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 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … DAR 210.8: 22 Charles Robert Darwin Down [7–8 Feb 1845] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … Higgins, 10 September [1847] . Sarah Elizabeth (Eliza) Wedgwood was Emma’s cousin; her …
- … sister, Jessie, married Emma’s brother, Henry Allen (Harry) Wedgwood, in 1830. …
To Emma Darwin [3–4 February 1845]
Summary
News of the children and books he is reading.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [3–4 Feb 1845] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (28 March 1983) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-821 |
To Susan Darwin 3[–4] September 1845
Summary
"All about household and money matters." The family is now living on about £1000 per annum. Plans a new walk and additions to the house.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
| Date: | 3[–4] Sept 1845 |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 109 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-913 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Sarah Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Wedgwood , Emma’s elder sister. …
- … Josiah Wedgwood III , Emma Darwin’s brother. …
- … Emma had been planning a visit to Shrewsbury followed by a tour to York and Lincolnshire, intending to start at the end of August (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [11–12 July 1845] ). They eventually left on 15 September. See Colp 1977 , p. 37, for an account of the therapeutic uses of bismuth. Caroline Wedgwood , …
To J. D. Hooker 16 [April 1845?]
Summary
Apologises that the house is full this weekend, but next weekend would be good.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 16 [Apr 1845?] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/2/2/1 f. 312) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-857G |
To W. D. Fox [13 February 1845]
Summary
News of his family and his own health. He is able to work three hours a day on the geology of South America.
Harriet Martineau is greatly excited by mesmerism.
Tells of Sydney Smith’s dream.
Asks for some [S. American] potatoes to test "sporting".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [13 Feb 1845] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 69a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-827 |
Document type
| letter | (5) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
Addressee
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (2) |
| Darwin, S. E. | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (2) |
| Darwin, S. E. | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
