To W. E. Darwin 25 [November 1856]
Summary
Writes about suitable mourning clothes and sale of house [Petleys, after death of Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood I].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Date: | 25 [Nov 1856] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 11 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2000 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … use of Sarah Wedgwood’s phaeton, which would now cease (see Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 105). …
- … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … at Rugby School ( Rugby School register ). Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that ‘George …
- … 6 October 1856. Sarah Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Wedgwood, Emma Darwin’s older sister and CD’s …
- … cousin. Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that ‘Eliz came’ on 27 November 1856. The Mid- …
To George Howard Darwin and W. E. Darwin 13 [November 1856]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin; George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 13 [Nov 1856] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1987 |
Matches: 9 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 …
- … in Down village, in 1847 (see Correspondence vol. 3, letter to Emma Darwin, [24 June …
- … 1846] and Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 105). …
- … had taken place on 12 November 1856 ( Emma Darwin’s diary). These uncles were Emma’s …
- … which only gained by repetition. ’ ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 106). Henrietta Litchfield …
- … believe ever visited in the village. ’ ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 105). Although CD had told …
- … Darwin , then at Rugby School. Dated by the reference to the funeral of Sarah Elizabeth (Sarah) Wedgwood, who died on 6 November 1856. Sarah Wedgwood , CD’s and Emma’ …
- … Emma’s older sister, Sarah Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Wedgwood. John Lewis was the carpenter and undertaker in Down village. John Innes , perpetual curate of Down. Henry Hemmings , Sarah Morrey , and Martha Morrey . Sarah Wedgwood’s servants, of whom the Darwin …
To Charles Lyell 10 November [1856]
Summary
Illnesses of Mrs Horner and Emma Darwin.
Death of Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood.
Mentions work on his "Big Book" [Natural selection].
Remarks on J. A. H. de Bosquet’s discovery of a Chthamalus in the Chalk.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
Date: | 10 Nov [1856] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.140) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1984 |
Matches: 4 hits
From George Howard Darwin [28 November 1856]
Summary
Letter from school with instructions where to put away his belongings at home.
Author: | George Howard Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [28 Nov 1856] |
Classmark: | DAR 251: 2222 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2003F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … an hour by a nose-bleed ( letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [1 December 1856] , …
- … n. 4, below), and by references in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242). The only Thursday in …
- … ill while at home: for 25 November 1856 Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) records, ‘G. very …
- … Darwin, 25 [November 1856] ). Henrietta Emma Darwin later wrote, ‘Mrs Morrey’s gingerbread …
- … we have ever tasted before or since’ ( Emma Darwin (1915), 2: 106). Petleys was auctioned …
- … CD’s and Emma’s aunt, who had died 6 November 1856 ( Freeman 1978 ). The Darwin children, …
To J. M. Herbert 18 November [1856]
Summary
Defers a visit with Lieutenant Blakiston; "my wife is out of health & expects her confinement in a few weeks, & I cannot possibly receive any one here or leave home . . ."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Maurice Herbert |
Date: | 18 Nov [1856] |
Classmark: | Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (June 1991); Remember When Antiquities (dealers) (catalogue 26, 1992); Gerard A. J. Stodolski Inc. (dealers) (1995) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2020A |
To W. B. Tegetmeier 19 November [1856]
Summary
Emma’s illness prevents his attending Philoperisteron [pigeon fanciers’ club].
Expects larger collection of skins from West Africa.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
Date: | 19 Nov [1856] |
Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1992 |
letter | (6) |
Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
Herbert, J. M. | (1) |
Lyell, Charles | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
Herbert, J. M. | (1) |
Lyell, Charles | (1) |