From:
William Cecil (Bill) Marshall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Sept [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 86: B1–2
Summary:
Observations on insectivorous plants.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Cecil (Bill) Marshall
Date:
19 Sept 1876
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.499)
Summary:
Asks WCM to design additional rooms for Down House.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Cecil (Bill) Marshall
Date:
29 Sept [1876]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.500)
Summary:
Mr Laslett, a builder, will meet WCM on Tuesday.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Cecil (Bill) Marshall
Date:
30 Oct [1876?]
Source of text:
Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Summary:
Sends an enclosure [missing] concerned with a very provoking delay.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Cecil (Bill) Marshall
Date:
22 Nov [1876]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.501)
Summary:
Mr Laslett’s estimate is too high. Mr Deards is quicker and better. Discusses building details for house improvement.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Cecil (Bill) Marshall
Date:
20 [Apr 1877]
Source of text:
John Wilson (dealer) (Catalogue 19, 1976)
Summary:
Discusses locks and window-fastenings, which CD has discovered are not included in the contract for alterations to the house at Down, and a cornice in a passage-way..
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Cecil (Bill) Marshall
Date:
27 Sept [1878]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
Thanks WCM for plant.
Mentions "your new room" at Down.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Cecil (Bill) Marshall
Date:
27 Dec 1877
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
Cannot allow WCM to pay extra charge for glass. Rooms all very comfortable.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Cecil (Bill) Marshall
Date:
9 June [1875-81]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:
Asks questions about earthworms.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Cecil (Bill) Marshall
Date:
8 June [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 97: C61–2
Summary:
Asks what proportion of leaves of Pinguicula have insects adhering to them. Also, whether seeds of any plants ever adhere to the leaves, and in what situations does P. vulgaris grow.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Cecil (Bill) Marshall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Aug [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 125–6
Summary:
Sends CD a box of Pinguicula leaves.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Cecil (Bill) Marshall
Date:
[after 30 Aug 1874]
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 126v
Summary:
Glad to hear about sticky fluid on leaves. WCM need not bother to count leaves.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Cecil (Bill) Marshall
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Sept [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 128–9
Summary:
Sends Pinguicula vulgaris leaves with seeds on them, together with his observations on proportion of leaves with insects on them.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Cecil (Bill) Marshall
Date:
7 Sept [1874]
Source of text:
Stockholms Auktionsverk (dealers) (15 December 2015)
Summary:
Thanks for the Pinguicula leaves, from which he has picked off sixteen seeds.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project