From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
10 Sept [1880]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 162
Summary:
Writes about worm-castings; tells WED not to bother with samples from Beaulieu Abbey.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
[before 16 Sept 1880]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 168
Summary:
Wants some more rubber bands for his wrist.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Carl Adolf Theodor Wilhelm (Wilhelm) Viëtor
Date:
16 Sept 1880
Source of text:
DAR 148: 194a
Summary:
Improvement in orthography would be national benefit, but cannot contribute to WV’s paper.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Wilhelm Breitenbach
Date:
21 Sept 1880
Source of text:
DAR 143: 144
Summary:
Comments on WB’s paper ["Über Variabilitäts-Erscheinungen an den Blüthen von Primula elatior und eine Anwendung des biogenetischen Grundgesetzes", Bot. Ztg. 38 (1880): 577–80].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Scott Keltie
Date:
[after 24 Sept 1880]
Source of text:
DAR 202: 105v
Summary:
Writes a sentence with which to preface B. G. Wilder’s letter [see 12726]. [Not used by and, perhaps, not sent to Nature.]
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George King
Date:
29 Sept 1880
Source of text:
DAR 249: 89
Summary:
Grieved to hear of John Scott’s death.
Could GK visit Down?
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Torbitt
Date:
29 Sept 1880
Source of text:
DAR 148: 122
Summary:
Rejoices at good news. Will let T. H. Farrer hear the result. Cannot see why some of new varieties should not endure fungus-proof for years.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George King
Date:
2 Oct 1880
Source of text:
DAR 146: 18
Summary:
Glad GK will come. But cannot talk long to anyone.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Katherine Elizabeth Sophy (Sophy) Wedgwood
Date:
8 Oct [1880]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add 4251: 335)
Summary:
Asks her to look for worm-castings in heath. Thinks heath conditions may be unfavourable. CD is sure Lucy would look with her, from her well-known affection for worms. Asks what sort of lantern Lucy used.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
[before 9 Oct 1880]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 97
Summary:
Discusses how fruits of lime-trees arranged themselves in a ripple-like way on a flooded walk.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Baxter, Payne, and Lepper
Date:
14 Oct 1880
Source of text:
DAR 202: 29
Summary:
Questions BP & Co. on notices requesting the payment of rent charges.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Samuel Tolver Preston
Date:
25 Oct 1880
Source of text:
DAR 147: 251
Summary:
Comments on STP’s article on women ["Evolution and female education", Nature 22 (1880): 485–6].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Torbitt
Date:
29 Oct 1880
Source of text:
DAR 148: 123
Summary:
"Your secret shall be inviolable, and to make sure in case of my illness or death I have now burnt your letter."
Wishes JT success in commercial venture.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Arabella Burton Buckley
Date:
31 Oct [1880]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 182
Summary:
Has talked to Lubbock and Huxley about pension for Wallace. Asks for help in getting information about Wallace’s circumstances.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Crier
Date:
Nov 1880
Source of text:
DAR 202: 37
Summary:
Discusses matters relating to Great Western Railway Company stock.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Arabella Burton Buckley
Date:
9 Nov 1880
Source of text:
DAR 143: 183
Summary:
Thanks for information about Wallace. Is preparing memorial to be submitted to Government [seeking pension for Wallace].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Daniel Mackintosh
Date:
13 Nov 1880
Source of text:
DAR 146: 334
Summary:
Comments on DM’s ["The Moel-Tryfan shelly deposits", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 37 (1881): 351–69].
Comments on cause of earthquakes.
Believes formation of ice lowered level of sea.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Arabella Burton Buckley
Date:
14 Nov 1880
Source of text:
DAR 143: 184
Summary:
Comments on her new book [Life and her children (1880)]. "… you have treated evolution with much dexterity and truthfulness".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Crawford Williamson
Date:
18 Nov 1880
Source of text:
DAR 221.4: 247
Summary:
Receiving deputation gave CD pleasure.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
20 Nov [1880]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 98
Summary:
Glad GHD goes on with ripple-marks; if he makes out a theory of ripples, they might give important information about the most ancient deposits.
CD has been wonderfully glorified in the Times [review of Movement in plants, 20 Nov 1880].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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- National Library of Scotland1
- Princeton University Library1
- Taylor Library, Shrewsbury School1
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