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From Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin 30 June 1879
Summary
Last night had tremendous thunderstorm. Will ask Goebel about proshelismus. Describes experiments on beans. Please send Bessy’s address. Has got to know nice Englishman named Purdy and his wife. Bathes nearly every night with the Finlander.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 30 June 1879 |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12128F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, Emma …
- … From Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin 30 June 1879 …
- … Darwin, Francis Wedgwood, Emma …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … DAR 274.1: 49 Francis Darwin 30 June 1879 Emma …
- … Darwin visited Norway in August 1866 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The American has …
- … they returned to Down on 18 July 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Villars-sur-Ollon …
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 W. E. Darwin [28 October 1863]
Summary
CD’s health.
Family and local news.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Oct 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 219. 1: 78 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4323F |
Matches: 10 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Darwin, W. E. …
- … From Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [28 October 1863] …
- … DAR 219. 1: 78 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [28 Oct 1863] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … station; see n. 9, below. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Sarah Elizabeth …
- … and 12 or 13 October 1863. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), William arrived at …
- … Hythe, near Southampton ( letter from Emma Darwin to William Erasmus Darwin, [after 7 …
- … and Wiltshire 1867–75). Henrietta Emma Darwin was William’s sister. William Reaves (or …
- … of a horse (see letter from Henrietta Emma Darwin to William Erasmus Darwin, [February …
- … Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood was Emma Darwin’s sister ( Darwin pedigree ). Elizabeth Darwin …
- … at the beginning of the year (see letters from Emma Darwin to William Erasmus Darwin , 29 …
From W. E. Darwin to Emma and/or Charles Darwin c. 20–5 September 1877
Summary
Description of their English dinner companions at a foreign hotel.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | c. 20-25 Sept 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.5: 18 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11146F |
From John Scott to Emma Darwin 25 September [1863]
Summary
Regrets CD’s poor health.
"Do not return Primula MS."
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Sept [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 97 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4307 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Scott, John Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … From John Scott to Emma Darwin 25 September [1863] …
- … DAR 177: 97 John Scott Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 25 Sept [1863] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … between this letter and the letters from Emma Darwin to John Scott , 23 September [1863] …
- … and 24 September [1863] . Letters from Emma Darwin to John Scott , 23 September [1863] and …
To Emma Darwin [27–8 May 1848]
Summary
Has been unwell but is improving. His father also very ill.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [27–8 May 1848] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 31 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1180 |
To Emma Darwin [21 April 1851]
Summary
Further reports on Anne’s illness.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [21 Apr 1851] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.13: 19–20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1408 |
From G. H. Darwin to Emma Darwin [30 April 1879]
Summary
Sends some papers on Erasmus Darwin for CD.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [30 Apr 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 78 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12102 |
From Emma Wedgwood [23 January 1839]
Summary
Responds warmly to his very nice letter. CD need have no fear that she will not be as happy as he.
Again expresses uneasiness that their opinions on religion do not agree on all points. Hopes they will sympathise in their feelings on the subject.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [23 Jan 1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 162 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-492 |
From Emma Darwin to F. P. Cobbe [14 April 1871]
Summary
Thanks for FPC’s book (presumablyAlone to the alone: prayers for theists (Cobbe ed. 1871)).
CD much interested in article ‘Darwinism in morals’ in the Theological Review (Cobbe 1871).
CDs and FPC’s views on moral sense in hive bees, and an article in the Pall Mal Gazette ([Morley] 1871b).
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Power Cobbe |
| Date: | [14 Apr 1871] |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (CB 389) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7684F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Cobbe, F. P. …
- … From Emma Darwin to F. P. Cobbe [14 April 1871] …
- … The Huntington Library (CB 389) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [14 Apr 1871] Frances Power …
- … is touched on, & which differs curiously from your view. very truly yours | Emma Darwin …
- … prayers for theists (Cobbe ed. 1871). On Emma Darwin’s religious beliefs, see R. Keynes …
- … Review ( Cobbe 1871 ). See letter from Emma Darwin to F. P. Cobbe, [7 April 1871] . …
From Emma Darwin to Roland Trimen [22 August 1871]
Summary
CD is very unwell; will be unable to see RT.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Roland Trimen |
| Date: | [22 Aug 1871] |
| Classmark: | Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 71) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7916 |
Matches: 4 hits
From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker 17 March [1864]
Summary
Request for plant.
Receipt of Oliver’s letter.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 17 Mar [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 224 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4429 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Hooker, J. D. …
- … From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker 17 March [1864] …
- … DAR 115: 224 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 17 Mar [1864] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … 5 March [1863] ). See also letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 12 March [1864] and …
- … to supply from Kew (see letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 12 March [1864] , and …
From Emma Darwin to T. G. Appleton 28 June [1862]
Summary
CD too ill to write.
He thanks Appleton for most beautiful work of natural history he has ever seen.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Gold Appleton |
| Date: | 28 June [1862] |
| Classmark: | James G. Zimmer (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3626 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Appleton, T. G. …
- … From Emma Darwin to T. G. Appleton 28 June [1862] …
- … private collection) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 28 June [1862] Thomas Gold Appleton …
- … House in October 1849 in company with his sister, Mary, the wife of Emma Darwin’s cousin, …
- … Robert Mackintosh ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Appleton had sent a gift of maple …
To Emma Darwin [23 May 1848]
Summary
Family news. Finds Shrewsbury too noisy.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [23 May 1848] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 29 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1178 |
To Emma Darwin [22 May 1848]
Summary
His health not good.
Has been reading John Evelyn’s Life of Mrs Godolphin, and Mme Sévigné.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [22 May 1848] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1177 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, Emma …
- … To Emma Darwin [22 May 1848] …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … DAR 210.8: 28 Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury [22 May 1848] Emma …
- … Emma Darwin’s diary records that her sisters Elizabeth Wedgwood and Charlotte Langton , …
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma …
- … in Down village. William Erasmus Darwin , CD and Emma’s oldest child. The home of Henry …
From Emma Darwin to John Scott 24 September [1863]
Summary
JS’s MS [of Primula paper] arrived, but CD is too ill to read it.
CD has sent JS’s paper on orchid sterility to Botanische Zeitung and to Hooker.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott |
| Date: | 24 Sept [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: B3–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4304 |
From John Lubbock to Emma Darwin 6 November 1863
Summary
Returns a borrowed extract from the [Zoological?] Record.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Nov 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 43 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4331 |
From Emma Darwin to F. P. Cobbe [7 April 1871]
Summary
CD is reading the Theological Review (Cobbe 1871) with the greatest interest and attention.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Power Cobbe |
| Date: | [7 Apr 1871] |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (CB 388) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7666F |
To Emma Darwin [18 April 1851]
Summary
Reports on Anne’s illness.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [18 Apr 1851] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.13: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1400 |
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 |
Matches: 6 hits
Document type
| letter | (190) |
Author
| Darwin, Emma | (85) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (85) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (49) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (8) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (7) |
Addressee
| Darwin, Emma | (105) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (105) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (26) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (8) |
| Fox, W. D. | (6) |
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