From Emma Wedgwood [3 January 1839]
Summary
Emma is surprised how quickly CD has moved into the new house and understands his feeling of triumph. Wants him and Fanny [Mrs Hensleigh] Wedgwood to settle on hiring a cook.
Is reading Mansfield Park [Jane Austen (1814)], which she finds "very suitable".
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [3 Jan 1839] |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 158 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-482 |
From Emma Darwin to V. L. Isitt [before 17 September 1871]
Summary
Feels it unlikely that CD could employ a secretary but he is prepared to experiment if Miss I. would care to come to Down for a period.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Virginia Lavinia Isitt |
Date: | [before 17 Sept 1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 96: 101 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7410 |
From Emma Wedgwood to F. E. E. Wedgwood [28 October 1836]
Summary
CD will not get to Maer that week. The Langtons are leaving and will meet him at Shrewsbury.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
Date: | [28 Oct 1836] |
Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS WM 233) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-316 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … John Wedgwood . Henry Allen Wedgwood . Frances Julia Wedgwood . Hensleigh Wedgwood . …
- … Wedgwood (1793–1880) , and Louisa Frances Wedgwood . Mr Clarke has not been identified. Wet nurses were often the mothers of illegitimate babies ( Fildes 1988 , pp. 191–2). Fanny may have passed on news of her own pregnancy: her son Ernest Hensleigh Wedgwood …
From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker [28 April 1864]
Summary
Emma prepares JDH for his visit to Wedgwood factory and Barlaston.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [28 Apr 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 232 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4473 |
From Emma Wedgwood [30 November 1838]
Summary
Has accepted the Hensleigh Wedgwoods’ invitation to go to London with them; can look at houses with CD. She wishes to avoid extravagance; asks him to choose three or four for her to see.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [30 Nov 1838] |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 152 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-447 |
From Emma Wedgwood [20–1 January 1839]
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [20–1 Jan 1839] |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 161 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-490 |
From Emma Wedgwood to F. E. E. Wedgwood [17 December 1836]
Summary
The Darwin family are anxious for FEEW’s and Hensleigh’s opinions of CD’s journal. EW is convinced that Henry Holland is wrong if he thinks it not worth publishing.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
Date: | [17 Dec 1836] |
Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS WM 233) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-328 |
From Emma Wedgwood [21–2 November 1838]
Summary
Writes lovingly of small events since he left Maer. Fears their opinions may differ on "the most important subject", religion, but is grateful for his openness about his "honest & conscientious doubts".
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [21–2 Nov 1838] |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 150 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-441 |
From Emma Wedgwood to F. E. E. Wedgwood [24 October 1836]
Summary
They are impatient for CD’s arrival.
EW is reading F. Head’s "gallop" [Rapid journeys across the Pampas (1826)] "to get up a little knowledge for him".
CD has nearly settled in favour of living in Cambridge.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
Date: | [24 Oct 1836] |
Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS WM 233) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-315 |
Matches: 1 hit
From Emma Wedgwood and Louisa Holland to F. E. E. Wedgwood [21 and 24 November 1836]
Summary
Tells of the pleasure that CD’s visit gave the family.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin; Louisa Holland; Louisa Croft |
Addressee: | Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
Date: | 21 and 24 Nov 1836 |
Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS WM 233) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-324 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … letter from S. E. (Elizabeth) Wedgwood to Hensleigh Wedgwood, [16] November [1836] ; see …
- … Wedgwood (see Correspondence vol. 1, letter from S. E. (Elizabeth) Wedgwood to Hensleigh Wedgwood, [ …
- … Wedgwood , Emma’s paternal aunt, was also present (see Correspondence vol. 1, letter from S. E. (Elizabeth) Wedgwood to Hensleigh Wedgwood, [ …
- … Wedgwood (1764–1846). Charlotte Langton . Elizabeth Wedgwood (1793–1880) was Emma’s sister. Georgina Tollet was Marianne Clive’s sister; Miss Vaughan has not been identified. See this volume, Supplement, letter from Emma Wedgwood to F. E. E. Wedgwood, [24 October 1836] and n. 6. Hensleigh Wedgwood ; …
letter | (10) |
Darwin, Emma | |
Wedgwood, Emma | (10) |
Croft, Louisa | (1) |
Holland, Louisa | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Mackintosh, F. E. E. | (4) |
Wedgwood, F. E. E. | (4) |
Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Isitt, V. L. | (1) |
Darwin, Emma | (10) |
Wedgwood, Emma | (10) |
Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
Mackintosh, F. E. E. | (4) |
Wedgwood, F. E. E. | (4) |