From Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood 28 [April 1851]
Summary
Thoughts after the death of Anne.
| Author: | Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 28 [Apr 1851] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.13: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1424 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … via London, on 19 April ( letter to Emma Darwin, [19 April 1851] ). Fanny Allen . Leith …
- … in order to see the Great Exhibition ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 141). The George Tollet s of …
- … See letter to Emma Darwin, [21 April 1851] , in which CD …
- … of Caroline and Josiah Wedgwood III ( Emma Darwin’s diary). Effie and the other children …
- … Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood London, Chester Terrace 28 [Apr 1851] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … that Anne asked after Henrietta Darwin. For Emma’s notes on Henrietta in the months …
From Alphonse de Candolle 9 July 1881
Summary
AdeC thinks Monographiae phanerogamarum may be of some use to CD for the most nearly correct names to adopt.
| Author: | Alphonse de Candolle |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 July 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 27 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13239 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … prodromi nunc continuatio nunc revisio . 9 vols. Paris: G. Masson. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Edited by …
- … Press. 1904. Healey, Edna. 2001. Emma Darwin: the inspirational wife of a genius. London: …
- … see CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Emma Darwin (then Wedgwood) and her sister Frances had …
- … between November 1826 and June 1827 ( Emma Darwin (1904) , 1: 245–74; Healey 2001 , p. …
From Francis Darwin [1–15 March 1873]
Summary
Has sent Vichy water, discusses prescription. Tell Arthur Parslow not to continue on colchicum for gout if doesn’t suit him. May go to Pryor’s on Sunday.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1–15 Mar 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8714F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Down for London on 15 March 1873 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). George Howard Darwin . …
- … tonic (see Harley ed. 1876, p. 294). Emma Darwin recorded in her diary, ‘began Arsenic’ …
- … Joseph Parslow . Moore visited Down on 1 March 1873 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … Emma Darwin had influenza from 26 February …
- … 1873 until about 6 March ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …
- … 242); letter from Emma Darwin to Horace Darwin, [6 March 1873] , DAR 258: 573). …
From Francis Darwin [31 May 1876]
Summary
Has sent off Bulls Horn to Kew; has sent hamper to CD; is preparing drawings for his presentation at the Linnean Society; asks after William, and hopes to be able to come to visit.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [31 May 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10517F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … and n. 5). The weather on Sunday 28 May 1876 was pleasant, and CD and Emma Darwin went up …
- … Holmbury Hill ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Francis, possibly …
- … came to Hopedene on 3 June 1876 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). He also refers to …
- … for Leonard Darwin , who was at Down from 8 May 1876 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … on 10 May; he was staying with CD and Emma Darwin at Hopedene (see letter from Francis …
From Andrew Clark 3 September 1873
Summary
Diagnosis of CD’s illness; prescribed diet.
| Author: | Andrew Clark, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Sept 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 151 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9041 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Edited by …
- … difficulty in getting Clark to accept his fee ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. …
- … 2 September 1873] (DAR 219.9: 105); Emma Darwin (1904) 2: 266–7). According to Atkins …
- … in Heathfield, Bromley. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Clark had attended CD …
From W. E. Darwin to Charles and Emma Darwin 22 July 1880
Summary
Returns Geikie’s letter; is glad he has accepted settlement of gravel through melting of snow. Is trudging around with hammer and bag with help of Ramsay’s book. Describes visits to Kenilworth and Stratford. Sara consulted a physician. Called on Reginald D. and enjoyed meeting relations and seeing picture of Erasmus. Reginald very taken with George.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 22 July 1880 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 76) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12665F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, Emma …
- … William Erasmus Darwin Buckingham House, Buxton 22 July 1880 Charles Robert Darwin Emma …
- … From W. E. Darwin to Charles and Emma Darwin 22 July 1880 …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … 1880 ). George had recently met Reginald Darwin ; Emma Darwin wrote of the meeting, ‘G. …
- … his letters seemed to be’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [11 July 1880] ; …
- … Darwin, W. E. Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma …
From Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood 25 April [1851]
Summary
Tells of the burial of Anne.
| Author: | Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Apr [1851] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.13: 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1419 |
Matches: 4 hits
From H. E. Litchfield [before 2 December 1871]
Summary
Summarises her theory about expression in music.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 2 Dec 1871] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 42) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8088F |
From H. E. Darwin [c. 10 May 1866]
Summary
Mogg [John Traherne Moggridge] wants to visit CD.
Self-fertilising orchids.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 10 May 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5075 |
From J. D. Hooker 13 May 1866
Summary
Refers to enclosure from Asa Gray
with whom he can talk calmly now that war is over. North had no right to resort to bloodshed.
Startled by CD’s attendance at Royal Society soirée.
Has asked E. B. Tylor to make up questions for consuls and missionaries, through whose wives a lot of most curious information [for Descent?] could be obtained.
Tying umbilical cord has always been a mystery to JDH.
John Crawfurd’s paper on cultivated plants is shocking twaddle ["On the migration of cultivated plants in reference to ethnology", J. Bot. Br. & Foreign 4 (1866): 317–32].
R. T. Lowe back from Madeira.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 May 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 71–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5089 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Frances Harriet Hooker , visited from 23 to 29 June ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … Henrietta Emma Darwin was in France (see letter from H. E. Darwin, [ c. 10 May 1866] and …
- … 11th edition. 29 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1910–11. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … Royal Society of London on 28 April 1866 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The event is …
- … 5 May 1866, pp. 597–8. According to Emma Darwin , many of CD’s old friends did not …
- … of them, as his beard alters him so’ ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 185). Hooker refers to John …
- … Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 26 December [1863] , …
From Edward Cresy 27 April 1863
Summary
CD’s Linum paper [Collected papers 2: 93–105].
Sending up-to-date railway map of southern region.
| Author: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Apr 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 241 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4130 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 356). See letter from George Howard Darwin to Emma Darwin, [15 April 1863] , in DAR 251: …
- … Cresy visited Down House for lunch (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Cresy refers to …
- … DNB ). See letter from George Howard Darwin to Emma Darwin, [15 April 1863] , in DAR …
- … 251: 2232, and letter from Charles and Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [4 May 1863]. See …
From Emma Wuttke 1 October 1873
Summary
Sends tracing of ancient Egyptian illustration of dogs and cattle.
| Author: | Emma Wuttke |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Oct 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 189 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9083 |
From Francis Parker 22 April 1867
Summary
Sends £600 bequeathed by Susan Darwin to CD’s younger children.
| Author: | Francis (Frank) Parker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Apr 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5510 |
From H. E. Litchfield [13 November 1871]
Summary
Does not want CD to put his name to any religious movement. Discourages giving money to Abbott or Voysey.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Nov 1871] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 41) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8054F |
From Charles Hoare 20 November 1877
Summary
A poem in tribute to CD following the award of his Cambridge LL.D.
| Author: | Charles Hoare |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Nov 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 140.1: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11243 |
From H. E. Litchfield 9 September [1871]
Summary
CD’s letter [7922] was very sweet to her, and if her marriage [to Richard B. Litchfield] can be half as perfect as CD’s she will be very happy.
Richard’s German fails in communicating with washerwomen.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Sept [1871] |
| Classmark: | Estate of Richard Darwin Keynes (CUL DAR 245: 525) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7929A |
From Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter 20 March [1868]
Summary
Reports her sister-in-law’s observations of her child, up to three months old, while crying and screaming.
| Author: | Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter; Elinor Mary Dicey |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 244 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6028 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … to the Darwins’ stay in London and to Emma Darwin’s illness (see below, n. 4). Sibella …
- … 1867 ( ODNB , s.v. Carter, Henry Bonham). Henrietta Emma Darwin . CD was in London from …
- … 3 March to 1 April 1868. Emma Darwin was ill with influenza from …
- … 14 to 19 March 1868 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). CD’s annotation refers to his …
From Mary Butler [before 25 December 1862]
Summary
J. P. Thom [of Home News] must change his position because of his health. Asks if CD can help find him a new situation.
| Author: | Mary Butler |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 25 Dec 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 392 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3838 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Edited by …
- … Butler visited Down House for a week ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). In 1862, Lane took …
- … Drysdale was Lane’s mother-in-law, and lived with him ( Emma Darwin (1904) 2: 184). …
- … No letters from Emma Darwin to Butler have been found. CD made the acquaintance of J. …
- … identified. Emma had been encouraging CD to grow a beard (see letter to W. E. Darwin, …
From H. E. Litchfield [1 February 1880]
Summary
Advise against making any reply to Samuel Butler’s charges.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield; Richard Buckley Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B72–4; B91–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12450 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … DAR 92: B72–4; B91–4 Henrietta Emma Darwin/ …
- … 4 February 1880 (DAR 219.1: 134), Emma Darwin wrote to her son William Erasmus Darwin , ‘ …
- … Emma Litchfield Richard Buckley Litchfield London, Bryanston St, 4 [1 Feb 1880] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Darwin’s: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Descendenz-Theorie. Kosmos 4 (1878–9): 397–424. Litchfield, Henrietta Emma. …
- … Emma Litchfield had been sent one or two draft letters from CD to the Athenæum , along with a copy of the Athenæum containing the letter from Samuel Butler (see letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] and three enclosures). In his first draft response, CD had stated that text had inadvertently been left out of the preface to Erasmus Darwin …
From Francis Darwin 1 and 2 May [1875]
Summary
Proofs arrived and Francis is correcting them. Tells Emma Darwin that Amy is delighted about the azaleas. The Ruck family very much like Isabella Bird’s Six months in the Sandwich Islands.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 and 2 May 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 31 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9961F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … and Francis is correcting them. Tells Emma Darwin that Amy is delighted about the azaleas. …
- … on Hawaii ( Bird 1875 ) because he knew that Emma Darwin considered Bird ‘such a romancer’ …
- … her not worth reading ( letter from Emma Darwin to William Darwin, [5 March 1875] (DAR …
- … the plants that Francis mentions to Emma Darwin may have been intended for the garden …
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