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To Henrietta Emma Darwin   [8 February 1870]

Summary

Sends MS [of chs. 3 and 4, "Comparison of the mental powers of man and the lower animals", Descent] to HED for her criticism. CD fears parts are too much like a sermon; "who wd ever have thought I shd turn parson?"

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:  [8 Feb 1870]
Classmark:  The British Library (Add MS 58373: 1–2)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7124

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  • … To Henrietta Emma Darwin   [8 February 1870] …
  • … 2) Charles Robert Darwin Down [8 Feb 1870] Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
  • … established by the relationship between this letter and a letter from Emma Darwin to H.   …
  • … England in January 1870 ( letter from Emma Darwin to H.  E.  Darwin, [18 January 1870] ( …
  • … E.  Darwin, [8 February 1870] (DAR 219.9: 72), in which Emma says she is enclosing a …

From H. E. Darwin   [after 8 February 1870]

Summary

Responds to note about the MS [Descent] with great interest and promises to obey his instructions. [See 7124.]

Author:  Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 8 February 1870]
Classmark:  DAR 245: 33b
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7112F

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  • … DAR 245: 33b Henrietta Emma Darwin/ …
  • … of Descent. From the letter from H.  E.  Darwin to Emma Darwin, 17 February 1870 (DAR 245: …
  • … Henrietta Emma Litchfield Genoa [after 8 February 1870] Charles Robert Darwin

To H. E. Darwin   [March] 1870

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Summary

Responds to her suggested corrections [of Descent].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:  [Mar] 1870
Classmark:  DAR 185: 58
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7123

Matches: 3 hits

  • … Charles Robert Darwin unstated [Mar] 1870 Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
  • … the letter to H.  E.  Darwin, [8 February 1870] , and the letter from Emma Darwin to H.   …
  • … E.  Darwin, [25 March 1870] (DAR 219.9: 82), in which Emma asks Henrietta to write when …

From H. E. Darwin   [30 March 1870]

Summary

Describes crying in an infant.

Author:  Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [30 Mar 1870]
Classmark:  DAR 162: 69
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7153

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  • … DAR 162: 69 Henrietta Emma Darwin/ …
  • … Henrietta Emma Litchfield unstated [30 Mar 1870] Charles Robert Darwin
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