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From H. E. Litchfield to Charles and Emma Darwin [5 November 1871]
Summary
Describes the wedding party given for herself and Richard Buckley Litchfield at the Working Men’s College in London.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [5 Nov 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 245: 2, 9, 252 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8053F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Darwin, Emma …
- … St, London [5 Nov 1871] Charles Robert Darwin Emma …
- … From H. E. Litchfield to Charles and Emma Darwin [5 November 1871] …
- … DAR 245: 2, 9, 252 Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield 6 Queen Anne …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma …
- … Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Litchfield, Henrietta Emma. …
- … Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood . St George’s Hall was a function room in Langham Place, Regent Street, London. William George Clark , a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, had recently published a tract that was critical of Anglican orthodoxy ( ODNB ). Anne Parslow was probably Henrietta’s lady’s maid, and Elizabeth Pearce , who as Bessy Harding had been the Darwin …
To J. D. Hooker [4 July 1860]
Summary
CD will visit Kew on way home from E. W. Lane’s hydropathy establishment.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [4 July 1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2858 |
From Alphonse de Candolle 9 July 1881
Summary
AdeC thinks Monographiae phanerogamarum may be of some use to CD for the most nearly correct names to adopt.
| Author: | Alphonse de Candolle |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 July 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 27 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13239 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … prodromi nunc continuatio nunc revisio . 9 vols. Paris: G. Masson. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Edited by …
- … Press. 1904. Healey, Edna. 2001. Emma Darwin: the inspirational wife of a genius. London: …
- … see CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Emma Darwin (then Wedgwood) and her sister Frances had …
- … between November 1826 and June 1827 ( Emma Darwin (1904) , 1: 245–74; Healey 2001 , p. …
To W. B. Carpenter 3 December [1859]
Summary
Delighted by WBC’s letter about Origin. There is now "a great physiologist on our side". "You have done me an essential kindness in checking the odium theologicum in the E[dinburgh] R[eview] … immaterial whether we go quite the same lengths … the principle is everything."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Benjamin Carpenter |
| Date: | 3 Dec [1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.6: 3 (EH 88205920) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2568 |
Matches: 4 hits
To W. E. Darwin 13 May [1857]
Summary
Discusses family health and affairs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 13 May [1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 15 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2091 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … 22 August, staying until 31 October ( Emma Darwin’s diary). Like James Manby Gully , Lane …
- … her daughter Cecily joined them on 18 May (Emma Darwin’s diary). Emily Catherine Darwin’s …
- … 1857, when she was replaced by Mary Ann Pugh . According to Emma Darwin’s diary, she …
- … had cared for Henrietta Emma Darwin at Hastings from 30 April until 11 …
- … May. Emma Darwin took Henrietta to Moor Park, where she was to undergo the …
- … Wickstead Lane’s care, on 29 May 1857 ( Emma Darwin’s diary). CD went there on 16 June, …
- … Appendix II). According to her diary, Emma Darwin took the children to Barlaston and then …
- … May 1857. Emma and Henrietta Darwin returned to Down on 12 …
From Francis Darwin [1–15 March 1873]
Summary
Has sent Vichy water, discusses prescription. Tell Arthur Parslow not to continue on colchicum for gout if doesn’t suit him. May go to Pryor’s on Sunday.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1–15 Mar 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8714F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Down for London on 15 March 1873 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). George Howard Darwin . …
- … tonic (see Harley ed. 1876, p. 294). Emma Darwin recorded in her diary, ‘began Arsenic’ …
- … Joseph Parslow . Moore visited Down on 1 March 1873 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … Emma Darwin had influenza from 26 February …
- … 1873 until about 6 March ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …
- … 242); letter from Emma Darwin to Horace Darwin, [6 March 1873] , DAR 258: 573). …
To J. D. Hooker 25 [August 1863]
Summary
CD’s illness: he is vomiting "vegetable" cells.
Dutrochet has published the best of CD’s observations on tendrils [see Climbing plants, p. 1 n.].
Lyell has found Joshua Trimmer’s Arctic shells on Moel Tryfan.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 25 [Aug 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 204 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4274 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … were married on 8 October 1863 ( Emma Darwin (1915) , 2: 180–1). There is no evidence that …
- … rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l’Académie des Sciences 17: 989–1008. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … Worcestershire, on 3 September 1863 (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) and n. 2, below). …
- … returning to Down on 14 October 1863. Emma Darwin travelled there in advance, arriving on …
- … to secure lodgings for the family ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). During his stay, CD …
From Henrietta Emma Darwin [2 August 1857]
Summary
Is looking forward to returning home [from Moor Park hydropathic establishment]. News of other patients and the books she is reading. Although feeling well, cannot walk much.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [2 Aug 1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 245: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2131A |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Henrietta Emma Darwin [2 August 1857] …
- … DAR 245: 1 Henrietta Emma Darwin/ …
- … away from home ‘9 weeks on Friday’. Emma Darwin had taken her to Edward Wickstead Lane’s …
- … where she remained until 7 August ( Emma Darwin’s diary). Friday, 31 July, would have been …
- … of her parents during much of her time at Moor Park: she had last seen Emma Darwin on …
- … 21 July ( Emma Darwin’s diary) and CD had been with her from 16 to 30 June (see ‘Journal’; …
- … Henrietta Emma Litchfield Moor Park [2 Aug 1857] Charles Robert Darwin …
To J. D. Hooker [22–3 November 1863]
Summary
Tendril-bearing plants seem to CD "higher" organised with respect to adaptive sensibility than lower animals.
Wishes to encourage John Scott.
Death of JDH’s daughter makes CD cry over his own dead daughter Annie.
Sedgwick’s scientific merit.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [22–3 Nov 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 211 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4345 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … n. 4). See also letter from E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 11 November [1863] and n. 5. …
- … 13 November 1863] and n. 6). The invitation to Henrietta Emma Darwin has not been traced. …
- … D. Hooker, 16 [November 1863] . See Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) for her daily record of …
- … November [1863] , letter from E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 11 November [1863] , and n. …
- … has not been found but see letter from Emma Darwin to Patrick Matthew, 21 November [1863] …
- … 5 November 1863). See letter from E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 11 November [1863] . CD …
From Francis Darwin [31 May 1876]
Summary
Has sent off Bulls Horn to Kew; has sent hamper to CD; is preparing drawings for his presentation at the Linnean Society; asks after William, and hopes to be able to come to visit.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [31 May 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10517F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … and n. 5). The weather on Sunday 28 May 1876 was pleasant, and CD and Emma Darwin went up …
- … Holmbury Hill ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Francis, possibly …
- … came to Hopedene on 3 June 1876 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). He also refers to …
- … for Leonard Darwin , who was at Down from 8 May 1876 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … on 10 May; he was staying with CD and Emma Darwin at Hopedene (see letter from Francis …
To Henrietta Emma Darwin [14–21 April 1866]
Summary
Discusses some observations on, and the fertilisation of, Ophrys.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [14–21 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5074 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Henrietta Emma Darwin [14–21 April 1866] …
- … Robert Darwin unstated [14–21 Apr 1866] Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
- … during her stay in France ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Darwin, [6 April 1866] (DAR …
- … 1866 (DAR 245: 270)). According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Henrietta went abroad on …
- … is established by the reference to Emma Darwin’s and CD’s poor health (see n. 8, below), …
- … from H. E. Darwin, [ c. 10 May 1866]. Emma Darwin and CD both had influenza during …
- … the second and third weeks of April; Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) records that CD had a …
- … companions were unwell for much of April ( Emma Darwin to H. E. Darwin, [6 April 1866] ( …
From Andrew Clark 3 September 1873
Summary
Diagnosis of CD’s illness; prescribed diet.
| Author: | Andrew Clark, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Sept 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 151 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9041 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 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 …
- … difficulty in getting Clark to accept his fee ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. …
- … 2 September 1873] (DAR 219.9: 105); Emma Darwin (1904) 2: 266–7). According to Atkins …
- … in Heathfield, Bromley. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Clark had attended CD …
To J. D. Hooker [3 July 1860]
Summary
Reread JDH’s letter "with infinite pleasure".
Plans to visit Kew.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [3 July 1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2856 |
Matches: 4 hits
To Charles Babbage 26 May [1840]
Summary
Asks if he can bring his guests, J. C. L. and Mme [Simonde de] Sismondi and [Fanny] Allen, to CB’s parties.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Babbage |
| Date: | 26 May [1840] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add MS 37191: 294–5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-570 |
To W. D. Fox [27 March 1851]
Summary
Sends condolences to WDF on the death of his father. Has brought his daughter [Anne] to J. M. Gully for the water-cure.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [27 Mar 1851] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 78a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1396 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … and governess, Catharine Ann Thorley , and with Henrietta Emma Darwin as a playmate. …
- … According to Emma Darwin’s diary, Miss Thorley left for Malvern on 28 March. CD …
- … return to Down until 31 March ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 130 and ‘Journal’; Correspondence …
- … by Richard Broke Freeman. London: printed for the author. 1984. ] Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … failing since the summer of 1850 ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 132), was to be left in Malvern …
To W. D. Fox 10 October [1850]
Summary
Is concerned about the education of his boys and is undecided between Rugby and Bruce Castle schools; is inclined toward the latter, but afraid to experiment on so important a subject.
Reports on his pear-trees.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 10 Oct [1850] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 78) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1362 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Rev d . — Willy School 74 3 6. ’ Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 145, notes that Wharton was …
- … preparatory school that William attended. Emma Darwin’s diary records that ‘Willy went to …
- … et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
To Mary Butler 11 September [1859]
Summary
Inquires about the chances of meeting her when he goes to Ilkley for a cure.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Mary Butler |
| Date: | 11 Sept [1859] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.168) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2489 |
Matches: 4 hits
To Charles Lyell [1 August 1861]
Summary
Mentions Dutch translation [of Origin].
Discusses evolutionary origin of sexuality.
Asa Gray’s suggestion that variation was directed by a higher power and Herschel’s view of providential arrangement in nature.
Compares variation in domestic and wild species.
Asks CL for introductions for his son William in Southampton, where he has joined a bank.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [1 Aug 1861] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.259) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3223 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … endorsement. The first of August fell on a Thursday in 1861. Emma Darwin’s diary records …
- … that she and Henrietta Emma Darwin , accompanied by Hope Elizabeth Wedgwood (the youngest …
- … Litchfield, this was the only tour Emma Darwin ‘ever took without the family in all …
- … her married life. ’ ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 178). Frances Elizabeth Longfellow , wife of …
To Charles Lyell 28 August [1860]
Summary
The adultery of Lady [Harriet Spencer] Grey and Captain Keppell.
A new species of elephant discovered by Hugh Falconer.
Comments on excellent review by Asa Gray [Atlantic Monthly 6 (1860): 229–39].
Still believes dogs descended from several wild stocks.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 28 Aug [1860] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.224) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2900 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Emma Darwin’s letter to Mary Elizabeth Lyell , …
- … dated 28 August [1860], is printed in Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 177. …
- … Emma Darwin’s diary records that CD went to London on 21 August 1860. George Grey , who …
- … George Grey and the Keppel affair. Historical Studies 16 (1974–5): 192–215. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
To Charles Lyell [12 November 1838]
Summary
Announces his engagement to Emma Wedgwood.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [12 Nov 1838] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.12) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-432 |
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Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (1349) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (101) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (81) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (50) |
| Darwin, Francis | (41) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (812) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (248) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (105) |
| Fox, W. D. | (63) |
| Lyell, Charles | (60) |
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