From Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes 12 October [1874]
Summary
Parish and family news.
Francis Darwin’s marriage; Francis serves as CD’s assistant.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Brodie Innes |
| Date: | 12 Oct [1874] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9674 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Innes, J. B. …
- … From Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes 12 October [1874] …
- … M. Stecher collection) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 12 Oct [1874] John Brodie Innes …
- … very kind regards | yours very sincerely | Emma Darwin P.S I obeyed your directions about …
- … et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Edited by …
- … Brodii & never possessed it’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 24 June [1874] , …
- … Darwin married Amy Ruck on 23 July 1874 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)), and rented Down …
- … CD’s secretary in summer 1874 (see Emma Darwin (1904) , 2: 269). See Correspondence vol. …
From Emma Darwin to Albert Günther 7 April [1874]
Summary
Invites AG to stay at Down.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
| Date: | 7 Apr [1874] |
| Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library (39) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9397 |
From Emma Darwin to ? [October 1874 – April 1882]
Summary
CD cannot come to London to sit for photograph. Sends one taken by son [Leonard], which family considers the best likeness. CD would be glad to give a sitting at Down.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [Oct 1874 – Apr 1882] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University (bMs 62.10.1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13792 |
From Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes 24 June [1874]
Summary
Kind to send seeds of Aquilegia Brodii. Gives news on her sons. Glad of recent rain to help the hay.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Brodie Innes |
| Date: | 24 June [1874] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6405F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Innes, J. B. …
- … From Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes 24 June [1874] …
- … M. Stecher collection) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 24 June [1874] John Brodie Innes …
- … Innes believe me | very sincerely yours | Emma Darwin P.S. I shall follow your directions …
- … at Innes’s home in Milton Brodie. See also letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 …
- … he married Amy Ruck on 23 July 1874 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)) and they moved into …
- … Darwin (see n. 5, below). ‘ Aquilegia Brodii ’ is not a species; the name was used jokingly by Emma …
- … Emma refers to John William Brodie Innes . Mrs Palmer has not been identified. Eliza Mary Brodie Innes . Francis Darwin …
From Horace Darwin 17 August 1874
Summary
The occurrence and prevention of scale in boilers.
Anxious to hear Murray’s reply [to CD’s letter 9598].
| Author: | Horace Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9603 |
From L. C. Harrison to Emma Darwin [before 1 July 1874]
Summary
Sends reference on Pinguicula [for CD].
| Author: | Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [before 1 July 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 138 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9525 |
From Leonard Darwin to Emma Darwin [after 26 June – 28 September 1874]
Summary
Describes voyage to New Zealand.
| Author: | Leonard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [after 26 June – 28 Sept 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 239.1: 2.1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9517F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, Emma …
- … Darwin, Leonard Wedgwood, Emma …
- … From Leonard Darwin to Emma Darwin [after 26 June – 28 September 1874] …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … marriage on 23 July 1874 (see letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 24 June [1874] and …
- … DAR 239.1: 2.1 Leonard Darwin [after 26 June – 28 Sept 1874] Emma …
To H. E. Litchfield 27 [March 1874]
Summary
Thanks her for her excellent criticisms and corrections [for 2d ed. of Coral reefs?].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 27 [Mar 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 85 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9325 |
To H. E. Litchfield 21 [March 1874]
Summary
Proof-correcting [of 2d ed. of Coral reefs?].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 21 [Mar 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 84 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9324 |
To D. F. Nevill [1874–82]
Summary
[Valediction and signature only.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Dorothy Fanny Walpole; Dorothy Fanny Nevill |
| Date: | [1874–82] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 123 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9791 |
To J. D. Hooker 18 January [1874]
Summary
Reports on a séance. "The Lord have mercy on us all if we have to believe in such rubbish."
Asks JDH to vote for his nephew, Henry Parker, for Athenaeum membership.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 18 Jan [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 311–12 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9247 |
From W. H. M. Christie 12 October 1874
Summary
Announces arrival of the Merope [Leonard Darwin’s ship] at Canterbury, New Zealand.
| Author: | William Henry Mahoney Christie |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Oct 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 147 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9677 |
To G. H. Darwin 5 November [1874]
Summary
Mainly family news.
Eager to read GHD’s political economy MS "though Heaven knows whether I shall understand it".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Nov [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9712 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … is established by the references to Emma Darwin’s illness and the visit from the Josiah …
- … They left on Wednesday 11 November ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). George was writing on …
- … to decline the invitation (see letters from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin , 15 November [ …
- … found. George’s health had been improving for four months ( letter from Emma Darwin to …
- … Leonard Darwin, 25 November [1874] (DAR 239.23: 1.25)). Emma recorded in her diary that …
- … Emma recorded in her diary (DAR 242) that ‘Jossi & Harrison’ arrived on Saturday 7 November 1874, and in a letter to Leonard Darwin, …
From Alfred Newton 13 March 1874
Summary
Wishes CD could publish Origin with footnotes.
Increases in bird populations: starlings are increasing, but AN cannot give reason; mistletoe-thrush increasing but not ousting song-thrush. Doubts trustworthiness of [George?] Edwards, CD’s authority in Origin on this matter [see Origin, 6th ed., p. 59].
AN opposed to bird protection legislation to prohibit egging. Argues egging does not decrease number of birds.
| Author: | Alfred Newton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 172: 50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9358 |
To J. D. Hooker [17 November 1874]
Summary
Extremely glad to have JDH come to Down. It is wise of JDH to exert himself and face the inevitable as well as he can. [Death of JDH’s wife, 13 Nov.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [17 Nov 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 342 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9728 |
To Leonard Darwin 25 November 1874
Summary
LD’s letter recalled old scenes on board the Beagle.
CD’s "bothering correspondents" seem to increase in number and in folly; has just answered "two precious fools".
Has been working very hard on Droseraceae and can "now see daylight".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leonard Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Nov 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 91 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9733 |
From J. V. Carus 7 July 1874
Summary
Thanks for proofs [of Descent, 2d English ed.].
Publisher would like better photographs for Expression [2d German ed.].
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 July 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 96 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9536 |
To W. E. Darwin 24 [July 1874]
Summary
Arrangements for the visit to Southampton.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 24 [July 1874] |
| Classmark: | Michael Silverman (dealer) (Catalogue 25, 2006) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9560F |
To Anton Dohrn 13 February 1874
Summary
Thanks for birthday greetings.
Comments on work at Naples Zoological Station. F. M. Balfour to visit Naples. Would like to send third son [Francis Darwin] to learn art of observing marine animals.
Health indifferent.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
| Date: | 13 Feb 1874 |
| Classmark: | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München (Ana 525. Ba 711) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9289 |
From G. H. Darwin [4 November 1874]
Summary
GHD has been using E. Norman [CD’s copyist], and he apologises if this has caused delays to CD’s work.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [4 Nov 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 44 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9708 |
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| Hooker, J. D. | (15) |
| Darwin, Emma | (7) |
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