Darwin Archive, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, England
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- … Darwin Archive, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, England DAR …
The History Buff (website) www.ehistorybuff.com/darwin_als.html
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- … The History Buff (website) www.ehistorybuff.com/darwin_als.html History Buff …
C. Warren Irvin, Jr., Collection of Darwin and Darwiniana, Hollings Special Collections Library, University of South Carolina Libraries, Columbia, South Carolina USA
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- … C. Warren Irvin, Jr. , Collection of Darwin and Darwiniana, Hollings Special Collections …
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: 19 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 …
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 |
Matches: 19 hits
- … 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. …
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 |
Matches: 19 hits
- … From the Darwin children 17 January 1880 …
- … Darwin, …
- … Elizabeth Darwin, …
- … Francis Darwin, G. …
- … H. Darwin, …
- … Horace Darwin, …
- … Leonard Darwin, W. E. …
- … Sedgwick, Sara Darwin, …
- … Sara Darwin, H. E. …
- … Litchfield, H. E. Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR 99: 208 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 unstated …
- … 17 Jan 1880 Charles Robert Darwin …
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 |
Matches: 17 hits
- … 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. …
- … 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 …
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: 17 hits
- … To the Darwin children 3 January 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 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 …
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: 17 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. …
- … 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 …
To Darwin Children 8 January 1882
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 |
Matches: 17 hits
- … To 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 …
To CD’s executors & other 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 |
Matches: 16 hits
- … 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 Edward Levett Darwin 7 September 1863
Summary
Glad to find they are cousins.
Sends his book [High Elms (pseud.), The game-preserver’s manual (1858)].
Author: | Edward Levett Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 Sept 1863 |
Classmark: | DAR 99: 17–18 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4295 |
Matches: 34 hits
- … From Edward Levett Darwin 7 September 1863 …
- … Darwin, E. …
- … L. Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR 99: 17–18 Edward Levett Darwin Derby 7 Sept …
- … 1863 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … day or other it will result in being personal . Yours very sincerely | Edw d L Darwin Chr. …
- … Darwin Esq | F.R.S. …
- … cousin, once removed ( Darwin pedigree ). CD and his family had gone to Malvern Wells, …
- … printed. 1888. [Reprinted in facsimile in Darwin pedigrees , by Richard Broke Freeman. …
- … An appeal. [By Charles and Emma Darwin. ] [Bromley, Kent]: [privately printed. ] [ …
- … Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et …
- … Cambridge University Press. 1985–. [Darwin, Edward Levett. ] 1859. The game-preserver’s …
- … a common one yet there are I know other Darwins. Your Wife sent me 2/1 for a copy of the …
- … Edward Darwin was CD’s first cousin, son of …
- … his father’s half-brother, Francis Sacheverel Darwin ( …
- … Darwin pedigree ). …
- … No other correspondence between CD and Edward Darwin has been found. …
- … Emma Darwin had apparently sent for a copy of …
- … considerably enlarged’ edition of Edward Darwin’s Game preserver’s manual , which was …
- … published in 1863 ( E. L. Darwin 1863 ). …
- … Emma Darwin had apparently …
- … sent Edward Darwin a copy of An appeal , a four-page circular concerning the cruelty of …
- … s manual are the only works by Edward Darwin listed in the NSTC . The reference may be to …
- … particular procedures necessary for trapping foxes ( [E. L. Darwin] 1859 , pp. 25–6). …
- … Marcus Huish, of Castle Donnington, Leicestershire, was married to Edward Darwin’s sister, …
- … Frances Sarah ( Darwin pedigree ). The reference is to Samuel Boteler and …
- … Hall, Nottinghamshire; Samuel Boteler Bristowe was CD’s and Edward Darwin’s second …
- … Field office. Derby: W. Bemrose & Sons. Darwin, Edward Levett. 1863. The game-preserver’s …
- … act" of 1862. 4th edition. Buxton, Derbyshire: the author. Darwin pedigree : Pedigree of …
- … the family of Darwin. Compiled by H. Farnham Burke. N.p. : …
- … August (see letter from G. B. Sowerby Jr to Emma Darwin, 22 July 1863, and Appendix IX). …
- … See also letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [ …
- … September 1863] . The two parts of Edward Darwin’s Game preserver’s manual dealt with the …
- … steel trap stands, as it always must, pre-eminent’ ( [E. L. Darwin] 1859 , p. 22). The …
From Charles and Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [13 January 1861]
Summary
Two letters for WED at E. A. Darwin's. G. H. Darwin has been to dentist. Please collect and pay for GHD’s skates.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Date: | [13 Jan 1861] |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 117 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3046F |
Matches: 23 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. …
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, …
- … Emma Darwin, W. E. …
- … From Charles and Emma Darwin to W. …
- … E. Darwin [13 January 1861] …
- … DAR 185: 117 Charles Robert Darwin Emma …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin [13 Jan …
- … 1861] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … Two letters for WED at E. A. Darwin's. G. …
- … H. Darwin has been to dentist. Please collect and pay for GHD’s skates. …
- … London. B. at 2 o .30’— Your affect | C. Darwin Dear Wm, I expect Eva will come with you, …
- … 11 January 1861, and left on 21 January (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Emma was mistaken …
- … The letter is dated by the reference to George Howard Darwin’s dental treatment (see n. …
- … 3, below) and references in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242; see nn. 2 and 8, below). …
- … Sunday. CD refers to his brother, Erasmus Alvey Darwin, who lived at 6 Queen Anne Street, …
- … London, and to Francis and George Howard Darwin, who, according …
- … to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), went to London on 10 January 1861, returning to Down on …
- … treatment between December 1860 and February 1861 (see letter from G. H. Darwin to W. …
- … E. Darwin, [9 December 1860] (DAR …
- … 251: 2226), letters from Emma Darwin to W. …
- … E. Darwin, [30 January 1861] (DAR 219.1: 36), [12 February 1861] (DAR 219.1: 37), and [20 …
- … further identified. London Bridge station. Emma Darwin added this note to CD’s letter. The …
- … House with William on 14 January 1861 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); to the London home …
To the Darwin Family 3 October 1828
Summary
[Caroline Darwin on behalf of CD] submits a petition to Darwin family for £20 to purchase a new double-barrelled gun, CD’s present one having become dangerous.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Darwin family |
Date: | 3 Oct 1828 |
Classmark: | L |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-50 |
Matches: 14 hits
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin family …
- … To the Darwin Family 3 October 1828 …
- … L Charles Robert Darwin [Shrewsbury] 3 …
- … Oct 1828 Darwin family …
- … The ‘petition’ is in Caroline Darwin’s hand. The subscribers’ names are in their own …
- … requisite for the purchase of new Double barrd Gun— Value £20— £. s. d. W Darwin 5= 0 …
- … = 0 Miss Darwin 5 . …
- … 0– 0 Miss Susan Darwin 5 " 0 . …
- … 0 Miss Cath Darwin 5 " 0 " 0. …
- … Caroline Darwin on behalf of CD] …
- … submits a petition to Darwin family for £20 to purchase a new double-barrelled gun, CD’s …
- … a Distressed Sportsman— 1828. Oct 3— Charles Darwin gent—humbly petitions all benevolently …
- … liable to destroy the aforesaid Charles Darwins legs arms, body & brains & consequently …
To W. E. Darwin 30 [October 1862]
Summary
Thanks WED for observations on Lythrum.
Discusses family affairs.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Date: | 30 [Oct 1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 107 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3789 |
Matches: 30 hits
- … to W. E. Darwin, [25 October 1862] . …
- … To W. E. Darwin 30 [October 1862] …
- … Darwin, C. …
- … R. Darwin, W. E. …
- … DAR 210.6: 107 Charles Robert Darwin Down 30 [Oct …
- … 1862] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … by the relationship to the letter from W. E. Darwin, 28 October 1862 . See letter to …
- … W. E. Darwin, [25 October 1862] and n. 2, and letter …
- … from W. E. Darwin, 28 October 1862 . CD reported this observation in ‘Three forms of …
- … Bibliography Anon. 1862. Mr Darwin’s orchids. Saturday Review 14 (1862): 486. …
- … papers : The collected papers of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. Barrett. 2 vols. …
- … good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862. ‘Three forms …
- … My dear old fellow | Your affect | C. Darwin Months hence will do about counting seed; …
- … and the letters from Emma Darwin to W. …
- … E. Darwin, [19 November 1862] and [2 December 1862? ], in DAR 219.1: 67–8). William had …
- … DAR 226.1). See letter from W. E. Darwin, 21 October [1862] and n. 4, and letter …
- … three forms of Lythrum salicaria. By Charles Darwin. [Read 16 June 1864. ] Journal of the …
- … and Hampshire Bank, Southampton. Henrietta Emma Darwin. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 27 [ …
- … s visit to Down House on 31 October, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary (DAR 242): ‘Ch. …
- … Lubbock, 25 October 1862 , n. 5. Elizabeth Darwin started at a school in Kensington run …
- … by Miss Buob, on 27 January 1863 (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), …
- … and the letter from Emma Darwin to W. …
- … E. Darwin, [29 October 1862], in DAR 219.1: …
- … 63). The Darwins’ governess, Camilla Ludwig, was on an extended visit to her family in …
- … in order to separate her from Horace Darwin. The Down surgeon, Stephen Paul Engleheart, …
- … from which he had been suffering earlier in the year. See the letters from Emma Darwin to …
- … William Erasmus Darwin, [2 March 1862], [27 May 1862], and [6 November …
- … in DAR 219.1: 49, 57, 64; see also Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), and CD’s Classed account …
- … of Down. On Saturday 1 November 1862, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary (DAR 242) that …
- … having become friendly with Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), …
From Francis Parker 22 April 1867
Summary
Sends £600 bequeathed by Susan Darwin to CD’s younger children.
Author: | Francis (Frank) Parker |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 22 Apr 1867 |
Classmark: | DAR 174: 19 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5510 |
Matches: 25 hits
- … Parker, Francis Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR 174: 19 Francis (Frank) Parker Chester 22 Apr 1867 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Sends £600 bequeathed by Susan Darwin to CD’s younger children. …
- … Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et …
- … 100 Henrietta Emma Darwin … 100 …
- … Elizabeth Darwin .... . . 100 Cha …
- … s . Rob t . Darwin (Specific Legacy— a …
- … portrait of Miss Darwins father —valued at …
- … £4—) Henrietta Emma Darwin (a Silver Tea Urn—valued at £28 . 2 . 6)— …
- … Susan Elizabeth Darwin, CD’s sister, died in October 1866 (see Correspondence vol. 14). …
- … were the executors of her will (Susan Elizabeth Darwin’s will, Probate Registry, York). …
- … Robert Waring Darwin. …
- … I am | Yours very sincerely | Francis Parker Charles Darwin Esq re . Down Bromley Kent. …
- … Extract from the Will of the late Miss Susan Elizabeth Darwin dated 1 st . November …
- … 1865— “I give and bequeath to my nephews George Howard Darwin, …
- … Francis Darwin …
- … Leonard Darwin, and …
- … Horace Darwin and my …
- … nieces Henrietta Emma Darwin and …
- … Elizabeth Darwin (the younger sons and daughters …
- … of my Brother Charles Robert Darwin) One hundred pounds each”— I send you in a separate …
- … cover the Undermentioned Legacy receipts for signature— Value Geo. Howard Darwin … 100 …
- … Francis Darwin .... . …
- … 100 Leonard Darwin .... . …
- … 100 Horace Darwin . .... …
From E. A. Darwin 19 February [1866]
Summary
Division of Catherine’s estate.
Arrangements for EAD’s will.
Wishes CD would pay him another visit.
Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 Feb [1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 105: B40–1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5010 |
Matches: 24 hits
- … Darwin, E. …
- … A. Darwin, C. R. …
- … From E. A. Darwin 19 February [1866] …
- … DAR 105: B40–1 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated 19 Feb [ …
- … 1866] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … calendar of the correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821–1882. With supplement. 2d edition. …
- … University calendar. Cambridge: W. Page [and others]. 1796–1950. Darwin, Francis. 1916. …
- … Memoir of Sir George Darwin. …
- … In Scientific papers , by George Howard Darwin. Vol. 5. …
- … this letter and the letter from E. A. Darwin, 17 February [1866]. The letter from CD has …
- … been found. See letter from E. A. Darwin, 17 February [1866]. Emily Catherine Langton ( …
- … Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 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. …
- … Freeman, Richard Broke. 1978. Charles Darwin: a companion. Folkestone, Kent: William …
- … 13301)). William Erasmus Darwin was CD’s eldest son. George became an undergraduate …
- … University calendar 1867, p. 400, F. Darwin 1916 ). The references are to the family of …
- … Allen, lived near Tenby at Cresselly, South Wales ( Darwin pedigree , Freeman 1978 ). …
- … of Emily Catherine Langton. Susan Elizabeth Darwin was the the younger of CD and Erasmus’s …
- … had attended Catherine when she was dying (undated letter from H. E. Darwin to G. …
- … H. Darwin (DAR 245: 273)). …
- … George Howard Darwin was CD’s second son. …
- … s death in 1881, George and William Erasmus Darwin appear to have acted as executors (see …
- … letter from G. H. Darwin, 28 August 1881 ( Calendar no. …
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 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … 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. …
- … 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. …
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 |
Matches: 15 hits
- … Darwin, …
- … Reginald Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Reginald Darwin 7 April 1879 …
- … DAR 210.14: 21 Reginald Darwin Buxton 7 Apr …
- … 1879 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 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. …
- … 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. …
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Readers and critics in Commentary

St George Jackson Mivart
Summary
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 …
Gaston de Saporta
Summary
The human-like qualities of great apes have always been a source of scientific and popular fascination, and no less in the Victorian period than in any other. Darwin himself, of course, marshalled similarities in physiology, behaviour and emotional…
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- … and no less in the Victorian period than in any other. Darwin himself, of course, marshalled …
- … scientific evidence? Correspondence between Charles Darwin and Gaston de Saporta, a French …
- … attractive to many monkeys.” In his reply , Darwin graciously thanked de Saporta for “the …
- … It’s no accident that Darwin did not acknowledge de Saporta’s point about menstruation …
- … Dyak novelist of the future. It’s likely that Darwin would have agreed with Beccari’s …
- … kind of anecdote struck the wrong note for the conscientious Darwin, who was all too aware of how …
- … evolution, de Saporta’s view on Descent suggests that Darwin’s audience was willing to accept a …
- … Sources and further reading: Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, and Selection in …
Benjamin Renshaw
Summary
How much like a monkey is a person? Did our ancestors really swing from trees? Are we descended from apes? By the 1870s, questions like these were on the tip of everyone’s tongue, even though Darwin himself never posed the problem of human evolution in…
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- … these were on the tip of everyone’s tongue, even though Darwin himself never posed the problem of …
- … a great deal of interest and supposition. And Darwin, with his wide and varied network of …
- … named Benjamin Renshaw . In June of 1872, he wrote to Darwin about a local girl living in a …
- … or "the Monkey of Agua Mansa." Bold enough to write to Darwin despite their lack of …
- … convinced that it would be more than a mere curiosity to Darwin, but of actual scientific interest …
- … to draw a crowd at any circus, fair, or public show. (Darwin even referred to one of the most famous …
- … the monkey-girl, those images no longer exist today. Nor is Darwin's reply to Renshaw known to …
- … he did: he nearly always replied to his correspondents, and Darwin was indeed interested in patterns …
- … hairs scattered over the body during maturity,” Darwin wrote, indicated “that man is descended from …
- … account shaded uncomfortably close to the sensational for Darwin's own careful practice and …
- … to enquire into"), corresponding with a scientific man of Darwin's stature would …

Julia Wedgwood
Summary
Charles Darwin’s readership largely consisted of other well-educated Victorian men, nonetheless, some women did read, review, and respond to Darwin’s work. One of these women was Darwin’s own niece, Julia Wedgwood, known in the family as “Snow”. In July…
Matches: 6 hits
- … Charles Darwin’s readership largely consisted of other well-educated Victorian men, nonetheless, …
- … day. Snow had a particularly notable exchange with Darwin over a review she wrote of Origin …
- … means by which God’s creatures reach his ultimate goal. Darwin praised Julia’s Macmillan’s review, …
- … Wedgwood’s review was well-received by Charles Darwin. Indeed, Darwin wrote to Wedgwood about her …
- … rare event with my critics. [Letter July 11, [1861] from Darwin, C.D. to Wedgwood, F.J.] …
- … On 8 March 2013, International Women’s Day, when the Darwin Correspondence Project hosted an event …
William B. Bowles
Summary
As a famous figure in the debates surrounding human evolution, Darwin could be something of a lightning rod for eccentric thinkers with their own ideas about his theories. The idea of a “missing link” compelled one such enthusiast to write to him about the…
Matches: 11 hits
- … acquisition–came together following the publication of Darwin’s Descent of Man in 1871 in …
- … a famous figure in the debates surrounding human evolution, Darwin could be something of a lightning …
- … in Paris by the name of William B. Bowles suggested to Darwin that, in fact, the “missing link” was …
- … it lives.” Like Gaston de Saporta , who wrote to Darwin about (among other things) male …
- … and great apes. The ideas that he laid out in his letter to Darwin seem to suggest that language was …
- … ideas contained in Descent of Man threatened to revoke. Darwin debated this point in his …
- … Perhaps some common ground can be found between Bowles and Darwin in their willingness to put human …
- … For his part, no sooner had he penned his ideas to Darwin than Bowles began to have second thoughts. …
- … expressed uncertainty over the ideas he had put forth to Darwin: Now that the letter is …
- … and perturbing question for modern audiences as it was for Darwin’s contemporaries. Sources …
- … Transatlantic Debates on “The Negro Question.”” In Darwin in Atlantic Cultures: Evolutionary …

Joseph Simms
Summary
The American doctor and author of works on physiognomy Joseph Simms wrote to Darwin on 14 September 1874, while he was staying in London. He enclosed a copy of his book Nature’s revelations of character (Simms 1873). He hoped it might 'prove…
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- … and author of works on physiognomy Joseph Simms wrote to Darwin on 14 September 1874 , while he …
- … He hoped it might 'prove sufficiently interesting’ that Darwin could ‘say a word in its favour …
- … object’. No reply to the letter has been found, and Darwin was not sufficiently flattered to …
- … work. Simms also made the strange request of a drawing of Darwin’s right foot: If you …
- … 1873, p. 166). Unfortunately, we do not know what Darwin’s feet were like. The only known …
- … above normal’ ( New York Times , 13 April 1920). Darwin's attitude to physiognomy in …
- … of little or no service to me. (Expression, p. 1) Darwin was happy to use the word …
- … . Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. Darwin, Charles. 1872. The expression of …
Frank Chance
Summary
The Darwin archive not only contains letters, manuscript material, photographs, books and articles but also all sorts of small, dry specimens, mostly enclosed with letters. Many of these enclosures have become separated from the letters or lost altogether,…
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- … The Darwin archive not only contains letters, manuscript material, photographs, …
- … but we know it was written before 25 April 1871 because Darwin alluded to a case from ‘One other …
- … tail and mane remaining white. Responding to these cases, Darwin made a slight change to the second …
- … and notes on The Book of Job . However, his letters to Darwin not only contained some bizarre …
Caroline Kennard
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Kennard’s interest in science stemmed from her social commitments to the women's movement, her interests in nature study as a tool for educational reform, as well as her place in a tightly knit network of the Bostonian elite. Kennard was one of a…
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- … correspondence with the British gentleman-naturalist Charles Darwin. On 26 December 1881, Caroline …
- … but inferior intellectual qualities when compared to men. Darwin noted that given the observations …
- … domestic sphere. On 28 January 1882, Kennard wrote back to Darwin, countering his argument with her …