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To W. E. Darwin   24 [February 1852]

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Is glad WED has made a good beginning [at Rugby?].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  24 [Feb 1852]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1474

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  • … register ). He was 12 years old. Ernest Hensleigh Wedgwood , third child of Hensleigh and …

To W. E. Darwin   10 [December 1856]

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Writes of arrangements for the end of the school-term.

Condition of Emma and the new baby [C. W. Darwin].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  10 [Dec 1856]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 12
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2019

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To W. E. Darwin   9 May [1861]

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Discusses family and domestic matters.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  9 May [1861]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 63
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3145

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  • … one on 8 July 1861. Emma’s brother Hensleigh Wedgwood and his family lived at 1 Cumberland …
  • … Appendix II). CD refers to Hensleigh and Frances Mackintosh Wedgwood and to his brother, …

To W. E. Darwin   [17 February 1857]

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Is glad WED is in the sixth [form]. Discusses WED’s intention to become a barrister.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  [17 Feb 1857]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 14
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1805

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To W. E. Darwin   [25 May 1861]

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Has heard, through Lubbock, of a gentleman who is offering a partnership in a bank.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  [25 May 1861]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 64
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3157

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To [W. E. Darwin]   [1857?]

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Will be grateful for facts from Mr Linton on numbers of eggs from goldfinch–canary crosses.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  [1857?]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 187
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2029

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  • … Henry Linton was a contemporary of Hensleigh Wedgwood’s at Rugby School ( Rugby School …

To W. E. Darwin   21 March [1868]

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Suggests possible arbitrators to act in a business transaction involving WED.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  21 Mar [1868]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 125
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6037

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  • … Robarts, Lubbock & Co . ( ODNB ). Hensleigh Wedgwood read for the chancery bar, but never …

To W. E. Darwin   22 [September 1858]

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Discusses domestic affairs.

Is working at the abstract of his book [Origin].

Asks WED to examine birds’ feet for dirt sticking to them, as this may represent a means of seed dispersal across seas.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  22 [Sept 1858]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 29
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2328

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  • … on four low wheels’ ( OED ). Ernest Hensleigh Wedgwood , William’s cousin, had entered …

To W. E. Darwin   7 July [1859]

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Discusses affairs at Down and WED’s coming trip to the Lakes.

Is getting on very slowly with his "confounded proof-sheets" [of Origin].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  7 July [1859]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 46
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2476

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  • … Allen (Tim), children of Hensleigh and Frances Mackintosh Wedgwood. Eva and Angus are …
  • Wedgwood. He was also a friend of William’s and an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge. Emma Darwin’s diary records that Erasmus Alvey Darwin , Susan Elizabeth Darwin and Hensleigh Wedgwood

To W. E. Darwin   [November 1857]

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Is trying to find a tutor for WED.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  [Nov 1857]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 21
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2095

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  • … house near the home of Hensleigh and Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood, who lived at 17 Cumberland …

To W. E. Darwin   26 April [1862]

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Thanks WED for eyeglass.

Reports on health of Horace and family matters.

Has finished Orchids.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  26 Apr [1862]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 96
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3520

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To W. E. Darwin   [9 December 1858]

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Approves of WED’s moving into CD’s old rooms [at Christ’s College]. Gives fatherly advice on Cambridge’s temptation to idleness. Christmas plans.

Health poor of late.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  [9 Dec 1858]
Classmark:  DAR 92: A18, A25–8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2379

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  • … Darwin . CD refers to Hensleigh and Frances Mackintosh Wedgwood and their children; …

To W. E. Darwin   [25 July 1863]

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Relates events at Down;

asks WED to make some observations on Lythrum.

His present hobby-horse is tendrils.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  [25 July 1863]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 112
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4199

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  • … s diary (DAR 242), Hensleigh and Frances Emma Elizabeth Wedgwood visited Down House from …

To W. E. Darwin   1 March [1853]

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Discusses WED’s affairs and events at Down.

Writes of the benefits of reading.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  1 Mar [1853]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1639

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  • Wedgwood III, 18 February 1853 . The ink is also the bright cobalt blue occasionally used by CD in 1853. Francis, aged 4 1 2 , and Elizabeth, aged 5 1 2 . Hensleigh and Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood

From Henrietta Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin   [16 March 1864]

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CD wants WED to make some measurements on mid-styled [Primula sinensis] plants.

Author:  Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  [16 Mar 1864]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 116
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3633

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  • … account books (Down House MS)). Ernest Hensleigh Wedgwood was a clerk to the secretary of …

To the Darwin children   16 September 1881

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A circular letter on the distribution of his money at death and the division ofErasmus’ estate.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:  16 Sept 1881
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 183
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13340

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