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From Emma Wedgwood   [23 December 1838]

Summary

Describes the journey home and the long talks on their return. No maid has been found, so he should engage the one she saw, "for ten guineas & tea & sugar a year". She thought CD looked unwell and overtired.

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [23 Dec 1838]
Classmark:  DAR 204: 154
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-460

Matches: 2 hits

  • … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Darwin, C. R. …
  • … DAR 204: 154 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Maer [23 Dec 1838] Charles Robert Darwin …

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

To Emma Darwin   [25 April 1858]

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Concerned about ED’s headaches, CD writes an affectionate letter.

Believes he has found a rare slave-making species of ant.

Is reading novels: Beneath the surface and Three chances.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [25 Apr 1858]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 33
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2413

Matches: 7 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … To Emma Darwin   [25 April 1858] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … DAR 210.8: 33 Charles Robert Darwin Moor Park [25 Apr 1858] Emma
  • … Victoria (see n.  3, below). Henrietta Emma Darwin , aged 15, had undergone treatment at …
  • … Company in 1858. Charlotte Langton was Emma Darwin’s sister. The author of The letters of …
  • Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma

From G. S. Ffinden to Emma Darwin   24 December 1873

Summary

Answers Emma Darwin’s request that the school room be used in the winter as a Reading Room. Protests the Darwins approaching the Education Department directly.

Author:  George Sketchley Ffinden
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  24 Dec 1873
Classmark:  Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (P/123/25/3/5)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9189F

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Ffinden, G. S. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma
  • … From G.  S.  Ffinden to Emma Darwin   24 December 1873 …
  • … Library (P/123/25/3/5) George Sketchley Ffinden 24 Dec 1873 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … Answers Emma Darwin’s request that the school room be used in the winter as a Reading …

From Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin   [after 16 October 1868]

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Has been working with G. R. Crotch on stridulation. The sexual theory seems very shaky.

Is sending preparations of beetles.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [after 16 Oct 1868]
Classmark:  DAR 82: A96–7
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5761

Matches: 5 hits

To Emma Wedgwood   [26 January 1839]

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He has the wedding ring. Agrees to coming straight home after the wedding, if that is what she prefers.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [26 Jan 1839]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 13
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-493

Matches: 4 hits

From Emma Darwin to T. H. Farrer   [16 October 1877]

Summary

CD desires her to say that the cream of THF’s letter of congratulations about William [Darwin]’s marriage [to Sara Sedgwick] lay in the P.S. about "the beloved worms, and not in any such trifles as marrying, &c".

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Addressee:  Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:  [16 Oct 1877]
Classmark:  Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/28)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11268

Matches: 6 hits

  • … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Farrer, T. H. …
  • … From Emma Darwin to T.  H.  Farrer   [16 October 1877] …
  • … of London (LS Ms 299/28) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [16 Oct 1877] Thomas Henry Farrer, …
  • … staying with the Farrers at Abinger Hall since July (see letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. …
  • … 1877] (DAR 219.9: 146), and letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [8 July 1877] (DAR …
  • … Down from 13 to 24 October 1877 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Katherine Euphemia ( …

To Emma Darwin   [19 April 1851]

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Detailed account of progress of Anne’s illness.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [19 Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 11
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1402

Matches: 7 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … To Emma Darwin   [19 April 1851] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … DAR 210.13: 11 Charles Robert Darwin Malvern [19 Apr 1851] Emma
  • … April 1851 . See the second letter to Emma Darwin, [18 April 1851] . Hannah was a servant …
  • Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma
  • Darwin and the children of Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood stayed there while CD and Fanny nursed Anne in Malvern. Hensleigh Wedgwood was Emma’ …

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

Matches: 4 hits

From Emma Darwin to John Scott   9 January 1864

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CD thinks JS’s Primula paper is fit for publication; he will send it on to the Linnean Society.

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Addressee:  John Scott
Date:  9 Jan 1864
Classmark:  DAR 93: B29–30
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4383

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Scott, John …
  • … From Emma Darwin to John Scott   9 January 1864 …
  • … DAR 93: B29–30 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 9 Jan 1864 John Scott …
  • … Darwins kinds regards | yours truly | Emma Darwin Mr Darwin begs me to tell you that tho’ …

From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker   15 February [1864]

Summary

John Scott is gratified at Bentham’s proposal that he become an associate of the Linnean Society.

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  15 Feb [1864]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 220
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4406

Matches: 5 hits

  • … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Hooker, J. D. …
  • … From Emma Darwin to J.  D.  Hooker   15 February [1864] …
  • … DAR 115: 220 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 15 Feb [1864] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
  • … from John Scott, 12 [February 1864] . Emma Darwin refers to John Scott and to the Linnean …
  • … From 30 January to 2 February 1864, Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) recorded good days and …

To Emma Darwin   [20–1 May 1848]

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Reports on his father’s health, and Catherine’s. CD, himself, has been a little sick.

Hensleigh [Wedgwood] thinks he has settled the free-will question – "we have none whatsoever".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [20–1 May 1848]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 27
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1176

Matches: 7 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … To Emma Darwin   [20–1 May 1848] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … DAR 210.8: 27 Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury [20–1 May 1848] Emma
  • … This and the next four letters to Emma Darwin were written during CD’s visit to …
  • … and CD’s niece. Josiah Wedgwood III , Emma Darwin’s brother. Probably Thomas Wedgwood , …
  • Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma

To Emma Wedgwood   [29 December 1838]

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The house at 12 Upper Gower Street is theirs.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [29 Dec 1838]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-463

Matches: 8 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
  • … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
  • … gaudy colours of the walls and furniture ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 18). The house was badly …
  • Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma
  • … DAR 210.8: 8 Charles Robert Darwin London, Gt Marlborough St, 36 [29 Dec 1838] Emma
  • … th . — Goodbye, my own dear Emma | Most affectionately yours. — Chas. Darwin The Cook from …

From William Erasmus Darwin to Emma Darwin   28 February [1868]

Summary

Crying in babies.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  28 Feb [1868]
Classmark:  DAR 162: 86
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5952

Matches: 6 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … From William Erasmus Darwin to Emma Darwin   28 February [1868] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … DAR 162: 86 William Erasmus Darwin Southampton 28 Feb [1868] Emma
  • … was the home of Josiah Wedgwood III , Emma Darwin’s brother, and Caroline Sarah Wedgwood , …
  • Darwin, W. E. Wedgwood, Emma

From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker   [7 December 1863]

Summary

CD too ill to write.

Has evidence of long life of seed transported on a partridge’s foot.

Sends a squib by Samuel Butler on the Origin.

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  [7 Dec 1863]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 215
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4351

Matches: 8 hits

  • … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Hooker, J. D. …
  • … From Emma Darwin to J.  D.  Hooker   [7 December 1863] …
  • … DAR 115: 215 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [7 Dec 1863] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
  • … Hooker, 5 [December 1863] , and the entries in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242). See n.  2, …
  • … below. In 1863, 7 December was a Monday. Emma Darwin’s diary entries on 5 and 6 December  …
  • … and letter from J.  D.  Hooker to Emma Darwin, 11 November 1863 ). CD’s comment suggests …
  • … of Cruelty to Animals (see letter from Emma Darwin to W.  D.  Fox, [6–27 September 1863] , …
  • … in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. Emma Darwin probably refers to the letter from Asa …

From Emma Darwin to T. W. Higginson   19 May [1878]

Summary

CD will be glad to see TWH on Friday next, and invites him to stay the night.

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Addressee:  Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Date:  19 May [1878]
Classmark:  Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Am 1162.10: 201)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11516F

Matches: 3 hits

  • … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Higginson, T. W. …
  • … From Emma Darwin to T. W. Higginson   19 May [1878] …
  • … MS Am 1162.10: 201) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 19 May [1878] Thomas Wentworth …

From Emma Darwin to Nicolai Mengden   8 April 1879

Summary

Answers NAvM’s letter for CD. CD considers evolution is quite consistent with belief in God, but NvM must remember people mean different things by God.

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Addressee:  Nicolai Mengden, Baron von Mengden
Date:  8 Apr 1879
Classmark:  Dr Mirko Majer (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11981

Matches: 3 hits

  • … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Mengden, Nicolai …
  • … From Emma Darwin to Nicolai Mengden   8 April 1879 …
  • … private collection) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 8 Apr 1879 Nicolai Mengden, Baron von …

From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker   12 March [1864]

Summary

Request for plants.

CD’s continuing ill health.

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  12 Mar [1864]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 223
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4426

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Hooker, J. D. …
  • … From Emma Darwin to J.  D.  Hooker   12 March [1864] …
  • … DAR 115: 223 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 12 Mar [1864] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
  • … and n.  2). However, on 27 February 1864, Emma Darwin again began recording sickness on a …

From Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox   [6 May 1864]

Summary

CD has been so ill they must discourage visit by WDF. Recovering slowly with new treatment.

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Addressee:  William Darwin Fox
Date:  [6 May 1864]
Classmark:  Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 143)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4487

Matches: 6 hits

  • … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Fox, W. D. …
  • … From Emma Darwin to W.  D.  Fox   [6 May 1864] …
  • … Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 143) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [6 May 1864] William Darwin Fox …
  • … CD on 20 March 1864; his second visit was on 10 April ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
  • … See also letter from William Jenner to Emma Darwin, [17 March 1864] and n.  2, and letter …
  • … Darwin from 4 to 14 February 1863 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). CD and Fox met on 13  …

To Emma Darwin   [1 July 1841]

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Family news. Mainly concerned about Doddy’s [W. E. Darwin’s] health.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [1 July 1841]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 16
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-600

Matches: 5 hits

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