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DCP-LETT-5342

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 [Mar 1867]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B56
Summary:

Is sending a copy of [John] Shaw’s book, which Lady Bell says is based on Charles Bell’s papers [possibly C. Bell, A treatise on diseases of the urethra, 3d ed. with notes by John Shaw (1822)].

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-5369

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 [July 1867]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B55
Summary:

Wynne [gardener] suggests he should be paid from the money from the sale of the Mount, but EAD suggests an annual subscription instead.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-5428

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Mar 1867
Source of text:
DAR 105: B57–8
Summary:

He has promised Mark [coachman to R. W. Darwin and Susan] that CD will continue the payment of £20 a year after EAD’s death; the house is rent free.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-5454A

From:
Alexander Shaw
To:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Date:
22 Mar 1867
Source of text:
DAR 177: 145
Summary:

At the request of his sister, Marion Bell, he sends a copy of his essay on the nervous system. It contains a view of the development of the animal kingdom in illustration of Charles Bell’s classification of the nerves. Human powers are held to be more dependent upon the structure of the mouth than that of the hand.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5746

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 11 Oct 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B59
Summary:

C[harles?] P[arker?] says he has made a "fearful mistake", and the marriage cannot be; EAD hopes to come to CD next week.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-6219

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[11 Oct 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B62–3
Summary:

J. J. Sylvester reports George’s fellowship "the most enviable position on earth".

Charles [Parker?] "appears to be ruined".

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-6339

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[24 Sept – 10 Oct 1868]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B60–1
Summary:

Has talked with J. J. Sylvester [Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich] and thinks Leonard [Darwin] should call on him.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-6521

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 21 Apr 1869]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B65
Summary:

Discusses CD’s health and James Paget’s "verdict".

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-6539

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 [Nov 1869 or later]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B66
Summary:

Has seen J. J. Sylvester again.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-6632

From:
Henry Holland, 1st baronet
To:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Date:
24 Feb [1869]
Source of text:
DAR 86: A79–80
Summary:

References to works on probability;

statistics on proportion of sexes in births in England and Wales.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-6982

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Nov [1869]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B64
Summary:

A parcel of engravings has come; shall EAD send them on?

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-7023

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Dec [1869]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B67, DAR 166: 234
Summary:

Encloses a letter to which he had replied and saw no need for further attention.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-7047

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[Sept 1868 – Aug 1870]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B73
Summary:

Sends a bill he thinks is Caroline’s.

Tells CD of officers’ praise of Leonard.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-4374

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
30 [Mar 1864?]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B118
Summary:

Sends Effie’s [K. E. Wedgwood] letter;

recounts other family news.

Is interested in CD’s thoughts on podophyllin.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-4671

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
11 Nov [1863]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B116–17
Summary:

CD’s Copley Medal. The numbers were ten to eight in CD’s favour but the Cambridge men mustered strongly for Sedgwick.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-4942

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
25 [Nov 1865]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B119–20
Summary:

Does not like the photos; thinks they should try again.

Last account of Susan Darwin reports she is having a good deal of faintness.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-5334

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[before 19 Nov 1867]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B121
Summary:

Caroline says Jos [Wedgwood III] is "much pulled down".

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-5335

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[before 3 Feb 1867?]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B122–3
Summary:

Will be glad to see her on 4th.

Thinks Hensleigh is getting better, very slowly.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-4460F

From:
William Erasmus Darwin; Erasmus Alvey Darwin; Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Salt
Date:
12 Apr 1864
Source of text:
Rachel Salt (private collection); sold at Spink’s (dealers), July 2018
Summary:

Instructions concerning the payment of the principal and interest of the mortgage to Mr Childe.

Contributor:
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