From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin [13 May 1872]
Summary
Work will prevent his visiting Down as he had planned.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [13 May 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8320 |
From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin 19 October 1872
Summary
On his mother’s death.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 124–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8565 |
From J. B. Innes to Emma Darwin 8 March 1872
Summary
Down parish and family matters.
| Author: | John Brodie Innes |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Mar 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 167: 31 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8238 |
From A. J. Cupples to Emma Darwin 8 November [1872]
Summary
Accounts of dogs that howl to music; their expression whilst so doing.
| Author: | Anne Jane Douglas; Anne Jane Cupples |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Nov [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 281 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8611 |
From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin 9 December [1872]
Summary
Charles Landseer would like to know whether dogs have orbicular muscles.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Dec [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B124–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8666 |
From L. C. Wedgwood to Elizabeth Darwin [7 March 1872 or later]
Summary
P.S. Information on earthworm activity on chalk downs, including two rough sketches for CD.
| Author: | Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin |
| Date: | [7 Mar 1872 or later] |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7127 |
From T. H. Farrer 16 June 1872
Summary
Asks CD for seeds of some plants.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 June 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 72 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8390 |
To H. E. Litchfield 25 July 1872
Summary
Thanks for her pains over corrections [for Expression].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 25 July 1872 |
| Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) (no date) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8427 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Katherine Euphemia Wedgwood , was at Down on 2 August 1872. Emma Darwin recorded in her …
- … Darwin visited Down at this time. Ravensbourne in Keston, Kent, was the home of the Bonham-Carter family. ( Post Office directory of the six home counties 1872). Emma Darwin uses a symbol for yesterday: a circle with a tail pointing to the left. Albert: probably Albert Venn Dicey , who married Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter in 1872. He suffered from muscular weakness due to an injury at birth ( ODNB ). According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Frances Emma Elizabeth Wedgwood …
From E. A. Darwin 20 November [1872]
Summary
Encloses a letter from Lady Bell, which should be burnt when read.
Discusses finances.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Nov [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B82–3, DAR 160: 126 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8636 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Darwin, [January 1869] . Etruria (the Wedgwood factory in Staffordshire), which had been the property of Josiah Wedgwood II , and from which Emma …
- … Darwin (his daughter) had received rents as part of her marriage settlement, was bought by Godfrey, Clement Francis, and Laurence Wedgwood (who had been renting it) for £17,000 (Wedgwood and Wedgwood 1983, pp. 36, 304; CD’s Investment book (Down House MS)). In his Account books–banking account (Down House MS), CD recorded a payment of £1833 6 s. 8 d. on 20 November 1872, ‘From sale of Etruria’. Jos: Josiah Wedgwood III , Emma’ …
To W. D. Fox 16 July [1872]
Summary
Is correcting proofs for Expression.
Family news.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 16 July [1872] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8413 |
Matches: 1 hit
Document type
| letter | (10) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Cupples, A. J. | (1) |
| Douglas, A. J. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, Emma | (5) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (5) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, Emma | (5) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (5) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
