From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin [13 May 1872]
Summary
Work will prevent his visiting Down as he had planned.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | [13 May 1872] |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 111 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8320 |
From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin 19 October 1872
Summary
On his mother’s death.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | 19 Oct 1872 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 124–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8565 |
From J. B. Innes to Emma Darwin 8 March 1872
Author: | John Brodie Innes |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | 8 Mar 1872 |
Classmark: | DAR 167: 31 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8238 |
From A. J. Cupples to Emma Darwin 8 November [1872]
Author: | Anne Jane Douglas; Anne Jane Cupples |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | 8 Nov [1872] |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 281 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8611 |
From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin 9 December [1872]
Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | 9 Dec [1872] |
Classmark: | DAR 105: B124–5 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8666 |
From T. H. Farrer 16 June 1872
Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 June 1872 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 72 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8390 |
Matches: 1 hit
To H. E. Litchfield 25 July 1872
Summary
Thanks for her pains over corrections [for Expression].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 25 July 1872 |
Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) (no date) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8427 |
From S. E. Wedgwood [1867–72?]
Summary
Jessie [Wedgwood] says driving in sun made one of her eyes water.
Author: | Sarah Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Wedgwood |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1867–72?] |
Classmark: | DAR 195.4: 104 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13856 |
To M. D. Conway 11 January [1873]
Summary
Thanks MDC for letter on expression [see 8694].
Invites him to Down on 24th. CD warns that his health does not permit him to talk long with anyone.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Moncure Daniel Conway |
Date: | 11 Jan [1873] |
Classmark: | Columbia University in the City of New York, Rare Book and Manuscript Library |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8730 |
To E. A. Darwin 7 September [1871]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
Date: | 7 Sept [1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.10: 27 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13789 |
From Francis Darwin 23 [May 1881]
Summary
Would like some of his notes. Has been looking at roots of Linum, cucurbits, larch, and orchids. Is content that mother should teach Bernard whatever religion she likes.
Author: | Francis Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 23 [May 1881] |
Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 66 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13170F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin and Wedgwood families were Unitarians; for Emma Darwin ’s views on religion, see Keynes 2001 , pp. 49–54. CD discussed the peg or heel that develops from a germinating seed in plants of the Cucurbitaceae (gourd) family in Movement in plants , pp. 102–4. He had recently received a copy of Friedrich August Tscherning ’s dissertation on germination in the Cucurbitaceae; Tscherning wrote to Botanische Zeitung to claim priority for his observation of the peg in his dissertation ( Tscherning 1872 ; …
From E. A. Darwin 20 November [1872]
Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Nov [1872] |
Classmark: | DAR 105: B82–3, DAR 160: 126 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8636 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Darwin, [January 1869] . Etruria (the Wedgwood factory in Staffordshire), which had been the property of Josiah Wedgwood II , and from which Emma Darwin (his daughter) had received rents as part of her marriage settlement, was bought by Godfrey, Clement Francis, and Laurence Wedgwood (who had been renting it) for £17,000 (Wedgwood and Wedgwood 1983, pp. 36, 304; CD’s Investment book (Down House MS)). In his Account books–banking account (Down House MS), CD recorded a payment of £1833 6 s. 8 d. on 20 November 1872, ‘ …
Author
Cupples, A. J. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Darwin, E. A. | (2) |
Darwin, Francis | (1) |
Douglas, A. J. | (1) |
Farrer, T. H. | (1) |
Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
Innes, J. B. | (1) |
Wedgwood, Elizabeth | (1) |
Addressee
Darwin, Emma | (5) |
Wedgwood, Emma | (5) |
Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Conway, M. D. | (1) |
Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
Correspondent
Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
Darwin, Emma | (5) |
Wedgwood, Emma | (5) |
Darwin, E. A. | (3) |
Hooker, J. D. | (2) |