From E. A. Darwin 24 August [1865]
Summary
Sends an allotment of shares which he presumes are Emma’s.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Aug [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4885 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Henry Allen Wedgwood, 21 February 1847 and nn. 7 and 9) and in 1852 Emma’s shares were …
- … Wedgwood III , to his wife, Caroline Sarah, who was CD’s sister, and to Emma Darwin . Both Emma and CD had owned Monmouth Canal and Railway shares. Emma’s shares were in Erasmus’s name, as he was a trustee, along with Josiah, of Emma’s property (see Correspondence vol. 3, letter to Solicitor? , 1 October 1844 ). CD acquired further shares in 1847 ( …
From J. D. Hooker 16 January 1866
Summary
Is in a mess with his correspondence and will get no assistance before 1 April.
Has agreed to give an address on the Darwinian theory at Nottingham [meeting of BAAS].
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Jan 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 53–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4978 |
From Henry Allen Wedgwood 21 February 1847
Summary
Concerning the purchase of shares.
| Author: | Henry Allen (Harry) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Feb 1847 |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 1020) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1062 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Wedgwood was Emma Darwin’s brother. The letter is unsigned but appears to be complete. In commercial slang, a ‘person who applies for an allocation of shares in a joint-stock concern solely with a view to selling immediately at a profit’ ( OED ). Thomas Phillips , mine owner and philanthropist. Sarah Elizabeth (Eliza) Wedgwood, CD and Harry Wedgwood’s first cousin. Sarah Elizabeth (Sarah) Wedgwood, CD and Harry Wedgwood’s aunt. See last paragraph of this letter. In January 1847 …
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Wedgwood, H. A. | (1) |
