To Emma Darwin [17 April 1851]
Summary
Reports the state of Anne Darwin’s health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [17 Apr 1851] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.13: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1399 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Darwin, Emma …
- … To Emma Darwin [17 April 1851] …
- … Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood] to go down to Malvern. ’ ( ’ (Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 132–3). …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … DAR 210.13: 8 Charles Robert Darwin Malvern [17 Apr 1851] Emma …
- … Malvern for the second time on 17 April ( Emma Darwin’s diary). A letter of 18 April, from …
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma …
To Emma Darwin [18 April 1851]
Summary
Reports on Anne’s condition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [18 Apr 1851] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.13: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1401 |
To Emma Darwin [21 April 1851]
Summary
An evening report on Annie Darwin’s somewhat improved condition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [21 Apr 1851] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.13: 21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1408A |
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 [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 |
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 |
To Emma Darwin [19 April 1851]
Summary
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’ …
To Emma Darwin [20 April 1851]
Summary
Reports on Anne’s health throughout the night and from 8 a.m. through to 4.30 p.m.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [20 Apr 1851] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.13: 18 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1406 |
To William Erasmus Darwin 3 October [1851]
Summary
Discusses domestic affairs and gives some advice on manners.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Oct [1851] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1456 |
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 …
- … they were ‘dear friends’ of the Darwin children ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 106). CD’s Account …
- … Stairs’ of Down House. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), William returned home …
- … Henry James Wharton in Mitcham, Surrey, on 16 September ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … Emma’s brother, Francis (Frank) Wedgwood , near the Wedgwood pottery works at Etruria, Staffordshire. Horace Darwin , …
To A. S. Horner 25 May [1851]
Summary
Thanks for her sympathy on the death of Annie Darwin, and sends news of Emma Darwin and the baby Horace.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Anne Susanna Lloyd; Anne Susanna Horner |
| Date: | 25 May [1851] |
| Classmark: | Cheffins (dealers) (10 January 2019, lot 209) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1428F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … sympathy on the death of Annie Darwin, and sends news of Emma Darwin and the baby Horace. …
- … Anne Elizabeth (Annie) Darwin , CD and Emma Darwin’s 10-year-old daughter, died on 23 …
- … Horace Darwin was born on 13 May 1851 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Anne Susanna Horner …
- … Emma desires me to send her affectionate love to you & all your party. — Pray believe me | Dear M rs Horner | Yours truly & gratefully | C. Darwin …
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 29 April [1851]
Summary
His favourite child, Anne, has unexpectedly died.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 29 Apr [1851] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 79) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1425 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … to my knowledge, spoke of her. ’ ( ’ (Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 137). For an analysis of the …
- … 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 …
- … Emma could not possibly join me in nursing our darling: she almost daily expects her confinement. I have not yet thanked you for your most kind & interesting letter of the 10 th . I most truly hope that your health is better. Yours affectionately | C. Darwin …
To Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood [24 April 1851]
Summary
Arrangements for leaving Malvern after death of Anne.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
| Date: | [24 Apr 1851] |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 310) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1413 |
Matches: 4 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 …
- … discussed by Fanny Allen in March 1851 ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 129) and may have been lent …
- … MS W/M 310) Charles Robert Darwin Malvern [24 Apr 1851] Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) …
To Thomas Salt 24 December 1851
Summary
Asking Thomas Salt to inform the Executors of Captain Muckleston that he wishes to foreclose the mortgage.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Salt |
| Date: | 24 Dec 1851 |
| Classmark: | Rachel Salt (private collection); sold by Spink’s (dealers), July 2018 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1465F |
To Hensleigh and Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood 1 May [1851]
Summary
Thanks HW for the trouble he has taken; sends a cheque [to cover expenses of Anne’s funeral?]. Emma Darwin adds a note to FMW.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hensleigh Wedgwood; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
| Date: | 1 May [1851] |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 310) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1426 |
To Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood [25 April 1851]
Summary
Is glad he returned home to be with Emma, and is grateful to Fanny for following Anne to the grave.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
| Date: | [25 Apr 1851] |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 310) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1417 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Anne’s grave in Malvern churchyard in DAR 210.13. The postscript is in Emma Darwin’s hand. …
- … M 310) Charles Robert Darwin Down [25 Apr 1851] Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh/ …
- … Emma is very firm, but is of course repeatedly overwhelmed with grief. I owe it to you that I am here. Dear Fanny I cannot thank you. Sometime I sh d wish to know on which side & part of the Church-Yard, as far as you can describe it, the body of our once joyous child rests. Yours most affectionately | C. Darwin …
To Josiah Wedgwood III [after 12 July 1851]
Summary
Inquires about the nature of some money recently paid to him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Josiah Wedgwood, III |
| Date: | [after 12 July 1851] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.10: 16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1213 |
To Thomas Salt 26 December [1851]
Summary
Asks Thomas Salt to accept the repayment of a mortgage from Captain Muckleston’s executors, if Josiah Wedgwood agrees.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Salt |
| Date: | 26 Dec [1851] |
| Classmark: | Rachel Salt (private collection); sold by Spink’s (dealers), July 2018 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1466G |
To Edwin Lankester, Ray Society 30 July [1851]
Summary
Sends completed MS [vol. 1 of Living Cirripedia] with instructions for the printers; reviews number of plates and woodcuts, and offers to pay for extras and for excess corrections, if they occur. Hopes the Council [of the Ray Society] will print his second volume at the end of the ensuing year.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edwin Lankester; Ray Society |
| Date: | 30 July [1851] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1447 |
To Edwin Lankester, Ray Society [7 August 1851]
Summary
CD returns home Saturday and would like his servant to take his MS [of Living Cirripedia] to Adlard that morning; he does not have a copy and would on no account re-undergo the labour he has spent on it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edwin Lankester; Ray Society |
| Date: | [7 Aug 1851] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1448 |
Document type
| letter | (23) |
Addressee
| Darwin, Emma | (8) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (8) |
| Mackintosh, F. E. E. | (4) |
| Wedgwood, F. E. E. | (4) |
| Fox, W. D. | (2) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (23) |
| Darwin, Emma | (8) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (8) |
| Mackintosh, F. E. E. | (4) |
| Wedgwood, F. E. E. | (4) |
