From Emma Darwin to Ernst Haeckel 22 September [1876]
Summary
Arranges for EH’s visit to Down.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | 22 Sept [1876] |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1:1-52/ 41 [9894]) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10614 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Haeckel, Ernst …
- … From Emma Darwin to Ernst Haeckel 22 September [1876] …
- … A-Abt. 1:1-52/ 41 [9894]) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 22 Sept [1876] Ernst Philipp …
- … luncheon on 26 September 1876 ( letter from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, [26 September …
- … 1876] (DAR 239.23: 1.49), and Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Orpington was the nearest …
- … you again what pleasure it will give him to see you— very sincerely yours | Emma Darwin …
To Emma Darwin [17 November 1848]
Summary
CD fears he must wear Emma with his unwellness and complaints.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [17 Nov 1848] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 32 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1208 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, Emma …
- … To Emma Darwin [17 November 1848] …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … DAR 210.8: 32 Charles Robert Darwin London, Park St [17 Nov 1848] Emma …
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma …
- … Darwin’s funeral. Erasmus had already left for Shrewsbury (see Wedgwood and Wedgwood 1980 , p. 249). A note on the verso in Emma’ …
From Emma Darwin to Alphonse de Candolle 17 December [1863]
Summary
CD sends thanks for pamphlet.
He has been very unwell for three months; it will be long before he can apply himself to his usual pursuits.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alphonse de Candolle |
| Date: | 17 Dec [1863] |
| Classmark: | Archives de la famille de Candolle (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4358 |
Matches: 4 hits
From Emma Wedgwood [30 December 1838]
Summary
Seeks to persuade CD to leave town at once, go to Shrewsbury for doctoring and some rest, then come to Maer for more rest, for he has looked "so unwell". She knows it must be hard for him to be unable to do his work.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [30 Dec 1838] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 157 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-465 |
From Emma Wedgwood [9 January 1839]
Summary
Glad to have his letter; supposes she will receive only two or three more from him in her life.
Thinks he should leave the curtains for her.
Discusses Mungo Park and Sir Walter Scott’s Life.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [9 Jan 1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 160 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-486 |
From Charles and Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [13 January 1861]
Summary
Two letters for WED at E. A. Darwin's. G. H. Darwin has been to dentist. Please collect and pay for GHD’s skates.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Jan 1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 117 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3046F |
Matches: 11 hits
- … Darwin, Emma Darwin, W. E. …
- … DAR 185: 117 Charles Robert Darwin Emma …
- … From Charles and Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [13 January 1861] …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin [13 Jan 1861] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … January 1861, and left on 21 January ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Emma was mistaken …
- … see n. 3, below) and references in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242; see nn. 2 and 8, …
- … George Howard Darwin , who, according to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), went to London on …
- … 1860] (DAR 251: 2226), letters from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [30 January 1861] (DAR …
- … further identified. London Bridge station. Emma Darwin added this note to CD’s letter. The …
- … House with William on 14 January 1861 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); to the London home …
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma …
From Emma Wedgwood [26 December 1838]
Summary
Responds to his "business letter" about the maids, then chides herself for feeling dull and disagreeable when she has had everything all her life.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [26 Dec 1838] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 155 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-462 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR 204: 155 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Maer [26 Dec 1838] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … Miss Farrer is identified in Emma Darwin (1915) 1: 234 n. as aunt of the first Lord …
From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin [before 19 November 1867]
Summary
Caroline says Jos [Wedgwood III] is "much pulled down".
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [before 19 Nov 1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B121 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5334 |
Matches: 6 hits
From Emma Darwin to George Maw 28 December 1863
Summary
CD too unwell to write but has signed the [unspecified] paper and forwarded it as requested.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Maw |
| Date: | 28 Dec 1863 |
| Classmark: | Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (MAW/1/11) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4360 |
From Emma Darwin [c. February 1839]
Summary
Discusses CD’s religious doubts. Fears his work may lead him to discount what cannot be proved, and advises that there are some things which, "if true are likely to be above our comprehension" and "that there is a danger in giving up revelation".
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. Feb 1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-471 |
From Emma Wedgwood [25–6 November 1838]
Summary
Responds to items in CD’s letter, just received. Suggests parts of London where he might look for a house. Gives news of friends and relatives.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [25 or 26] Nov 1838 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 151 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-444 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR 204: 151 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Maer 25 Nov 1838 26 Nov 1838 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … Emma’s cousin, vicar of Maer since 1825. See Emma Darwin (1915) 1: 180. A reference to her …
To Emma Darwin [23 April 1851]
Summary
Tells of Anne’s death.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [23 Apr 1851] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.13: 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1412 |
To Emma Darwin [28 April 1858]
Summary
CD recounts an idyllic stroll and nap – "as pleasant a rural scene as ever I saw, and I did not care one penny how any of the beasts or birds had been formed".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Apr 1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 34 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2261 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, Emma …
- … To Emma Darwin [28 April 1858] …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … English literature at Queen’s University, Belfast. Not identified. Henrietta Emma Darwin . …
- … was written after the letter to Emma Darwin, [25 April 1858] . Simon Francis Bernard was …
- … DAR 210.8: 34 Charles Robert Darwin Moor Park [28 Apr 1858] Emma …
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma …
To Emma Darwin [25 June 1846]
Summary
CD has been stomachy and sick, but not very uncomfortable.
Working on proofs [of South America] and cannot keep printer supplied with manuscript.
His thoughts of her, and news of the children who are at Down with him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [25 June 1846] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 25 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-981 |
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 W. D. Fox [6–27 September 1863]
Summary
Encloses a four-page printed pamphlet on the cruelty of steel traps [see Collected papers 2: 83–4].
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [6–27 Sept 1863] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 142a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4294 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Fox, W. D. …
- … From Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox [6–27 September 1863] …
- … Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 142a) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Malvern Wells [6–27 Sept 1863] …
- … An appeal. [By Charles and Emma Darwin. ] [Bromley, Kent]: [privately printed. ] [1863. ] …
- … Ellen Sophia Fox . See letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, 8 December [1863] and n. …
- … between this letter and the letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863] , …
- … see letter from G. B. Sowerby Jr to Emma Darwin, 22 July 1863 , and Appendix IX). None …
- … here have been found. Emma refers to Francis Sacheverel Darwin and to his son-in-law, …
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 E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin 24 April [1873]
Summary
Lady Lyell has died of typhoid.
Herbert Spencer is anxious to know about the state of affairs [fund for Huxley].
Edinburgh Review article [review of Expression, Edinburgh Rev. 137 (1873): 492–528] is "a thoroughly nasty unfair review as ever I read".
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Apr [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B88 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8874 |
From John Lubbock to Emma Darwin 24 October 1863
Summary
Sorry to hear of CD’s poor health.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Oct 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4322 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Lubbock, John Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … From John Lubbock to Emma Darwin 24 October 1863 …
- … baronet and 1st Baron Avebury London, Lombard St, 15 24 Oct 1863 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … The letter from Emma Darwin to Lubbock has not been found. …
- … According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), CD returned to Down from Malvern Wells, …
From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin 11 December 1867
Summary
Would like to come to Down on 20th or 21st.
Woolner is unwell.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Dec 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 185 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5724 |
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