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DCP-LETT-31

From:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Apr [1826]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 24
Summary:

Family and Shrewsbury news. Visits of relatives and friends.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-32

From:
John Price
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[July 1826]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 40
Summary:

Tells CD he is recovering from the illness with which he was afflicted when CD visited.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-33

From:
James Farley Turner
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[28 July 1826]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 187
Summary:

Is coming to Shrewsbury. Finds little to do but hunt rabbits. Has heard from Nathan Hubbersty and Frederick Watkins.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-34

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[29 Sept 1826]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 16
Summary:

Describes the lectures at medical school in London.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-35

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Oct [1826]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 17
Summary:

Medical studies in London. Compares lectures and students at London and Edinburgh. Comments on the cost of dissection.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-36

From:
Sarah Harriet Mostyn Owen; Sarah Harriet Williams; Sarah Harriet Haliburton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 [Dec 1827]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 58
Summary:

They have been having a very gay time. Tells of "Redcoats & Shootables" and several mutual friends.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-37

From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[Jan 1828]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 42
Summary:

Surprised to hear from Sarah [Owen] that CD has decided to become a D.D., not an M.D.

She has been to a ball or a party almost every night.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-38

From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[late Jan 1828]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 43
Summary:

Tells him the Woodhouse family will set forth for return home.

Reports on activities in Brighton.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-39

From:
Sarah Harriet Mostyn Owen; Sarah Harriet Williams; Sarah Harriet Haliburton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Feb [1828]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 59
Summary:

Writes of the last part of their lively stay at Brighton and three days in London.

None of CD’s sisters can come to enliven the "truly awful" tranquillity at the Forest [Woodhouse].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-4

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Dec 1822
Source of text:
DAR 204: 4
Summary:

Suggestions for laboratory equipment. Will buy some mineral specimens. Describes experiments he has seen.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-40

From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[9 Mar 1828]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 44
Summary:

Went recently to Tommy Hunt’s festivities before Lloyd Kenyon joined his regiment.

Hopes Caroline and Catherine Darwin will visit in a week.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-41

From:
Sarah Harriet Mostyn Owen; Sarah Harriet Williams; Sarah Harriet Haliburton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Mar [1828]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 60
Summary:

Caroline and Catherine Darwin were at the Forest a few days last week and Susan Darwin comes the next day. Mentions other relatives, friends, and acquaintances.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-44

From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[July? 1828]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 45
Summary:

Is eager to know all that goes on at the Forest [Woodhouse], Bliss Castle [Maer], and Darwin Hall [The Mount].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 [Mar 1823]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 5
Summary:

More suggestions for the laboratory, including some experiments.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-51

From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[26 Oct 1828]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 46
Summary:

Woodhouse news, including going to a play.

She has been spending much time painting.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-58

From:
John Coldstream
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Feb 1829
Source of text:
DAR 204: 33
Summary:

News of his activities in recent months, of mutual Edinburgh acquaintances, and the Plinian Society.

JC has given up natural history for a time to prepare himself better for medical practice.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6

From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 May 1823
Source of text:
DAR 204: 6
Summary:

Discusses plans for CD to visit Cambridge.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-65

From:
Francis Knyvett Leighton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[3 June 1829]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 36
Summary:

Invites CD for the boatrace and the cricket matches, and to see Oxford. Suggests Cambridge will win, but he will bet up to £5 on Oxford at 3 to 1.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7

From:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. June 1823]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 1
Summary:

Writes, while visiting the Wedgwoods at Maer and Parkfields, to thank CD for his "entertaining letter".

She misses him and the laboratory.

Asks "how Mineralogy, Botany, Chemistry and Entomology go on".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-8

From:
John Wood Warter
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Dec 1824
Source of text:
DAR 204: 188
Summary:

Warns CD against idleness.

Suggests readings in Xenophon and Horace.

Quotes Oliver Goldsmith to correct CD’s pronunciation of "sloth".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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