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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

Matches: 26 hits

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… Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield unstated …
… 17 Jan 1880 Charles Robert Darwin …

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

Matches: 30 hits

… To the Darwin children 17 [January 1880] …
… Darwin, C. …
… R. Darwin, …
… Elizabeth Darwin, …
… Francis Darwin, G. …
… H. Darwin, …
… Horace Darwin, …
… Leonard Darwin, W. E. …
… Sedgwick, Sara Darwin, …
… Sara Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. …
… DAR 211: 1 Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 [Jan …
… 1880] 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 …
… children | Your affectionate Father | Charles Darwin N.B. I should not be myself if I did …
… between this letter and the letter from the Darwin children, 17 January 1880 . …
… See letter from the Darwin children, 17 January 1880 . CD …
… was last in London from 3 to 11 December 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
… Henrietta Emma Litchfield , William Erasmus Darwin , …
… Leonard Darwin , …
… Horace Darwin , and …
… Elizabeth Darwin . …
… Horace and Ida Darwin were on honeymoon in …
… Penzance ( letter from Emma Darwin to W. …
… E. Darwin, 19 January 1880 (DAR 219.1: 131)). …

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

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… To the Darwin children 10 January 1880 …
… Darwin, C. …
… R. Darwin, …
… Elizabeth Darwin, …
… Francis Darwin, G. …
… H. Darwin, …
… Horace Darwin, …
… Leonard Darwin, W. …
… E. Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. …
… DAR 210.6: 155 Charles Robert Darwin Down 10 Jan …
… 1880 Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin …
… Francis Darwin George …
… Howard Darwin …
… Horace Darwin …
… Leonard Darwin William …
… Erasmus Darwin Henrietta …
… Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
… distribution of CD’s excess income, with a note addressed to W. E. Darwin concerning his …
… handling of Elizabeth Darwin’s share. …
… put initial to show he has seen it. C. Darwin Everybody has seen this. | C.D Jan 10 th . …
… each son (see Correspondence vol. 27, letter to the Darwin children, 21 February 1879 ). …
… William Erasmus Darwin , …
… Elizabeth Darwin , George …
… Howard Darwin , …
… Francis Darwin , …
… Leonard Darwin , …
… Horace Darwin , and Henrietta Emma Litchfield . ‘600 to Williams Bank’: this included the …

From C. M. C. Darwin 14 April 1879

Summary

Answers CD’s query about Robert Darwin of Lincoln’s Inn.

Sends an introduction for Leonard Darwin to their tenants at Elston Hall.

Author:	Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	14 Apr 1879
Classmark:	DAR 99: 138–41
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11994

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… Darwin, C. M. …
… C. Darwin, C. R. …
… From C. M. C. Darwin 14 April 1879 …
… DAR 99: 138–41 Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin Otley 14 Apr …
… 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
… Answers CD’s query about Robert Darwin of Lincoln’s Inn. …
… Sends an introduction for Leonard Darwin to their tenants at Elston Hall. …
… Bibliography Browne, Janet. 2002. Charles Darwin. The power of place. Volume …
… II of a biography. London: Pimlico. Darwin pedigree : Pedigree of …
… the family of Darwin. Compiled by H. Farnham Burke. N.p. : …
… printed. 1888. [Reprinted in facsimile in Darwin pedigrees , by Richard Broke Freeman. …
… See letter to C. M. C. Darwin, 6 April 1879 and n. …
… 2. Robert Darwin (1682–1754) …
… was Erasmus Darwin’s father. …
… See letter to Reginald Darwin, 8 April 1879, n. …
… 8 . William Morgan Darwin had no sons. …
… Robert Waring Darwin (1724–1848) …
… was Robert Darwin ’s son …
… and Erasmus Darwin ’s eldest brother. ( …
… Darwin pedigree . ) …
… Richardson’s portrait depicted Robert Darwin in his ‘great wig and bands’ and looking, …
… printed for the author. 1984. ] Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the …
… with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. Post Office London …
… Otley. April 14 th . 1879 Dear M r . Darwin, , I have to thank you for a long kind letter, …
… question about our mutual ancestor, Robert Darwin of Lincoln’s Inn— My Husband and I have …
… Balderton, and died 1754— his cousin William Morgan Darwin (who died in 1762. ) being then …
… owner of Elston— Rob t . Waring Darwin his son, then got …
… me | Y rs . sincerely | Charlotte M C Darwin 2.2 he ... 1762. ) 2.3] scored blue crayon …
… dignified doctor of divinity’ ( Erasmus Darwin , p. 4). Simon Dunning , solicitor, had an …
… London directory 1878). George Howard Darwin had made this suggestion (see letter to C. …
… M. C. Darwin, 6 April 1879 and n. …
… 2). CD had asked whether Leonard Darwin could photograph Elston Hall (see letter to C. …
… M. C. Darwin, 6 April 1879 and n. 3). The letter of introduction has not been found. …
… See letter to C. M. C. Darwin, 6 April 1879 and n. 4. …
… CD had found letters from Erasmus Darwin and a drawing of Elston Hall from around …
… 1750 in a box owned by Robert Waring Darwin (1766–1848) that had been labelled ‘old …
… settlements & deeds’ (see letter to C. M. C. Darwin, 6 April 1879 ). Paul-Adolphe Rajon …
… the Elston Estate— Robert Darwin of Lincoln’s Inn was buried at Elston, and we have a …
… of Parliament S t . has a number of old Darwin deeds & papers, which might throw some …
… introduction for your son M r . Leonard Darwin to our Tenant at Elston who I am sure will …

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

Matches: 25 hits

… To the Darwin children 3 January 1881 …
… Q. Anne St. He to William, he to Leonard, he to Horace. Your obedient Father | Ch. Darwin …
… Darwin, C. …
… R. Darwin, …
… Elizabeth Darwin, …
… Francis Darwin, G. …
… H. Darwin, …
… Horace Darwin, …
… Leonard Darwin, W. …
… E. Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. …
… DAR 210.6: 169 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Jan …
… 1881 Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin …
… Francis Darwin George …
… Howard Darwin …
… Horace Darwin …
… Leonard Darwin William …
… Erasmus Darwin Henrietta …
… Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
… in 1880 (see Correspondence vol. 28, letter to the Darwin children, 10 January 1880 ). …
… William Erasmus Darwin , …
… Elizabeth Darwin , George …
… Howard Darwin , …
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… Leonard Darwin , …
… Horace Darwin , and Henrietta Emma Litchfield . Each daughter was to receive two-thirds of …

To Reginald Darwin 8 April 1879

Summary

Details of family history. Has discovered Dr Darwin did get to Edinburgh before his son, Charles, died.

The more CD reads of Dr Darwin the higher he rises in his estimation.

Is tired of writing letters, "half the fools throughout Europe write to ask me the stupidest questions".

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Reginald Darwin
Date:	8 Apr 1879
Classmark:	DAR 153: 98; Lawrences Auctioneers (dealers) (2009); LL 3: 219
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11982

Matches: 47 hits

… Darwin, C. …
… R. Darwin, Reginald …
… To Reginald Darwin 8 April 1879 …
… 153: 98; Lawrences Auctioneers (dealers) (2009); LL 3: 219 Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 …
… Apr 1879 Reginald Darwin …
… of family history. Has discovered Dr Darwin did get to Edinburgh before his son, Charles, …
… died. The more CD reads of Dr Darwin the higher he rises in his estimation. Is tired of …
… Bibliography Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by …
… W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. …
… 1879. LL : The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter. …
… Edited by Francis Darwin. 3 vols. London: John Murray. 1887–8. Moilliet, Amelia and …
… questions. — Yours cordially obliged | Charles Darwin P.S Very many thanks about the Seal; …
… See letter from Reginald Darwin, 7 April 1879 . The section ‘Since … a copy. ’ was cut out …
… CD also mentioned his discovery of letters from Erasmus Darwin and others, and the drawing …
… of Elston Hall in Robert Waring Darwin’s deeds box in his letter to C. …
… M. C. Darwin, 6 April 1879 . On the engraving by John Allen Wedgwood , …
… Keir ( Moilliet and Moilliet 1859 ), mentioned by Reginald Darwin in his letter of 7 April …
… 1879 . Reginald Darwin had mentioned that …
… he had Erasmus Darwin’s two seals ( …
… see letter from Reginald Darwin, 7 April 1879 ). …
… CD had asked Reginald Darwin whether he would …
… mind if Erasmus Darwin’s poem on the folly of …
… atheism was published (see letter to Reginald Darwin, 4 April 1879 ). …
… The first four lines appeared in Erasmus Darwin , p. 44. The text from ‘Europe write’ is …
… Cotton M.S. ; but George remarks that there is no evidence that this Mr. Darwin was W. …
… Darwin of Cleatham. …
… We are much puzzled whether Robert Darwin of Lincoln’s Inn and Father of Dr. Erasmus was …
… at Elston. I have also written to Mrs. Darwin of Creskeld to ask about this point. By the …
… see the letter from V. H. Darwin, 4 April 1879 and n. …
… 3. Leonard Darwin of the Royal Engineers was an instructor in chemistry and photography at …
… of Military Engineering at Chatham in Kent. Violetta Harriot Darwin had offered to make a …
… drawing of Breadsall Priory, Erasmus Darwin’s death place (see letter from V. …
… H. Darwin, 4 April 1879 ). …
… George Howard Darwin had been in Algiers for several months; he …
… was, as CD had anticipated, interested in Erasmus Darwin’s Commonplace book (Down House …
… MS; see letter to Reginald Darwin, 4 April 1879 ). Robert Bruce Cotton had recorded that a …
… in his collection in the British Library had been found by a Mr Darwin (see letter …
… to Reginald Darwin, 4 April 1879 and n. …
… 9). William Darwin (1681–1760) …
… was Erasmus Darwin’s uncle. …
… Robert Darwin (1682–1754) …
… was Erasmus Darwin’s father; his …
… brother was William Darwin (1681–1760). Their mother, Anne, lived at Elston Hall with her …
… Elston. After Anne Lascelle’s death, Robert Darwin bought Elston Hall from the Lascelles ( …
… accessed 23 November 2018)). See letter to C. M. C. Darwin, 6 April 1879. …
… Erasmus Darwin’s eldest son, Charles , died in 1778, while a student at Edinburgh …
… before Charles died (see letter to Reginald Darwin, 4 April 1879 , n. 5). It was Elizabeth …

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

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… To the Darwin children 8 January 1882 …
… Darwin, C. …
… R. Darwin, …
… Elizabeth Darwin, …
… Francis Darwin, G. …
… H. Darwin, …
… Horace Darwin, …
… Leonard Darwin, W. …
… E. Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. …
… DAR 185: 60 Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 Jan …
… 1882 Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin …
… Francis Darwin George …
… Howard Darwin …
… Horace Darwin …
… Leonard Darwin William …
… Erasmus Darwin Henrietta …
… Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
… in a week’s time after money on Deposit has been placed to my current account. Ch. Darwin …
… Correspondence vol. 28, letter to the Darwin children, 10 January 1880 ). CD held shares …
… ten railway companies (CD’s Investment book (Down House MS)). William Erasmus Darwin , …
… Elizabeth Darwin , George …
… Howard Darwin , …
… Francis Darwin , …
… Leonard Darwin , and …
… Horace Darwin . Bessy’s share was sent to William to deposit or invest, making his total £ …

To Reginald Darwin 4 April 1879

Summary

Has been "deeply interested by the great book" [see 11966]. Asks permission to publish extracts.

Did Dr Darwin go to Edinburgh when his son, Charles, died? Asks whether RD has ever heard a story about Dr Darwin that had been told to CD by the Galtons.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Reginald Darwin
Date:	4 Apr 1879
Classmark:	DAR 153: 97
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11977

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… Darwin, C. …
… R. Darwin, Reginald …
… To Reginald Darwin 4 April 1879 …
… DAR 153: 97 Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 …
… Apr 1879 Reginald Darwin …
… Asks permission to publish extracts. Did Dr Darwin go to Edinburgh when his son, Charles, …
… whether RD has ever heard a story about Dr Darwin that had been told to CD by the Galtons. …
… Bibliography Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by …
… W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. …
… Desmond, ed. 1981. The letters of Erasmus Darwin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. …
… King-Hele, Desmond, ed. 2003. Charles Darwin’s ‘The …
… Life of Erasmus Darwin’. First unabridged edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. …
… King-Hele ed. 2003 , p. 7). George Howard Darwin visited the British Museum to transcribe …
… Mrs Bort from a lithograph by Miss V. Darwin; and if I could borrow this lithograph, it …
… thanks. | Yours affectionately | Charles Darwin P.S. What a curious story that is about …
… Erasmus Darwin’s Commonplace book (Down House …
… MS; see letter to Reginald Darwin, 1 April 1879 ). The copyist probably made …
… rather than just ‘return’; George Howard Darwin arrived back from Algiers, where he had …
… 17 April, when he left Down for Cambridge ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). CD included …
… first version of his sketch of Erasmus Darwin’s life; three copies of these first proofs …
… from his medical practice in Lichfield, appeared in Erasmus Darwin , pp. 25–6, 28–9, 43– …
… 4, and 121. The story of Erasmus Darwin being woken at night in a Newmarket hotel to be …
… kindly by Erasmus was published in Erasmus Darwin , pp. 63–4. Elizabeth Anne Wheler , a …
… story in her letter of 25 March 1879 ; Francis Sacheverel Darwin was Reginald’s father. …
… Erasmus Darwin did travel to Edinburgh and reached …
… the city before his eldest son, Charles Darwin , died ( …
… Erasmus Darwin , p. 83; King-Hele ed. 1981 , p. 87). It was probably his second son, …
… the time of his death in 1799, and given to CD’s father, Robert Waring Darwin , in April …
… 1802 ( Erasmus Darwin , p. 76; King-Hele ed. 1981 , …
… p. 89). See letter from Reginald Darwin, 2 April 1879 . …
… In the letter to Reginald Darwin, 1 April 1879 , CD had mentioned that he thought he would …
… Priory (the birth and death places of Erasmus Darwin ) in his biographical account. …
… The lithograph was made by Violetta Harriot Darwin . The copy was made by Ann …
… marriage, was a neighbour of Erasmus Darwin in Full Street, Derby. The copyist wrote ‘? …
… Bort’. Sydnope Hall near Matlock, Derbyshire, was purchased by Francis Sacheverel Darwin , …
… Reginald Darwin’s father, in the 1820s, and sold after his death in 1858 (‘Sydnope Hall’, …
… Sydnope with his cousin William Darwin Fox when they were Cambridge undergraduates (see …
… of the Commonplace book by Reginald Darwin , there are two taken from the Derby Mercury of …
… 8 April 1874, describing Francis Sacheverel Darwin’s life at Sydnope Hall and the hunt he …
… organised in 1837 to kill the last wild boar of his herd. Reginald Darwin felt that he …
… had ‘desecrated’ Erasmus Darwin’s Commonplace book by pasting in …
… newspaper cuttings (see letter from Reginald Darwin, 29 March 1879 ). At the beginning of …
… of the preliminary notice of Erasmus Darwin , CD mentioned in a footnote that a rare book …
… the history of Lichfield, found by a Mr Darwin in the thatch of a house and presented to …

From Reginald Darwin 7 April 1879

Summary

Is glad CD has found interest in "the old book" [Dr Erasmus Darwin’s commonplace book].

Discusses Erasmus Darwin and his belongings, which RD has inherited.

Owns a portrait of Erasmus Darwin by Joseph Wright of Derby.

Author:	Reginald Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	7 Apr 1879
Classmark:	DAR 210.14: 21
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11980

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… Darwin, …
… Reginald Darwin, C. R. …
… From Reginald Darwin 7 April 1879 …
… DAR 210.14: 21 Reginald Darwin Buxton 7 Apr …
… 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
… Keir’s correspondence edited by her grandson James Keir Moilliet . Erasmus Darwin’s father …
… was Robert Darwin (1682–1754) . …
… red crayon Top of letter : ‘about | Father of Erasmus’ pencil ; ‘R. Darwin’ red crayon …
… Is glad CD has found interest in "the old book" [Dr Erasmus Darwin’s commonplace book]. …
… Discusses Erasmus Darwin and his belongings, which RD has inherited. …
… Owns a portrait of Erasmus Darwin by Joseph Wright of Derby. …
… Bibliography Darwin, Erasmus, ed. 1780. Experiments establishing a criterion between …
… Raeburn, R.A. Edinburgh: P. Neill. Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the …
… Chicago Press. Seward, Anna. 1804. Memoirs of the life of Dr. Darwin. London: J. Johnson. …
… CD had asked to keep Erasmus Darwin’s Commonplace book (Down …
… House MS) until George Howard Darwin returned from Algiers ( …
… see letter to Reginald Darwin, 4 April 1879 ). ‘A new Song …
… in praise of two young Hunters’ was written by Erasmus and John Darwin’s older …
… brother, Robert Waring Darwin (1724–1816) . John’s stammer may be indicated in the poem by …
… beware) dead’, a hunting cry; King-Hele ed. 2003 , p. 17). Reginald Darwin’s grandmother …
… was Elizabeth Darwin , …
… Erasmus Darwin’s second wife; CD’ …
… Portrait Gallery, D34687). Erasmus Darwin’s motto was ‘E conchis omnia’ (everything from …
… contained correspondence with Erasmus Darwin , who was a close friend of Keir . The book …
… by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. …
… Milo. 1994. Portraits of Dr Erasmus Darwin, F.R.S. , by Joseph Wright, James Rawlinson and …
… the Royal Society of London 48: 69–84. King-Hele, Desmond, ed. 2003. Charles Darwin’s ‘The …
… Life of Erasmus Darwin’. First unabridged edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. …
… s grandmother was Mary Darwin , Erasmus’s first wife. The …
… was probably among the loose letters sent by Reginald Darwin with the Commonplace book ( …
… see letter from Reginald Darwin, 29 March 1879 ). …
… Reginald Darwin’s father …
… was Francis Sacheverel Darwin . CD had heard the jockey story from Elizabeth Anne Wheler ( …
… 1879 and n. 7). The enclosure in Francis Sacheverel Darwin’s hand has not been found. …
… Andrew Duncan was Erasmus Darwin’s son Charles’s Edinburgh professor. …
… Erasmus Darwin did travel to Edinburgh when he heard …
… Charles was dying (see letter to Reginald Darwin, 4 April 1879 , n. 5). Duncan evidently …
… Duncan 1824 , pp. 11–12). Charles Darwin (1758–78) was buried in the Duncan family vault …
… Buccleuch Parish Church), Edinburgh ( E. Darwin ed. 1780 , p. iv and 135). The city was …
… 2000 , p. xv). The inscription on the memorial tablet to Charles Darwin was written by …
… his father, Erasmus Darwin ( …
… Erasmus Darwin , p. 82). …
… the text on the tablet, see ‘ Charles Darwin 1758–78’, http://www.findagrave.com (accessed …
… of Derby painted a portrait of Erasmus Darwin around 1770; Anna Seward described it as a ‘ …
… was painted in 1802, shortly before Erasmus Darwin’s death ( M. Keynes 1994 , p. 78). …

To the Darwin children 16 September 1881

Summary

A circular letter on the distribution of his money at death and the division ofErasmus’ estate.

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:	16 Sept 1881
Classmark:	DAR 210.6: 183
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-13340

Matches: 29 hits

… To the Darwin children 16 September 1881 …
… Darwin, C. …
… R. Darwin, …
… Elizabeth Darwin, …
… Francis Darwin, G. …
… H. Darwin, …
… Horace Darwin, …
… Leonard Darwin, W. …
… E. Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. …
… purposes, so that a less sum will probably be divided amongst you. — Charles Darwin …
… his sons (see Correspondence vol. 27, letter to the Darwin children, 21 February 1879 ). …
… DAR 210.6: 183 Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Sept …
… 1881 Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin …
… Francis Darwin George …
… Howard Darwin …
… Horace Darwin …
… Leonard Darwin William …
… Erasmus Darwin Henrietta …
… Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
… Robert Waring Darwin ’s estate was inherited by his …
… two sons, CD and Erasmus Alvey Darwin , and his four daughters, …
… Marianne Parker , Susan Elizabeth Darwin , Caroline Wedgwood , …
… and Catherine Darwin . Thomas Salt was a solicitor in Shrewsbury. Josiah Wedgwood II left …
… his three surviving daughters, Emma Darwin , Elizabeth Wedgwood , and Charlotte Langton . …
… Warde Norman . Catherine Langton (née Darwin), in her will, dated 9 January 1866, left her …
… order to pay for bequests to her family, friends, and servants. William Erasmus Darwin . …
… Erasmus Alvey Darwin , who died on 26 August 1881, had bequeathed half his personal estate …
… real property to CD (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 28 August 1881 ). Six Queen Anne Street …
… had land in Lincoln (see letter from G. H. Darwin, [7 September 1881] ). CD had previously …

To the Darwin children 20 December 1881

Summary

Has promised to pay Hooker about £250 annually "for the formation of a perfect MS catalogue of all known plants [Index Kewensis]".

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:	20 Dec 1881
Classmark:	DAR (CD library—Index Kewensis tom. 1)
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-13570

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… I have full confidence that this my desire will be faithfully carried out. Charles Darwin …
… To the Darwin children 20 December 1881 …
… Darwin, C. …
… R. Darwin, …
… Elizabeth Darwin, …
… Francis Darwin, G. …
… H. Darwin, …
… Horace Darwin, …
… Leonard Darwin, W. …
… E. Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. …
… DAR (CD library— Index Kewensis tom. 1) Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Dec …
… 1881 Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin …
… Francis Darwin George …
… Howard Darwin …
… Horace Darwin …
… Leonard Darwin William …
… Erasmus Darwin Henrietta …
… Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …

From Reginald Darwin 29 March 1879

Summary

Sends Dr Erasmus Darwin’s commonplace book, some letters, and poems.

Family news.

Author:	Reginald Darwin
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	29 Mar 1879
Classmark:	DAR 99: 146–9
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11960

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… Darwin, …
… Reginald Darwin, C. R. …
… From Reginald Darwin 29 March 1879 …
… DAR 99: 146–9 Reginald Darwin Buxton 29 Mar …
… 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
… Sends Dr Erasmus Darwin’s commonplace book, some letters, and poems. Family news. …
… C. Darwin was commander of HMS Lord Warden from September 1878 until December 1879 ( …
… Archives, ADM 196/15/167). Mary Anne Darwin . For the story about the jockey, see letter …
… King-Hele, Desmond. 1999. Erasmus Darwin. A life of unequalled achievement. London: Giles …
… de la Mare Publishers. Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der Großvater …
… und Vorkämpfer Charles Darwin’s: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie. Kosmos …
… 9): 397–424. Seward, Anna. 1804. Memoirs of the life of Dr. Darwin. London: J. Johnson. …
… offer my best regards & those of M rs Darwin & my son (who is home on a few days leave) …
… me| always affec tly yours | Reginald Darwin Top of letter : ‘New Market Jockey Story’ …
… See letter to Reginald Darwin, 27 March 1879 ; …
… CD and Erasmus Alvey Darwin were arranging a translation of Ernst Krause ’ …
… s sketch of the life of Erasmus Darwin ( Krause 1879a ). Matlock and Buxton were spa towns …
… of the statements made by Anna Seward in her biography of Erasmus Darwin ( Seward 1804 ). …
… Erasmus Darwin’s Commonplace book (Down House MS) was written between 1776 and 1787; for …
… 3. Erasmus Darwin’s son Charles was nineteen when he died. ‘Tardy mails’: slow mail …
… letter has not been found. Erasmus Darwin was buried in Breadsall church in Derbyshire ( …
… of 1831–6. Reginald’s son, Sacheverel Charles Darwin , was an officer in the Royal Navy. …
… Reginald also refers to George Howard Darwin and to …
… William Erasmus Darwin , who lived in Bassett, Southampton. S. …
… and passim . Reginald also refers to Erasmus Darwin’s ‘The folly of atheism’; Emma Sophia …
… has not been identified. Reginald’s father was Francis Sacheverel Darwin ; his mother …
… was Jane Harriett Darwin . His sisters were Mary Jane Worsley , …
… Wilmot , Frances Sarah Huish , Georgiana Elizabeth Swift , Violetta Harriot Darwin , Anne …
… Eliza Darwin , and Millicent Susan Oldershaw . …
… See letter to Reginald Darwin, 27 March 1879 and n. …

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

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… Francis Rhodes Darwin . …
… Darwin, C. …
… R. Darwin, C. M. C. …
… To C. M. C. Darwin 24 March 1879 …
… The late Mrs Vivien Kindersley (private collection) Charles Robert Darwin 24 Mar 1879 …
… Down Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin …
… provide a photograph of Elston, the birthplace of Erasmus Darwin, with permission to have …
… it reproduced in Erasmus Darwin . …
… so that I am not hopeful on this head. I beg leave to remain | Dear M rs . Darwin | Yours …
… sincerely | Charles Darwin …
… Bibliography Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by …
… W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. …
… Krause, Ernst. 1879a. Erasmus Darwin, der Großvater …
… und Vorkämpfer Charles Darwin’s: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie. Kosmos …
… Krause had published a biography of CD’s grandfather Erasmus Darwin ( Krause 1879a ). …
… CD’s brother was Erasmus Alvey Darwin . See letters from E. …
… A. Darwin, 8 March [1879] and 11 March [1879] . CD …
… planned to use a photograph of a portrait by Joseph Wright of Erasmus Darwin as the …
… frontispiece to Erasmus Darwin (see letter to Ernst Krause, 19 March 1879 and n. 8). …
… Hall, Nottinghamshire, was the seat of the senior branch of the Darwin family and the …
… birthplace of Erasmus Darwin . …
… Orpington. S.E.R. Mar 24/1879 Dear M rs Darwin, I am going to beg a little favour of you. …
… published a short life of D r Erasmus Darwin, chiefly in relation to his scientific work. …
… be greatly obliged. I fear that is not probable that M r Darwin or yourself possess any …
… documents about D r Darwin or letters from him; for if you have any & would not object to …

To the Darwin children 21 February 1879

Summary

Circular about the distribution of the overplus of his income and advice on investment.

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:	21 Feb 1879
Classmark:	DAR 210.6: 153
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11896

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… To the Darwin children 21 February 1879 …
… Darwin, C. …
… R. Darwin, …
… Elizabeth Darwin, …
… Francis Darwin, G. …
… H. Darwin, …
… Horace Darwin, …
… Leonard Darwin, W. …
… E. Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. …
… advisers. Here ends my sermon— Charles Darwin To William Please forward this soon to G. & …
… F. “G. H. Darwin Esq Villa Beau Séjour Colonne Voirol Algiers. ” …
… DAR 210.6: 153 Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Feb …
… 1879 Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin …
… Francis Darwin George …
… Howard Darwin …
… Horace Darwin …
… Leonard Darwin William …
… Erasmus Darwin Henrietta …
… Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
… Frederick Ransome, 7 February 1866 ). George Howard and Francis Darwin were in Algiers; …
… see letter from Francis Darwin, [ c. 25 February 1879]. …
… Charles Langton , and CD and Erasmus Alvey Darwin . The trust paid out twice yearly on 30 …
… probably managed by CD’s son William Erasmus Darwin . The last payment to CD, for £352 10 …
… is dated 30 June 1876 and marked ‘W. E. Darwin in Trust money’ (CD’s Account books–banking …
… were Henrietta Emma Litchfield and Elizabeth Darwin ; his sons were William Erasmus , …
… Howard , Francis , Leonard , and Horace Darwin . CD had purchased shares in the Patent …

From Francis Galton 9 June 1879

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Memorandum about Dr Erasmus Darwin’s bequests.

Author:	Francis Galton
Addressee:	Charles Robert Darwin
Date:	9 June 1879
Classmark:	DAR 210.14: 30
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12097F

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… Galton, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
… Memorandum about Dr Erasmus Darwin’s bequests. …
… DAR 210.14: 30 Francis Galton 9 June 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
… aside from a similar sum given him by his uncle, John Darwin (1730–1805) , it was the sole …
… pecuniary aid that Robert ever received ( Erasmus Darwin , p. 85). …
… Bibliography Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by …
… W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. …
… King-Hele, Desmond. 1999. Erasmus Darwin. A life of unequalled achievement. London: Giles …
… Mem: about D r . Erasmus Darwin’s bequests When D r . …
… Eras: Darwin died, he appears to have left no money …
… to D r . Robert Darwin who was the sole surviving issue of his first marriage with Miss …
… M r . Darwin’s) youngest Brother D r . …
… Eras. Darwin— Did Issue mean, D r . …
… Eras Darwin’s children—or children & …
… grandchildren— This much excited Emma Darwin—as D r . Rob et . had 6. children—& Violetta …
… decided against the grandchildren M rs . Darwin had only 2 children living at her death …
… Robert Waring Darwin (1766–1848) was the …
… sole surviving child of Erasmus Darwin and his first wife, Mary Howard . …
… Elizabeth Darwin ’s first husband was Edward Sacheverel …
… Pole ; her six children by Erasmus Darwin , still living at the time of his death, were …
… the illegitimate daughters. Robert Waring Darwin married Susannah Wedgwood (1765–1817) in …
… CD’s father, Robert Waring Darwin , had five other children: Marianne …
… Parker , Caroline Sarah Wedgwood , Susan Elizabeth Darwin , Erasmus …
… Alvey Darwin , and Catherine Langton . Violetta Galton ’s eight children …
… Adele Bunbury , Agnes Jane Galton , Darwin Galton , Erasmus Galton , Violetta Galton , and …
… his grandfather, CD did not discuss Erasmus Darwin’s legacies to any of his children; CD …
… that Erasmus had given his son Robert Waring Darwin £20 when he first set up his medical …
… £ 30.000. On the other hand, D r . Erasmus Darwin left comparatively very little money & a …
… a time, and it is supposed that D r . E. Darwin was enabled to save what he did by living …
… Galton June 9/79. 1st ly . M rs . Eras: Darwin (neé Collier) had a jointure f m . Col l . …
… the Rev d John Gisborne— 2nd ly D r . E Darwin lived at Radbourne after his marriage to M …
… till M r . Pole was of age— M rs . Erasmus Darwin having £800-a year, besides the rent of …
… the Radbourne Let 3 rdly . D r . Eras: Darwin has to educate & place out at Ashbourne, M …
… Mother, M rs . Day— 4 thly . — D r . E Darwin lent several thousands, or I think there was …
… was left in his will to M rs . Era s . Darwin, (his 2 nd . Wife) & her Children—& it was …
… M rs . Archdall’s death. 5 th . When D r . E Darwin died—he left by his second marriage 6. …
… If the Archdall money was ever p d . M rs . Darwin was to have it, & the second family …
… at M rs . Darwin’s death—& so they did receive f r . 5 to £6,000—each f m . …
… first to last— Had M rs . Eras s . Darwin died soon after her Husband—the Pole Jointure …
… money cd. be paid which was very uncertain— Old M r . Darwin of Elston—left his Property— …
… some to his Heir William Darwin—& some to the issue of his ( …
… According to CD’s introductory sketch, Robert Waring Darwin received £20 from Erasmus when …
… he set up practice in Shrewsbury ( Erasmus Darwin , p. 85). The Poles had four children: …
… of the Pole family, a few miles west of Derby, was rented out by the Darwins for most of …
… the time until Elizabeth Darwin’s son Sacheverell Pole reached his majority at 21 ( King- …
… been employed by Erasmus as a nursemaid for Robert Waring Darwin (see King-Hele 1999 , pp. …
… 106–7). Robert Waring Darwin (1724–1816) , who died unmarried, was …
… the elder brother of William Brown Darwin , who then inherited Elston …
… Hall, and of Erasmus Darwin . …
… Emma Georgiana Elizabeth Darwin never married. …

To Francis Darwin 12 July [1879]

Summary

Notes observations on sensitivity and movement of radicles.

Has finished chapter [of Movement in plants] on sleeping plants and is now looking over heliotropism notes.

Is perplexed by Erasmus Darwin; Erasmus [A. Darwin] likes it, but Henrietta thinks it much too long.

Author:	Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:	Francis Darwin
Date:	12 July [1879]
Classmark:	DAR 211: 62
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-12152

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… Darwin, C. …
… R. Darwin, Francis …
… To Francis Darwin 12 July [1879] …
… DAR 211: 62 Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 …
… July [1879] Francis Darwin …
… and is now looking over heliotropism notes. Is perplexed by Erasmus Darwin ; Erasmus [A. …
… Darwin] likes it, but Henrietta thinks it much too long. …
… to Lakes & finish it there. I am tired— Ever yours | C. Darwin (What are your plans, if …
… you have any, you degenerate Darwin. ) Abbadabba flourishing & Dumming …
… Bibliography Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by …
… W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879. …
… Movement in plants : The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. …
… Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880. …
… from 2 to 27 August 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
… CD jokingly alludes to some of the more illustrious Darwin ancestors discovered …
… by George Howard Darwin while …
… researching Darwin family history (see letter from G. …
… H. Darwin, 24 June 1879 ). Abbadabba …
… was a pet name for Francis’s son, Bernard Darwin . ‘Dumming’: Bernard’ …
… s mispronunciation of ‘drumming’ (see letter to Francis Darwin, 4 July [1879] ). …
… by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Francis Darwin, 9 July 1879 . …
… See letter from Francis Darwin, 9 July 1879 and n. 1. Francis had not mentioned …
… Virginia spiderwort; see letter from Francis Darwin, 9 July 1879 and n. 2). CD described …
… mustard; see letter from Francis Darwin, [after 16 June 1879] ). In his investigations …
… the roots with gold-beater’s skin (see letter to Francis Darwin, 25 June [1879] and n. 5). …
… curvature’, see the letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] , n. 8. The long chapter for …
… away from the sun (see letter to Francis Darwin, 25 June [1879] and n. 6). Various members …
… proof-sheets of CD’s biographical sketch for Erasmus Darwin ; among them were Henrietta …
… Emma Litchfield , Erasmus Alvey Darwin , and …
… Emma Darwin . …
… The Darwins stayed at Coniston in the Lake District …

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Henrietta Emma Darwin

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Henrietta “Etty” Darwin (1843–1927) was the eldest of Charles Darwin’s daughters to reach adulthood. She married Richard Buckley Litchfield in 1871. She was a valued editor to her father as well as companion and correspondent to both of her parents.…

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… Henrietta “Etty” Darwin (1843–1927) was the eldest of Charles Darwin’s daughters to reach adulthood. …
… she edited passages of The Autobiography of Charles Darwin (1887), as well as a collection …
… Henrietta provided far more than grammatical assistance; Darwin asked her to help clarify and …
… or brothers, Henrietta was an essential lynchpin in the Darwin circle, and helped anchor both the …

Emma Darwin

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Emma Darwin, Charles Darwin's wife and first cousin, was born Emma Wedgwood, the eighth and youngest child of Josiah Wedgwood II and Bessy Allen. Her father was the eldest son of the famous pottery manufacturer, Josiah Wedgwood I. Her mother was one…

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… Emma Darwin, Charles Darwin's wife and first cousin, was born Emma Wedgwood, the eighth and …
… father's eldest sister, Susannah, had married Robert Waring Darwin of Shrewsbury, and had six …
… in Gower Street, London. Their first child, William Erasmus Darwin, was born in December the same …
… in the published volumes of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin . This is partly because on the …
… home. A great deal of her correspondence survives in the Darwin Archive–CUL, along with her …

St George Jackson Mivart

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In the second half of 1874, Darwin’s peace was disturbed by an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review suggesting that his son George was opposed to the institution of marriage and in favour of ‘unrestrained licentiousness’. Darwin suspected, correctly,…

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… 1874, the Catholic zoologist St George Jackson Mivart caused Darwin and his son George serious …
… pp. 98–114, and Dawson 2007, pp. 77–81. George Darwin's article on marriage In …
… liberty of marriage’ in the Contemporary Review (G. H. Darwin 1873b). In this article, George …
… 76). Mivart’s argument did not win general assent. Darwin was more struck by the comments on …
… The following quotations from Mivart’s paper mention Darwin and George: p. 45: ‘Mr. Darwin, …
… sentiments, disguise them by studious reticence—as Mr. Darwin disguised at first his views as to the …
… licentiousness theoretically justified. Mr. George Darwin proposes that divorce should be made …
… deep debt of gratitude will indeed be one day due to Mr. Darwin— one difficult to over-estimate. …
… Clearing George's name On 27 July , Darwin wrote to George: he was thinking of taking …
… denial & short account of [his] essay’ and have Darwin send it for publication in the next issue …
… long and contained an abstract of George’s paper, which Darwin pointed out was not the kind of thing …
… to ‘the insanity question or oppressive laws’. Darwin’s main objection to the Quarterly …
… ‘oppressive laws’, since they were mentioned in the text Darwin wanted to quote from the review, and …
… he might be thought to endorse them ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 ). He sent a second …
… the charge of encouraging licentiousness. A postscript to Darwin’s letter, which may belong to …

Joseph Dalton Hooker

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The 1400 letters exchanged between Darwin and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) account for around 10% of Darwin’s surviving correspondence and provide a structure within which all the other letters can be explored. They are a connecting thread that spans…

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… No single set of letters was more important to Darwin than those exchanged with his closest friend, …
… They are a connecting thread that spans forty years of Darwin’s mature working life from 1843 until …
… an admirer of the older man, was approached about working on Darwin’s collection of plants from the …
… admitted into the small and select group of those with whom Darwin felt able to discuss his emerging …
… a murder”. When Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) sent Darwin a letter in 1858 outlining an almost …
… simultaneous publication of papers by both men, and secured Darwin’s claim to the theory of …
… Much of the most important experimental work conducted by Darwin after the publication of Origin …
… father as director in 1865, was perfectly placed to provide Darwin with exotic species, and to help …
… correspondents. Hooker was a frequent visitor to Darwin at his home in Downe, Kent, and …
… Of the many hundreds of letters that passed between Darwin and Hooker all but a handful of those …
… “in remembrance of his lifelong friendship with Charles Darwin”. At some time between those two …
… University Library, in 1948, together with the bulk of the Darwin archive, following transfer of …
… of their relationship with the recipient. The use Darwin made of the information in letters …
… editions. And letters written in pencil suggest Darwin was unwell – you can’t use an ink dip …
… Going public: On 28 June 1858, just a few days after Darwin received Alfred Russel Wallace‘s …

Francis Darwin

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Known to his family as ‘Frank’, Charles Darwin’s seventh child himself became a distinguished scientist. He was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, initially studying mathematics, but then transferring to natural sciences. Francis completed…

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… Known to his family as ‘Frank’, Charles Darwin’s seventh child himself became a distinguished …
… into debt and had kept the matter secret for some months. Darwin was very stern in his advice: ‘I …
… fellow as I daresay I appear to you’ (letter to Francis Darwin, 18 October [1870] ). …
… had been employed as his father's secretary and assistant. Darwin had been concerned about his …
… run by Julius von Sachs in Wurzburg. Francis Darwin was elected to the Royal Society in 1882 …
… his father had not been knighted, although in 1877 Charles Darwin was awarded an honorary degree …
… The Power of Movement in Plants, 1880). Perhaps Francis Darwin, whom the family regarded as a …

John Murray

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Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural selection (Origin) was published on 22 November 1859. The publisher was John Murray, who specialised in non-fiction, particularly politics, travel and science, and had published…

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… Darwin's most famous book On the origin of species by means of natural …
… Scotland : it contains more than two hundred letters from Darwin, from his first negotiations in …
… date from 1859, the year of the publication of Origin . Darwin’s son Francis described how his …
… more interesting correspondence ( LL 1, p. v). Darwin returned from his voyage around the …
… This had been published in London by Henry Colburn, but Darwin felt that the arrangements had been …
… ). Lyell’s talk with Murray must have been successful, for Darwin sold his copyright in the …
… a single volume. Returning to Murray the final proof sheets Darwin wrote, ‘I am much obliged for the …
… ). Thus began the business relationship between Charles Darwin and John Murray. Darwin’s next …
… Murray’s printers, and in the first copies some pages in Darwin’s chapter were transposed ( Letter …
… some present’ (12 June [1849] Letter 1245 ). Darwin’s next publications, his barnacle …
… would not have interested a commercial publisher. In 1854 Darwin had begun writing up his species …
… species was driven by natural selection. In order to ensure Darwin’s priority, his friends Charles …
… ), who, without even reading the manuscript, offered Darwin two-thirds of the profit ( Letter 2443 …
… the trade at 9 s .6 d . a copy ( Letter 2513a ). When Darwin first saw the finished volume, …
… called for ( Letter 2549 ). In the end Murray paid Darwin £180 for the first edition of Origin …
… of a world that is slowly and continuously changing. Darwin now began work on The variation …
… and on the good effects of intercrossing (Orchids) , which Darwin had prepared for the Linnean …
… ). The appearance of Variation was further delayed by Darwin’s ill-health and the preparation of …

Bartholomew James Sulivan

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On Christmas Day 1866, Bartholomew Sulivan sat down to write a typically long and chatty letter to his old friend, Charles Darwin, commiserating on shared ill-health, glorying in the achievements of their children, offering to collect plant specimens, and…

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… typically long and chatty letter to his old friend, Charles Darwin, commiserating on shared ill …
… of a navy family, was lieutenant on the Beagle during Darwin’s time on board. Sociable and …
… and gossip, and and was one of the few people whose visits Darwin encouraged. In 1862 he organised …
… settled in Bournemouth where they were near neighbours of Darwin’s cousins, the Langtons, and they …
… on Henrietta when she was there, and to visit William Darwin in Southampton . From the …
… natural history. Following the Beagle voyage, he sent Darwin geological observations from …
… expedition to the coast of Patagonia, a proposal Darwin supported , and in 1870 he sent Darwin …
… the South American Mission Society), passing on copies of Darwin’s ‘expression’ questionnaire to …

George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)

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George Eliot was the pen name of celebrated Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880). She was born on the outskirts of Nuneaton in Warwickshire and was educated at boarding schools from the age of five until she was 16. Her education ended when she…

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… novels, under her pen name, achieved great acclaim. Darwin and his family were keen readers …
… Allen, [26 March 1873], DAR 219.11: 14). A few days later Darwin asked if his daughter and son-in …
… to lunch but there is no evidence that this happened (Emma Darwin to Horace Darwin, [14 October 1873 …
… started ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). Darwin took Emma to a Sunday afternoon at …

Virginia Isitt: Darwin’s secretary?

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In an undated and incomplete draft letter to a “Miss I.”, Emma Darwin appears to be arranging for Miss I. to come to Down for a trial period as a secretary. When the letter first came to light, no one had heard of the mysterious “Miss I.” and, as far as we…

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… undated and incomplete draft letter to a “Miss I.”, Emma Darwin appears to be arranging for Miss I. …
… of the mysterious “Miss I.” and, as far as we knew, Darwin never employed a secretary. Members of …
… carefully return them to you— It is so very doubtful Mr Darwin being able to dictate to his own …
… Station at any hour of the afternoon that you will fix— Mr Darwin is so m[uch]. of an invalid that I …
… us but I hope you will A second letter in the Darwin Archive–CUL (DAR 219.9: 95), …
… Port Elizabeth Collegiate School; he had been unaware of the Darwin connection. Additionally, he …
… education at the Convent College in Arras. In 1871, Darwin was receiving letters relating to …
… situation. There is no further mention of Virigina Isitt in Darwin’s correspondence, nor has …
… the Darwins used their influence to further her career, as Darwin had helped the gardener John Scott …

Edward Lumb

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Edward Lumb was born in Yorkshire. According to the memoirs of his daughter Anne, Lady Macdonell, he travelled to Buenos Aires aged sixteen with his merchant uncle, Charles Poynton, and after some fortunate enterprises set up in business there. In 1833…

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… there. In 1833 while voyaging on the Beagle Charles Darwin stayed with Edward Lumb, and he …
… contacts enabled him to dispatch fossils back to Britain for Darwin: he arranged for megatherium …
… estates in Argentina and Uruguay. Edward Lumb gave Darwin a letter of introduction to them , and …
… the 22 nd to the 26 th November 1833. In March 1834 Darwin wrote from the Falkland Islands …
… and in May Lumb sent a case of specimens to Cambridge . Darwin and Lumb maintained their …
… 1872 Alfred Tylor, who also lived in Carshalton, wrote to Darwin and included the news that Mr …

John Lubbock

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John Lubbock was eight years old when the Darwins moved into the neighbouring property of Down House, Down, Kent; the total of one hundred and seventy surviving letters he went on to exchange with Darwin is a large number considering that the two men lived…

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… and seventy surviving letters he went on to exchange with Darwin is a large number considering that …
… entertained well-connected visitors who often asked to meet Darwin too. Alongside careers in …
… arrangements to meet. There are few people whose company Darwin so actively sought out, and despite …
… it is clear that John Lubbock played a significant part in Darwin's life and work, becoming a …
… was only twenty-five, but he provided drawings from Darwin's own dissections of ants, and …
… his election as MP for Maidstone in 1870, Lubbock tried at Darwin’s request to pursuade parliament …
… This was unsuccessful, but he went on to submit petitions on Darwin’s behalf seeking pensions for …
… Contributions to Descent In Descent of man , Darwin referred to Lubbock’s published …
… 94). But the most important aspect of Lubbock’s work for Darwin was the support it provided for the …
… Lubbock’s Origin of civilisation , published in 1870 as Darwin was completing Descent, was …
… than reflecting earlier stages of human development as Darwin believed, were the result of …
… ‘I have read 4 or 5 Chapters with extreme interest,’ Darwin wrote, ‘too much interest for the good …
… Lubbock, 21 July [1870] ). It seems what principally gave Darwin his upset stomach was Lubbock' …
… Lubbock, 18 March [1871] ). It was Lubbock who drew Darwin’s attention to McLennan’s …
… , and introduced him to the concept of exogamy, though Darwin complained that he remained 'not …
… Several letters are more personal: In 1861 Darwin asked both the Lubbocks to help set his eldest son …
… as an archaeologist. Relations between Lubbock and Darwin’s children were strained. ‘I am …

William Darwin Fox

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Charles Darwin’s cousin, William Darwin Fox, was admitted to Christ’s College, Cambridge, in 1824, three years before Darwin; the two men became close friends. They corresponded throughout their lives, exchanging accounts of their growing families…

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… Charles Darwin’s cousin, William Darwin Fox, was admitted to Christ’s College, Cambridge, in 1824, …
… 1838 to 1873 was Rector of Delamere in Cheshire. Fox and Darwin corresponded throughout their lives …

Fritz Müller

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Fritz Müller, a German who spent most of his life in political exile in Brazil, described Darwin as his second father, and Darwin's son, Francis, wrote that, although they never met 'the correspondence with Müller, which continued to the close of…

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… Francis Darwin, in Life and letters of Charles Darwin , wrote of Fritz Müller They …
… Müller, in a letter to Ernst Krause written shortly after Darwin’s death, expressed his feelings: …
… history. It was during this ten-year period that he read Darwin’s On the origin of species , …
… in the German scientific community and eventually came to Darwin’s attention. Earlier in 1861, …
… brother Hermann, provide important evidence in support of Darwin’s theory. The book, simply …
… him frequent dizzy spells. This same illness had prevented Darwin from working on his follow-up book …
… ( Botany ). Having now read Müller’s book, Darwin initiated a correspondence with …
… of the fact that he was addressing a complete stranger, Darwin’s tone in this first letter was …
… and read ‘Climbing plants’, he had already written to Darwin describing several genera of …
… that after consulting his friend Joseph Dalton Hooker, Darwin sent off the letters for …
… was set for the rest of their correspondence. With each work Darwin sent, he received valuable …
… of the Entomological society of London in 1879 on Darwin’s suggestion . Müller continued to …

John Lort Stokes

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John Lort Stokes, naval officer, was Charles Darwin’s cabinmate on the Beagle voyage – not always an enviable position. After Darwin’s death, Stokes penned a description of their evenings spent working at the large table at the centre, Stokes at his…

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… John Lort Stokes, naval officer, was Charles Darwin’s cabinmate on the Beagle voyage – not …
… table at the centre, Stokes at his navigation charts and Darwin at his microscope: It was …
… he had again to lie down. ( LL 1: 224) Despite Darwin’s illness, the two got on well …
… he attended the meeting of the Geological Society at which Darwin read his paper on the formation …
… observations, the responses to which he later sent back to Darwin: Previous to my …
… enhanced by a series of queries, kindly furnished by Mr. Darwin, and drawn up with a view to confirm …
… to England in 1843. Shortly after, he unwittingly involved Darwin in an extremely awkward situation …
… as Discoveries in Australia (1846). In the letter Darwin sent when he returned the proofs, …
… way to the desk of the governor himself . Fortunately, Darwin managed to smooth matters over , …

Syms Covington

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When Charles Darwin embarked on the Beagle voyage in 1831, Syms Covington was ‘fiddler & boy to Poop-cabin’. Covington kept an illustrated journal of his observations and experiences on the voyage, noting wildlife, landscapes, buildings and people and,…

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… When Charles Darwin embarked on the Beagle voyage in 1831, Syms Covington was ‘ …
… After teaching Covington to shoot and skin birds, Darwin employed him as his servant in 1833. …
… England. On the Beagle ’s return to England in 1836, Darwin kept Covington in his employ, paying …
… to emigrate and to work his passage to Sydney, Australia. Darwin wrote a letter of recommendation …
… Agricultural Company run by Phillip Parker King (whom Darwin had met in Australia in 1836 ). …
… 280 miles south of Sydney, where he then lived. In 1852 Darwin had asked about the gold rush and …
… accommodation, a post office, and possibly a general store. Darwin’s last letter to Covington …

Lydia Becker

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Becker was a leading member of the suffrage movement, perhaps best known for publishing the Women’s Suffrage Journal. She was also a successful biologist, astronomer and botanist and, between 1863 and 1877, an occasional correspondent of Charles Darwin. …

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… 1863 and 1877, an occasional correspondent of Charles Darwin. Most of the correspondence …
… to publish her articles. Perhaps most surprising was Darwin’s willingness to provide Becker …
… Literary Society. On December 22nd 1866 Becker wrote to Darwin to ask if he would “be so very …
… inaccessible to us unless through your kindness.” Darwin responded by sending not one but …
… `Three forms of Lythrum salicaria ‘) . Whether Darwin realised that he was providing …
… use of headed paper and the enclosure in her letter to Darwin of the society’s first pamphlet …

Antoinette Brown Blackwell

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Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825–1921) was born in Henrietta, New York. In early life she began to preach in her local Congregational Church and went on to teach. Throughout her life she was a renowned public speaker, a vociferous social reformer and…

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… published scientific works and corresponded with Charles Darwin . The achievements of …
… however, Becker and Blackwell were far from the equals of Darwin and his male corespondents. Denied …
… that it might have been produced by a woman. Darwin’s letters suggest that while he was open …
… sent a copy of her Studies in General Science to Darwin in 1869, he assumed from its content and …

Robert FitzRoy

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Robert FitzRoy was captain of HMS Beagle when Darwin was aboard. From 1831 to 1836 the two men lived in the closest proximity, their relationship revealed by the letters they exchanged while Darwin left the ship to explore the countries visited during the…

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… Robert FitzRoy was captain of HMS Beagle when Darwin was aboard. From 1831 to 1836 the two men …
… relationship revealed by the letters they exchanged while Darwin left the ship to explore the …
… evolutionary theory. FitzRoy is now too often viewed through Darwin’s increasingly negative opinion …
… Admiralty that a ‘Savant’ had been found, ‘ A M r Darwin grandson of the well known philosopher …
… on 2 October 1836, two years later than originally planned, Darwin told FitzRoy: ‘ If you do not …
… a most inconvenient time to marry ’, according to Darwin. FitzRoy then turned to the production of …
… His contributions were eclipsed by the volume written by Darwin, which went on to have an …
… of Tierra del Fuego was far less extreme than that of Darwin ; they were, according to FitzRoy, …
… but adamant in the importance of missionary work. In 1836, Darwin joined with FitzRoy in …
… voyage was philosophical in its aims, not only because Darwin was on board, but because of FitzRoy’s …
… ‘You will be amused with FitzRoy’s Deluge Chapter’, Darwin wrote to his sister Caroline, adding that …
… political obstacles and his religious beliefs hardened. Darwin embarked on the Beagle as a young …
… secretary of the Geological Society of London. In 1834, Darwin had reported that FitzRoy’s ‘ most …
… Others were dismayed by FitzRoy’s opposition to Darwin’s theory of evolution. In 1866, Victor Carus …
… yours. ’ Decline and fall FitzRoy and Darwin had spent the Beagle voyage …
… of himself and the officers on the Beagle in Darwin’s volume of the Narrative . Just weeks …
… manner ’. When FitzRoy moved away from London in 1839, Darwin was ‘right glad of it’ as he was …
… returned from his difficult governorship of New Zealand, Darwin set the tone of their relationship …
… tears into my father’s eyes ’. From 1854, Darwin was a member of the Royal Society committee …
… FitzRoy was the head, but the two men rarely met. In 1859, Darwin guessed that FitzRoy was the …
… Origin on shaky scientific grounds. A year later, Darwin feared that FitzRoy’s mind was ‘ often …
… difficulties and debts . Despite knowing this, Darwin was astounded when he received the …

Charles Thomas Whitley

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Born in Liverpool in 1808, Charles Thomas Whitley, like Darwin, attended Shrewsbury School and then Cambridge University where they were clearly very close, exchanging letters during the summer holidays. Whitley was a mathematician, a subject that held…

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… Born in Liverpool in 1808, Charles Thomas Whitley, like Darwin, attended Shrewsbury School and then …
… a subject that held very little interest for the young Darwin; what they had in common was a taste …
… a good account of the excitement and chaos surrounding Darwin’s preparations for the Beagle …
… in the early months, ultimately the two drifted apart as Darwin went off on his adventure and …
… fellowship as a result), a fact that did not escape Darwin’s notice when he in turn married a …
… ([Anon.] 1895 p. 606) – and indeed as he wrote to Darwin before the Beagle he made sure to give …

Arthur Mellersh

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Arthur Mellersh was a midshipman (promoted to mate during the voyage) serving on the Beagle at the time when Darwin was travelling around the world. One account suggests an inauspicious start to their friendship; apparently Mellersh introduced himself…

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… the voyage) serving on the Beagle at the time when Darwin was travelling around the world. One …
… (Mellersh 1968 p. 72). Despite this notable beginning, Darwin and Mellersh seem to have got on well …
… Rattler during the Burma Campaign in 1852, and in 1853 Darwin learned in a letter from Syms …
… Bartholomew James Sulivan and John Clements Wickham. Darwin invited all three to come to Down for …
… visit was not a success, however, as the excitement drove Darwin immediately into a bout of sickness …
… on his next voyage, he wrote to ask whether he could help Darwin by making any particular …
… son Osbert was a naturalist and regular correspondent with Darwin. Mellersh called Anthony Salvin’s …
… arranging the gift of a bird’s nest intended for Darwin from a lawyer in Montevideo . He appeared …
… Mellersh was part of a network of retired naval men from Darwin’s Beagle days who kept in …

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