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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
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
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 155
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.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
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
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Jan 1880
Source of text:
DAR 99: 208
Summary:

Send CD a present of a fur coat.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
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]
Source of text:
DAR 211: 1
Summary:

Thanks his children for their present of a fur coat.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
1 Feb [1880]
Source of text:
DAR 92: B98–101, B102, B121; DAR 185: 40
Summary:

Sends the Litchfields two drafts of a letter in reply to Samuel Butler’s letter to the Athenæum; hopes for their approval.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield; Richard Buckley Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1 Feb 1880]
Source of text:
DAR 92: B72–4; B91–4
Summary:

Advise against making any reply to Samuel Butler’s charges.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
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
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 169
Summary:

About the distribution of [surplus income] funds among the children.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
4 Jan 1881
Source of text:
DAR 153: 89
Summary:

Seeks R. B. Litchfield’s advice about publishing a translation of a letter and article by E. Krause [answering Samuel Butler’s Unconscious memory].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Richard Buckley Litchfield; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Jan [1881]
Source of text:
DAR 92: B88–90, B106
Summary:

The Litchfields and George Darwin think care should be taken that E. Krause’s reply to S. Butler’s Unconscious memory does not appear to be instigated by CD. Suggest it be sent to Popular Science Review, not Athenæum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
Leslie Stephen
Date:
10 Jan 1881
Source of text:
The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature (MSS Stephen)
Summary:

The Darwin family cannot agree on what CD should do about Butler’s charges [in Unconscious memory]. CD has commissioned HEL to ask LS’s advice. She sends an account of the affair with background materials.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Laura Mary Forster
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
[11 June 1881]
Source of text:
DAR 164: 158
Summary:

On flowers bending towards light reflected in a mirror.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
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
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 183
Summary:

A circular letter on the distribution of his money at death and the division ofErasmus’ estate.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
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
Source of text:
DAR (CD library— Index Kewensis tom. 1)
Summary:

Has promised to pay Hooker about £250 annually "for the formation of a perfect MS catalogue of all known plants [Index Kewensis]".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
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
Source of text:
DAR 185: 60
Summary:

Advises his children as to how some money will be distributed among them.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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