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From W. E. Darwin to Emma Darwin   [25 January 1868]

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Expresses his pleasure at GHD’s degree.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [25 Jan 1868]
Classmark:  Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 33)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5798F

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From William Erasmus Darwin to Emma Darwin   28 February [1868]

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Crying in babies.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  28 Feb [1868]
Classmark:  DAR 162: 86
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5952

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From Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood to Emma Darwin   [30 March – 12 April 1868]

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Observations on the first appearance of tears in a baby.

Author:  Sarah Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Wedgwood
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [30 Mar – 12 Apr 1868]
Classmark:  DAR 181: 70
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5830

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  • … Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Wedgwood unstated [30 Mar – 12 Apr 1868] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … From Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood to Emma Darwin   [30 March – 12 April 1868] …
  • … moved from London to Down in 1868 (see Emma Darwin (1904) , 2: 218–19). Charles Langton . …

From Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin   [after 16 October 1868]

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Has been working with G. R. Crotch on stridulation. The sexual theory seems very shaky.

Is sending preparations of beetles.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [after 16 Oct 1868]
Classmark:  DAR 82: A96–7
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5761

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  • … From Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin   [after 16 October 1868] …
  • … 82: A96–7 Francis Darwin Union Society, Cambridge [after 16 Oct 1868] Emma Wedgwood/Emma …

From C. M. Hawkshaw to Emma Darwin   12 April 1868

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Observations on expression in her baby daughter.

Author:  Cicely Mary Wedgwood; Cicely Mary Hawkshaw
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  12 Apr 1868
Classmark:  DAR 166: 122
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6112

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  • … From C.  M.  Hawkshaw to Emma Darwin   12 April 1868
  • … Cicely Mary Wedgwood/Cicely Mary Hawkshaw Beverley? 12 Apr 1868 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … See letter from C.  M.  Hawkshaw to Emma Darwin, 9 February [1868] and n.  2. …

From Frances Harriet Hooker to Emma Darwin   24 September [1868]

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Thinks J. D. Hooker and Asa Gray will not be able to visit Down until after the 12th.

Author:  Frances Harriet Henslow; Frances Harriet Hooker
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  24 Sept [1868]
Classmark:  DAR 104: 229–30
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6907

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  • … From Frances Harriet Hooker to Emma Darwin   24 September [1868] …
  • … Harriet Henslow/Frances Harriet Hooker Kew 24 Sept [1868] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … J. D. Hooker, 25 September 1868 . The letters from Emma Darwin have not been found. Joseph …

From Cicely Mary Hawkshaw to Emma Darwin   9 February [1868]

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Too late to observe baby’s tears.

Author:  Cicely Mary Wedgwood; Cicely Mary Hawkshaw
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  9 Feb [1868]
Classmark:  DAR 166: 121
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5855

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  • … From Cicely Mary Hawkshaw to Emma Darwin   9 February [1868] …
  • … Cicely Mary Wedgwood/Cicely Mary Hawkshaw Liphook 9 Feb [1868] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • 1868 . CD was collecting information on the secretion of tears for his research on the expression of emotions (see Correspondence vol.  15, letter from L.  F.  Kempson to Emma Darwin, …

From Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes   24 December [1875]

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News of the parish and neighbours.

CD pleased JBI is interested in his book [Cross and self-fertilisation].

He is pretty well and hard at work with Francis.

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Addressee:  John Brodie Innes
Date:  24 Dec [1875]
Classmark:  Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10732

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  • Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Innes and his wife, Eliza Mary Brodie Innes , lived in Scotland; his son, John William Brodie Innes , was a student at St John’s College, Cambridge. Samuel James O’Hara Horsman , curate of Down from 1867 to 1868, …

From W. E. Darwin to Charles and Emma Darwin   22 July 1880

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Returns Geikie’s letter; is glad he has accepted settlement of gravel through melting of snow. Is trudging around with hammer and bag with help of Ramsay’s book. Describes visits to Kenilworth and Stratford. Sara consulted a physician. Called on Reginald D. and enjoyed meeting relations and seeing picture of Erasmus. Reginald very taken with George.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  22 July 1880
Classmark:  Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 76)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12665F

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  • Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [11 July 1880] ; DAR 219.9: 242). When at university at Cambridge, George had been second in the mathematical honours examination; the position was known as ‘second wrangler’ ( Cambridge University calendar 1868). …