From Leonard Darwin [after 14 February 1874]
Summary
Statistics showing rate of decline of population in Sandwich Islands, 1832–72.
| Author: | Leonard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 14 Feb 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 90: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8709 |
From Leonard Darwin [before 27 June 1874]
Summary
LD has misplaced some figures on which he was to work.
| Author: | Leonard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 27 June 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 186: 31 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9196 |
From W. de W. Abney to Leonard Darwin [before 27 June 1874]
Summary
Answers questions about chemistry (see 9202).
| Author: | William de Wiveleslie Abney |
| Addressee: | Leonard Darwin |
| Date: | [before 27 June 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 148 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9196F |
From Leonard Darwin to W. de W. Abney [before 27 June 1874]
Summary
Asks for proportion of water and of nitrogen in various ammonium salts.
[WWA’s replies are with the letter.]
| Author: | Leonard Darwin |
| Addressee: | William de Wiveleslie Abney |
| Date: | [before 27 June 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 147 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9202 |
From Leonard Darwin 1 March 1874
Summary
Notes on movements of Mimosa pudica.
| Author: | Leonard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.2: 158 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9328 |
From Leonard Darwin 3 May 1874
Summary
Experiments on sensitive plants.
| Author: | Leonard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 May 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 77 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9438 |
From Leonard Darwin to Emma Darwin [after 26 June – 28 September 1874]
Summary
Describes voyage to New Zealand.
| Author: | Leonard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [after 26 June – 28 Sept 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 239.1: 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9517F |
To Leonard Darwin 25 November 1874
Summary
LD’s letter recalled old scenes on board the Beagle.
CD’s "bothering correspondents" seem to increase in number and in folly; has just answered "two precious fools".
Has been working very hard on Droseraceae and can "now see daylight".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leonard Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Nov 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 91 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9733 |
To Entomologist’s Weekly Intelligencer [before 25 June 1859]
Summary
Report on three rare beetles they have recently taken in Down parish.
| Author: | Francis Darwin; Leonard Darwin; Horace Darwin |
| Addressee: | Entomologist’s Weekly Intelligencer |
| Date: | [before 25 June 1859] |
| Classmark: | Entomologist’s Weekly Intelligencer 6 (1859): 99 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2472 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
To the Darwin children 17 [January 1880]
Summary
Thanks his children for their present of a fur coat.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Sara Sedgwick; Sara Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 17 [Jan 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12429 |
To 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 |
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 |
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 |
| letter | (37) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (18) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (14) |
| Hacon, W. M. | (3) |
| Darwin, Francis | (2) |
| Darwin, Horace | (2) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (19) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (14) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (7) |
| Darwin, Francis | (7) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (7) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (37) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (28) |
| Darwin, Francis | (9) |
| Darwin, Horace | (9) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (8) |
