To Emma Darwin [12–24 October 1843]
Summary
News of the Shrewsbury family. He cannot get his father to sympathise with the numbness in his finger ends or his fears of "ruin and extravagance".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [12–24 Oct 1843] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-704 |
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- … Wedgwood , born 29 September 1843. The ‘Weighing Account’ book kept at Shrewsbury has only one entry for CD’s weight during this visit: ‘Oct 19 11 7 1 2 ’ (Down House MS). William Erasmus Darwin’s baby name for Elizabeth Wedgwood . CD recorded it in his book of obser- vations of William as a baby: ‘he one day graciously gave Elizabeth a kiss, but repenting said “Doddy did not kiss Dziver” ’ (DAR 210: 17, p. 39). 16 Gower Street, the home of Fanny and Hensleigh Wedgwood . …
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| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
