From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Date:
19 Apr 1851
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 12
Summary:
Asks EAD to forward a message of Anne’s improved state to Down.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Date:
[25 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 310)
Summary:
Writes about the death of Anne. Wishes EAD to insert an announcement of the death in the newspapers.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[25 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 32
Summary:
Feels deeply for them at their "impossible loss" [of Anne].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Date:
26 [Apr 1853]
Source of text:
DAR 210.10: 19, 22
Summary:
Writes concerning marriage trust.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 Apr 1853
Source of text:
DAR 262.11: 13
Summary:
Acknowledges the receipt of some securities.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[May–June 1858]
Source of text:
DAR 48: B18
Summary:
Calculations relating to bees’ cells.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 8 June 1858]
Source of text:
DAR 162: 48b
Summary:
Gives calculations on the structure of bees’ cells.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[8 June 1858]
Source of text:
DAR 162: 48a, 50
Summary:
Encloses projections and models relating to geometry of bees’ cells.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 8 June 1858]
Source of text:
DAR 162: 48c
Summary:
Sends a model of bee cells "as bad as a Chinese puzzle". [A series of paper cut-out figures.]
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[19 June 1858]
Source of text:
DAR 162: 51
Summary:
Discusses geometry related to the structure of bees’ cells. Encloses notes and diagrams dealing with intersections of spheres.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 Aug [1859 or later]
Source of text:
DAR 105: B68
Summary:
Wonders whether CD would be interested in a book by Dr Bucknell [J. C. Bucknill?] on psychology.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
DAR 98: B14–15
Summary:
Writes of "the Dr’s" [Henry Holland’s] mixed reactions to the book.
Adds a personal opinion, "it is the most interesting book I ever read".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
