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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] …
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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, …
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… 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

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… 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 …

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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… 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. …
… 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, …
… Bibliography 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. …
… 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 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, Crewkerne, Somerset (dealers) (2009); LL 3: 219
Letter no:	DCP-LETT-11982

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… Auctioneers, Crewkerne, Somerset (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 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 …
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… Elizabeth Darwin, …
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… 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 …
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… 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

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… To the Darwin children 16 September 1881 …
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… 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 …
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… Howard Darwin …
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… Leonard Darwin William …
… Erasmus Darwin Henrietta …
… Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …

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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… To the Darwin children 20 December 1881 …
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… 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 …

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 …
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… 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 …

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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… 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 (1758–87) 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). …
… For the text on the tablet, see ‘Charles Darwin 1758–78’, http://www.findagrave.com ( …
… 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). …

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 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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… To Reginald Darwin 4 April 1879 …
… DAR 153: 97 Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 …
… Apr 1879 Reginald Darwin …
… Desmond, ed. 1981. The letters of Erasmus Darwin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. …
… 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. …
… 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, …
… at 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 …

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 …
… 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

Matches: 26 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. …
… 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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… 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]

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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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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 …

Gaston de Saporta

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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

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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

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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…

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… 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

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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…

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… 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

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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

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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 …

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