Hopes CD will be able to plant a tree in VAEGM’s garden as a memorial of his visit.
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The Charles Darwin Collection
The Darwin Correspondence Project is publishing letters written by and to the naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882). Complete transcripts of letters are being made available through the Project’s website (www.darwinproject.ac.uk) after publication in the ongoing print edition of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (Cambridge University Press 1985–). Metadata and summaries of all known letters (c. 15,000) appear in Ɛpsilon, and the full texts of available letters can also be searched, with links to the full texts.
Hopes CD will be able to plant a tree in VAEGM’s garden as a memorial of his visit.
Erasmus thinks CD should give a copy of Erasmus Darwin to Henry Parker.
Thanks CD for a copy of Erasmus Darwin.
Concerning the settlement for Horace Darwin and Ida.
Will give CD’s potato papers to Lord Sandon.
Success of his experiments; report on recent work.
Response to Descent. Suggests some human races may have been produced by natural rather than sexual selection.
WMH will negotiate with William Farrer on Horace’s marriage-settlement. Will attempt to make the settlement £5000, the same as Francis received.
Shocked by Karl Alberts’ behaviour in dealing with Murray. Will write to ask him what it means. Thanks for arranging matters with Reinwald.
Will try to get Ipomoea and Megarrhiza seeds for CD.
Thanks for CD’s amusing letter from Coniston.
Commiserates on CD’s proof-reading chore.
George Darwin has visited him.
Reports bargaining with William Farrer on Horace’s marriage-settlement.
Sends copy of his article ["Die Nectarien der Blüthen", Flora 62 (1879): 2–11, 17–27, 49–54, 81–90, 113–23, 145–53, 233–40, 241–7, 305–14, 369–75, 433–8, 449–57].
GWJB’s experiments inspired by reading CD’s botanical works.
Sends CD petition from Olmstead and asks him to forward it around to get good signatures.
Thanks CD for his good opinion of his book, What Mr Darwin saw,
and his expressions [concerning W. L. Garrison] "which will be treasured by his children".
Sends his article ["Diseases of the rectum", Cincinnati Lancet & Obs. 21 (1878): 224–41] through his friend, Dr Letcher.
Negotiations on Horace’s marriage-settlement.
On behalf of her sister Violetta, who is ill, thanks CD for copy of Erasmus Darwin.
Thanks for copy of Erasmus Darwin. The refutation of Miss Seward is admirable and conclusive.
Thanks for book [Erasmus Darwin].
Thanks for copy of Erasmus Darwin. Has wished that justice be done to Dr Darwin’s originality and his anticipation of some modern scientific theories.