 78) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12714F |
From W. E. Darwin to F. E. Abbot 13 June [1880]
Summary
CD has asked him to express appreciation for the Index and regret that FEA will no longer be running it. CD wishes FEA to stop the weekly advertisement of his appreciation of the Index.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Ellingwood Abbot |
| Date: | 13 June [1880] |
| Classmark: | Harvard University Archives (Papers of F. E. Abbot, 1841–1904. Named Correspondence, 1857–1903. Letter, W. E. Darwin to F. E. Abbot (13 June [1880]), in folder Darwin, Charles and W. E. Darwin (son), 1871–1883, box 44. HUG 1101) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12633 |
To W. S. Dallas 25 January 1881
Summary
Asks WSD to suspend the enclosed certificate.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Date: | 25 Jan 1881 |
| Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) (May 2007) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13027F |
From W. E. Darwin 3 December [1880]
Summary
Description of remains of a Roman villa and the worm activity at the site.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Dec [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12885 |
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