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From Robert Waring Darwin to Josiah Wedgwood II   13 November 1838

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RWD’s happiness that Emma has accepted CD’s proposal of marriage.

Author:  Robert Waring Darwin
Addressee:  Josiah Wedgwood, II
Date:  13 Nov 1838
Classmark:  V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 96)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-433

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  • Wedgwood, Mrs Josiah Wedgwood II . R.  W. Darwin’s animosity towards Harriet Martineau was well known in the family (see Wedgwood 1980 , pp.  232–3). Bessy, apparently to tease him, had expressed the hope that CD would become engaged to Martineau (see letter from Josiah Wedgwood II and Emma to R.  W. Darwin, 15 November 1838). …
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