To Emma Darwin [31 October 1847]
Summary
Has had two bad days with boils.
Is reading Last days of Pompeii [Edward Bulwer Lytton (1834)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [31 Oct 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 26 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1132 |
To Josiah Wedgwood III 14 August [1847]
Summary
Sends a letter for JW to forward to Charles Stokes concerning the purchase of Leeds and Bradford railway shares for Emma Darwin’s trust fund.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Josiah (Jos) Wedgwood, III |
| Date: | 14 Aug [1847] |
| Classmark: | Alan Wedgwood (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1108F |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Wedgwood II (CD’s Classed account books (Down House MS)). CD had advanced £15 to Emma’s trust fund on 17 June 1847 …
- … Emma’s trust fund ( Correspondence vol. 4, letter to Josiah Wedgwood III, [22 June – 10 August 1847] , …
- … Wedgwood III , [22 June – 17 August 1847] and n. 4). Shares in the London and North West Railway were purchased with money from Emma …
To Josiah Wedgwood III [22 June – 10 August 1847]
Summary
Wants JW’s permission to carry out certain investments.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Josiah (Jos) Wedgwood, III |
| Date: | [22 June – 10 Aug 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.10: 13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1043 |
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 ( …
To Josiah Wedgwood III [20? August 1847]
Summary
Discusses the buying and selling of certain railway shares.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Josiah (Jos) Wedgwood, III |
| Date: | [20? Aug 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.10: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1042 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Wedgwood II , CD’s uncle. Charles Langton was Emma Darwin’s brother-in-law. In the event, CD retained the Monmouth Canal debentures; in October 1847 …
- … Wedgwood III , [22 June – 17 August 1847], n. 4. CD’s Investment Book (Down House MS) records that forty guaranteed shares in the Leeds & Bradford Railway were purchased with money from Emma Darwin’s trust fund through Charles Stokes on 21 August 1847. …
To Thomas Salt [March 1847]
Summary
Maer purchase-money; London and Birmingham Railway Company shares.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Salt |
| Date: | [Mar 1847] |
| Classmark: | Rachel Salt (private collection); sold by Spink’s (dealers), July 2018 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1066F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Wedgwood 1980 , p. 246). The London and Birmingham Railway became part of the London and North Western Railway in 1846. Shares in the London and North Western Railway were part of Emma’s trust property. CD also had shares in the London and North Western, and bought more in February and July 1847. ( …
To J. D. Hooker 15 [July 1847]
Summary
Must look after his wife, so is unable to come to visit.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 15 [July 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1080 |
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 |
To Josiah Wedgwood III [July 1848]
Summary
Writes about Emma’s trust account investments and calls due upon them. Sends his record and asks JW to bring it up to date.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Josiah (Jos) Wedgwood, III |
| Date: | [July 1848] |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 1019) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1142 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Wedgwood III and Erasmus Alvey Darwin were the trustees of the fund set up for Emma on her marriage to CD. With this letter there is an enclosure detailing Emma’s investments, evidently copied out of CD’s Investment Book (Down House MS). The enclosed account lists payments totalling £441 11 s . 2 d . made by CD on calls, deposits, and instalments debited to Emma’s trust account during 1846 and 1847. …
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 …
To Emma Darwin [23 May 1848]
Summary
Family news. Finds Shrewsbury too noisy.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [23 May 1848] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 29 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1178 |
To Emma Darwin [24 June 1846]
Summary
News of progress in remodelling. He and Etty [Henrietta] miss the rest of the family.
Was sick, but "two pills of opium righted me".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [24 June 1846] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-982 |
To George Howard Darwin and W. E. Darwin 13 [November 1856]
Summary
Describes the funeral of Aunt Sarah [Elizabeth Wedgwood].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin; George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 13 [Nov 1856] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1987 |
To Emma Darwin [7–8 February 1845]
Summary
Mainly news of the three children.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [7–8 Feb 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-810 |
To Emma Darwin [22 May 1848]
Summary
His health not good.
Has been reading John Evelyn’s Life of Mrs Godolphin, and Mme Sévigné.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [22 May 1848] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1177 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … 1847 ) is the account of a very saintly maid of honour at the court of James II. CD records having finished it on 31 May 1848, with the note: ‘(pretty)’ (DAR 119; Correspondence vol. 4, Appendix IV). Sarah Elizabeth (Sarah) Wedgwood, who lived in Down village. William Erasmus Darwin , CD and Emma’ …
From Emma and Charles Darwin to W. E. Darwin [20 May 1864]
Summary
CD much obliged for specimen and drawings.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin; Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [20 May 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: A7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3366 |
Document type
| letter | (16) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (13) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, Emma | (5) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (5) |
| Wedgwood, Josiah, III | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Darwin, Emma | (6) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (6) |
| Wedgwood, Josiah, III | (4) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Salt, Thomas | (1) |
| Wedgwood, H. A. | (1) |
