From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker 12 March [1864]
Summary
Request for plants.
CD’s continuing ill health.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 12 Mar [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 223 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4426 |
From Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [17 May 1864]
Summary
CD says Meneanthes is now in flower.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [17 May 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 219.1: 80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4498F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … DAR 219.1: 80 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin [17 May 1864] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … From Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [17 May 1864] …
- … 1863]. In her diary (DAR 242), Emma Darwin noted the hot weather on 17 and 18 May 1864. …
- … Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), William and George left on 7 July, returning ‘from abroad’ on 2 August 1864. …
- … 1864 for their tour. James Mackintosh Wedgwood, Emma’s nephew, was suffering from incurable cancer (see letter from E. A. Darwin, [ …
- … Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) her sister Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood visited from 14 to 17 May 1864. …
From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin 30 [March 1864?]
Summary
Sends Effie’s [K. E. Wedgwood] letter;
recounts other family news.
Is interested in CD’s thoughts on podophyllin.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 30 [Mar 1864?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B118 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4374 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin 30 [March 1864? ] …
- … 1865, pp. 270–2, and letter from William Jenner to Emma Darwin, [17 March 1864] ). …
- … DAR 105: B118 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated 30 [Mar 1864? ] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … died on 24 June 1864 ( ibid. , pp. 275, 279). According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), …
From William Jenner to Emma Darwin [17 March 1864]
Summary
Proposes to examine CD at Down.
| Author: | William Jenner |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [17 Mar 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4368 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … From William Jenner to Emma Darwin [17 March 1864] …
- … DAR 168: 49 William Jenner London, Harley St, 8 [17 Mar 1864] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … Emma Darwin mentioned in a letter to William Erasmus Darwin , written in February 1864, …
- … Emma Darwin to Jenner on this subject has been found, but the Darwins themselves may not have corresponded with Jenner; in a letter to William Erasmus Darwin that was probably written in February 1864 ( …
- … Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) of a visit by Jenner on Sunday 20 March. CD’s Account book–cash account (Down House MS) records a payment of £10 10 s. to Jenner on the same day. The Thursday before 20 March 1864 …
From Emma Darwin to Hermann Kindt 14 October [1864]
Summary
Writes, for CD, to thank him for his letter and offer to send Unsere Zeit, but will not trouble him to send it.
Sends photograph of CD.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hermann Adolph Christian August (Hermann) Kindt |
| Date: | 14 Oct [1864] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 238–239 ) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13791 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … From Emma Darwin to Hermann Kindt 14 October [1864] …
- … Bl. 238–239 ) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 14 Oct [1864] Hermann Adolph Christian …
- … 1864 , Kindt had asked for the name of a photographer from whom he might buy a portrait of CD. Emma probably enclosed the photograph taken earlier in the year by William Erasmus Darwin ( …
From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker 15 February [1864]
Summary
John Scott is gratified at Bentham’s proposal that he become an associate of the Linnean Society.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 15 Feb [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 220 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4406 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … DAR 115: 220 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 15 Feb [1864] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker 15 February [1864] …
- … letter from John Scott, 12 [February 1864] . Emma Darwin refers to John Scott and to the …
- … Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) recorded good days and several trips to the hot house each day for CD; according to her reports, his health grew worse during the following two weeks. See also letter to J. D. Hooker, [27 January 1864] …
From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker 17 March [1864]
Summary
Request for plant.
Receipt of Oliver’s letter.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 17 Mar [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 224 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4429 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … DAR 115: 224 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 17 Mar [1864] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker 17 March [1864] …
- … 1863] ). See also letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 12 March [1864] and n. 4. …
- … Kew (see letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 12 March [1864] , and letter from J. …
From Emma Darwin to John Scott 9 January 1864
Summary
CD thinks JS’s Primula paper is fit for publication; he will send it on to the Linnean Society.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott |
| Date: | 9 Jan 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: B29–30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4383 |
From Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox [6 May 1864]
Summary
CD has been so ill they must discourage visit by WDF. Recovering slowly with new treatment.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [6 May 1864] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 143) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4487 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 143) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [6 May 1864] William Darwin Fox …
- … letter from William Jenner to Emma Darwin, [17 March 1864] and n. 2, and letter to J. …
- … From Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox [6 May 1864] …
- … 13 April [1864] . CD stayed with Erasmus Alvey Darwin from 4 to 14 February 1863 ( Emma …
- … Darwin family spent from 3 September to 12 or 13 October 1863 at Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, where CD and Horace Darwin took the water cure at the hydropathic establishment of James Smith Ayerst (see Correspondence vol. 11, Appendix II). William Jenner first visited CD on 20 March 1864; his second visit was on 10 April ( Emma …
From Alice Bonham-Carter to Emma Darwin 21 December [1864]
Summary
Sends a translation by Mr Noel [not found] of C. B. von Cotta’s views on CD’s and Lyell’s work.
| Author: | Alice Bonham-Carter |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Dec [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 241 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4722 |
From J. B. Innes to Emma Darwin 23 January [1864]
Summary
Family affairs.
Mrs Innes’ brother-in-law has died.
| Author: | John Brodie Innes |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Jan [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 167: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4395 |
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 John Brodie Innes to Emma Darwin 16 January [1864]
Summary
Urges Emma to bring CD to hydropathic establishment at Forres.
| Author: | John Brodie Innes |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Jan [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 167: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4387 |
From Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox 16 May [1864]
Summary
Urges WDF to send trap he has invented to the exhibition and competition of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Advertisement of Brailsford’s Patent Vermin Trap enclosed.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 16 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 144) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4497 |
From Emma Darwin to Frederick Pollock 23 October [1863?]
Summary
Apologises that CD is too unwell to do any work, but he is most interested in the frequent occurrence of inherited variations in one locality. It would have been a pleasure to visit if his health had permitted.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jonathan Frederick (Frederick) Pollock, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 23 Oct [1863?] |
| Classmark: | Private collection |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4321F |
From Emma Darwin to Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter 23 December [1864]
Summary
CD sends thanks to Mr Noel for allowing him to see article [sent by Alice Bonham-Carter, see 4722]. CD is pleased at Bernhard von Cotta’s remarks on species; very few of the older distinguished geologists have so favourable a view of his work. He was particularly pleased to read Cotta’s remarks on the azoic formations.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter; Elinor Mary Dicey |
| Date: | 23 Dec [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 442 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4723 |
From Emma Darwin to Alfred Newton 4 November [1863]
Summary
CD thanks AN for the note and remarks on the partridge’s leg. CD is too ill to write a note, but will send [for] the specimen as soon as he can. [See 4326.]
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Newton |
| Date: | 4 Nov [1863] |
| Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/65) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4330F |
From Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [28 October 1863]
Summary
CD’s health.
Family and local news.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Oct 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 219. 1: 78 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4323F |
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 |
From Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox [29 September 1863]
Summary
Thanks to WDF’s directions, Anne’s tombstone has been found.
CD improved, but recovery is slow. She describes treatment.
Encloses paper she and CD have written [see 4294, which was wrongly addressed by ED and had not reached WDF].
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [29 Sept 1863] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (Fox 141) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4312 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [6–27 September 1863] . The enclosure referred to is reproduced in Appendix IX. According to CD’s Address book (Down House MS), Fox’s address was ‘Delamere R[ectory]. Northwich’; see also Post Office directory of Cheshire 1864. …
- … Darwin, 19 April 1851 ; Post Office directory of Birmingham 1850 and 1864). This individual has not been identified. In her diary (DAR 242), Emma …
| letter | (23) |
| Darwin, Emma | (17) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (17) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Innes, J. B. | (2) |
| Bonham-Carter, Alice | (1) |
| Darwin, Emma | (6) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (6) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (5) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (3) |
| Fox, W. D. | (3) |
| Darwin, Emma | |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (23) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (6) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (3) |
| Fox, W. D. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Innes, J. B. | (2) |
| Bonham-Carter, Alice | (1) |
| Bonham-Carter, E. M. | (1) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| Dicey, E. M. | (1) |
| Haast, Julius von | (1) |
| Jenner, William | (1) |
| Kindt, Hermann | (1) |
| Newton, Alfred | (1) |
| Pollock, Frederick | (1) |
| Scott, John | (1) |
