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From Emma Nixon   10 December 1879

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Thanks for Erasmus Darwin.

Violetta Darwin is near death.

Author:  Emma Gisborne; Emma Nixon
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 189–90
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12348

Matches: 3 hits

  • … Gisborne, Emma Nixon, Emma Darwin, C. R. …
  • … DAR 99: 189–90 Emma Gisborne/Emma Nixon Derby 10 Dec 1879 Charles Robert Darwin
  • Darwin is sinking   Tapping has given great relief—but her days on Earth cannot now be many— She is most patient & resigned to the Will of her Heavenly Father. I hope your health does not suffer from our present most severe weather? Again thanking you for your kind remembrance of me, and with kind regards | Believe me | Yours sincerely | Emma

From G. H. Darwin   10 July 1879

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Has written to Col. J. L. Chester [genealogist] to ask whether he would like to see the deeds [for Darwin genealogy, see Emma Darwin 2: 237].

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 July 1879
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 79
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12145

Matches: 2 hits

  • … ask whether he would like to see the deeds [for Darwin genealogy, see Emma Darwin 2: 237]. …
  • … they returned to Down on 18 July 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). George refers to …

From J. R. Atkin   7 August [1879]

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Thanks for present and letter.

Wishes a good trip to the lakes and sends love to family members.

Author:  James Richard (Dick) Atkin, Baron Atkin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Aug [1879]
Classmark:  DAR 159: 122
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12185

Matches: 2 hits

  • … Bernard Darwin , was Atkin’s cousin. Emma Darwin , Elizabeth Darwin , and Francis Darwin . …
  • … at Coniston from 2 to 27 August 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The letter to Atkin …

From Francis Darwin   [6 July 1879]

Summary

Describes bean experiments. Will tell Emma Darwin to tell Elizabeth Darwin that he has written to the Riffel.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [6 July 1879]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 61
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12296F

Matches: 2 hits

  • … Describes bean experiments. Will tell Emma Darwin to tell Elizabeth Darwin that he has …
  • … hotel around 10 July 1879 (letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [10 July 1879] (DAR …

From E. A. Wheler   17 April 1879

Summary

Relates more family history and anecdotes concerning Dr Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 Apr 1879
Classmark:  DAR 210.14: 23
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12000

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Elizabeth Darwin : Frances Anne Violetta Darwin , Emma Georgiana Elizabeth Darwin , and …
  • … from this paragraph in Erasmus Darwin , pp. 69–70. Emma Sophia Galton was Elizabeth Anne …
  • Emma Nixon’s letter has not been found; Wheler later asked for it to be returned (see letter from E. A. Wheler, 18 April 1879 ). Millicent Pole married John Gisborne in 1792; she was the daughter of Elizabeth Pole , who later became Erasmus Darwin’ …
  • Emma about this, & she perfectly remembers my mother telling us this, & yesterday, on looking into Baroness de Bunsen’s memoirs, which we have just received, in page 68 she mentions M rs . Fielding consulting D r . D for her Daughter, & in page 38 she mentions paying a call at the Priory & being so struck with the beauty of the three Miss Darwins. …

From Anthony Rich   30 May 1879

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Speaks of the delight of having met CD.

Hopes William Darwin may be able to visit Worthing.

Author:  Anthony Rich
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  30 May 1879
Classmark:  DAR 210.12: 10
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12070

Matches: 3 hits

  • … superiority’ about Rich ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [7 May 1879] (DAR …
  • … 7 May in Worthing in order to visit Rich ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). William Erasmus …
  • … the first time on 6 May and both CD and Emma Darwin had lunch with him on 7 May; Emma was …

From G. H. Darwin   [30 November 1879]

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Erasmus thinks CD should give a copy of Erasmus Darwin to Henry Parker.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [30 Nov 1879]
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 81
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12240

Matches: 2 hits

  • … s house in London on Wednesday, 3 December 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
  • … from CD to Parker has been found. CD and Emma Darwin went to stay at Erasmus Alvey Darwin’ …

From T. H. Farrer   12 October 1879

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Gives up his wish to keep secret the engagement of his daughter to Horace Darwin.

Author:  Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12 Oct 1879
Classmark:  DAR 164: 93
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12253

Matches: 3 hits

  • … 242), letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [29 September 1879] (DAR 219.9: 211)). …
  • … the couple were not to meet ( letter from Emma Darwin to Sara Darwin, [1 July 1879] (DAR …
  • … Down House, EH 88207899)). Ida had visited Down from 2 October ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …

From B. J. Sulivan   9 June 1879

Summary

Reports on his family’s illnesses and other domestic matters.

Author:  Bartholomew James Sulivan
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 177: 309
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12097

Matches: 3 hits

  • … for England ( Manley 1974 , p. 396); Emma Darwin’s diary for this period records long …
  • … and Diana Langton . Elizabeth Wedgwood , Emma Darwin ’s sister, had been ill from around …
  • … s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II); letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [17 March 1879] ( …

From E. A. Wheler   18 April 1879

Summary

Forwards a letter [missing] from her cousin relating to Dr Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 Apr 1879
Classmark:  DAR 210.14: 24
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12002

Matches: 3 hits

  • … Nixon mentions was Godfather to our Aunt Emma Darwin, who was named Georgiana after him. …
  • … with gunpowder. CD and Elizabeth Wheler’s aunt was Emma Georgiana Elizabeth Darwin . …
  • Emma Nixon’s letter has not been found. See letter from E.  A.  Wheler, 17 April 1879 and n. 1. In Erasmus Darwin , …

From Francis Darwin   3 March [1879]

Summary

Astonished at circular and will risk revolutions to invest. Describes Blidah, Algeria.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  3 Mar [1879]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 59
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11913F

Matches: 2 hits

  • … having left Down on 4 February 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). He arrived back at …
  • … G. H. Darwin, 3 March 1879 ; letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [12 March 1879] (DAR …

From R. W. Dixon   [after 20 December 1879]

Summary

Three letters from Erasmus Darwin to Dixon’s great-grandfather, transcribed by Dixon. Enclosure to a missing letter.

Author:  Robert Walker Dixon
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 20 Dec 1879]
Classmark:  DAR 218: D1
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12368F

Matches: 1 hit

  • … Hadley . My other girls: Violetta Darwin , Emma Georgiana Elizabeth Darwin , and Harriot …

From Francis Galton   9 June 1879

Summary

Memorandum about Dr Erasmus Darwin’s bequests.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 210.14: 30
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12097F

Matches: 4 hits

  • … grandchildren— This much excited Emma Darwin—as D r . Rob et . had 6. children—& Violetta …
  • … Hall, and of Erasmus Darwin . Emma Georgiana Elizabeth Darwin never married. CD’s father, …
  • Darwin , still living at the time of his death, were Edward , Violetta (later Violetta Galton, 1783–1874) , Emma
  • Darwin died—he left by his second marriage 6. Children Edw d .  was nearly of age—Sach. l Francis ab t . 15—John much younger Violetta 19. Emma  …

From T. H. Farrer   30 October 1879

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Has Torbitt any further results? THF has forgotten what he had proposed to do.

Author:  Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  30 Oct 1879
Classmark:  DAR 164: 94
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12279

Matches: 1 hit

  • … 23 October [1879] ). Godfrey Wedgwood was Emma Darwin’s nephew, and had married his cousin …

From W. E. Darwin   9 January 1879

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Sends figures on increase in value of North Western Railway stocks. Says consol stock considered much more secure for bankers. Does not think his own bank is in danger of a run. Is glad to see the Emperor of Prussia has confirmed CD’s appointment to Academy. Is snowing at Bassett.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 Jan 1879
Classmark:  Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 70)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11823F

Matches: 1 hit

  • … unwell but was improving (letters from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [6 January 1879] …

From W. E. Darwin   [9 November 1879]

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Sends CD petition from Olmstead and asks him to forward it around to get good signatures.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [9 Nov 1879]
Classmark:  Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 74), Gardner 1880, pp. 31–9
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12301F

Matches: 2 hits

  • … between this letter and the letter from Emma Darwin to M. C. Stanley, 12 November [1879] . …
  • … Catherine Stanley . See letter from Emma Darwin to M. C. Stanley, 12 November [1879] . …

From W. E. Darwin   25 February [1879]

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Thanks CD profusely for the circular which detailed his and Emma Darwin’s plans to increase their children’s income. Thinks a few hundred really makes the difference for feeling really rich, especially as he now knows how important it is for bankers to have available personal savings.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 Feb [1879]
Classmark:  Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 71)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11896F

Matches: 1 hit

  • … for the circular which detailed his and Emma Darwin’s plans to increase their children’s …

From Francis Darwin   [before 31 July 1879]

Summary

Discusses Müller-Thurgau’s work on heliotropism. Will start on Thursday for Heidelberg and Strassburg.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 31 July 1879]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 56
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12177F

Matches: 2 hits

  • … Lake District from 2 to 27 August 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The ‘French life’ …
  • … in the Lake District on 4 August 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); the Sunday before …

From W. S. Dallas   15 July 1879

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Thanks CD for sending volumes of Dr Erasmus Darwin’s works. Hopes to finish Krause’s MS in a fortnight.

Author:  William Sweetland Dallas
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 July 1879
Classmark:  DAR 99: 110–11
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12161

Matches: 1 hit

  • … Coniston in the Lake District from 2 to 27 August 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …

From E. S. Galton   19 November 1879

Summary

Her brother-in-law, Edward Wheler, died on Sunday.

Sends some corrections for Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  Emma Sophia Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  19 Nov 1879
Classmark:  Private collection
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12337F

Matches: 2 hits

  • … Horace Darwin married Ida Farrer on 3 January 1880 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
  • … Private collection Emma Sophia Galton Leamington 19 Nov 1879 Charles Robert Darwin
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