From Emma Darwin to V. L. Isitt [before 17 September 1871]
Summary
Feels it unlikely that CD could employ a secretary but he is prepared to experiment if Miss I. would care to come to Down for a period.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Virginia Lavinia Isitt |
Date: | [before 17 Sept 1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 96: 101 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7410 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Isitt, V. L. …
- … From Emma Darwin to V. L. Isitt [before 17 September 1871] …
- … DAR 96: 101 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin unstated [before 17 Sept 1871] Virginia Lavinia …
- … is established by the reference in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) to Isitt’s visit from 18 …
- … Jesse , Alfred Tennyson’s sister (Wedgwood and Wedgwood 1980 ; letter from Emma Darwin to …
- … Henrietta Emma Darwin, [17 September 1871] (DAR 219.9: 95)). Isitt only stayed for two …
- … probably stayed at Down House with the Darwin family; Emma wrote to her daughter Henrietta …
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 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 |
From Robert Wedgwood to Emma Darwin 3 February [1871]
Summary
Information [for CD] on old, sloping, ridged fields.
Author: | Robert Wedgwood |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | 3 Feb [1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 181: 65 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8198 |
From Emma Darwin to F. P. Cobbe [25 February 1871]
Summary
Discusses CD’s and her own views on ‘moral sense’.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Frances Power Cobbe |
Date: | [25 Feb 1871] |
Classmark: | The Huntington Library (CB 390) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7516F |
From Robert Wedgwood to Emma Darwin 9 February [1871]
Summary
Encloses letters from two owners [W. Corbett and C. Randell] of large farms concerning fields with ridges and furrows in the direction of the slope. All local men agree the ridges do not change shape.
Author: | Robert Wedgwood |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | 9 Feb [1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 181: 66, 67, DAR 161: 226 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8205 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Wedgwood, Robert Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … From Robert Wedgwood to Emma Darwin 9 February [1871] …
- … 181: 66, 67, DAR 161: 226 Robert Wedgwood Dumbleton 9 Feb [1871] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … Emma— I enclose you two letters from two intelligent men—both of them large farmers. Indeed all that I have spoken to are unanimous in saying that the Ridges remain unchanged in Shape. Y rs . ever— R. Wedgwood Chadbury | near Evesham Feb y 7. 1871 My dear Sir— There are several fields at Dumbleton which will enable you to answer M r . Darwin’ …
From Francis Wedgwood to Emma Darwin [before 4 January 1871]
Summary
Will observe old furrowed fields for CD in the early spring. Suggests locations in Scotland and Rugby with ridge and furrowing in old pastures.
Author: | Francis (Frank) Wedgwood |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | [before 4 Jan 1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 181: 49 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7426 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Wedgwood, Francis Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … From Francis Wedgwood to Emma Darwin [before 4 January 1871] …
- … 181: 49 Francis (Frank) Wedgwood Barlaston [before 4 Jan 1871] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … OED ). Wedgwood refers to Henrietta Emma Darwin . Cumberland Place was the home of …
- … daughter Mabel Wedgwood . According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), she arrived at Down …
From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin 15 September 1871
Summary
His mother very ill.
Mrs Hooker back from Bavaria.
Hopes marriage [of Henrietta] went well. Is accused of saying he would rather go to two burials than one marriage.
Has heard from Huxley who is threatening to "thin out" Mivart. Huxley is reading Francisco Suarez and finds Mivart misquotes or misunderstands him.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | 15 Sept 1871 |
Classmark: | DAR 103: 83–84 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7945 |
From Charles and Emma Darwin to F. J. Wedgwood [after 11 March 1871]
Summary
A draft letter [but sent in the original state by Emma Darwin]. Approves of FJW’s notice of his views.
CD has slightly revised parts in view of both approving and disapproving critics, but still remains convinced about his fundamental notions.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Frances Julia (Snow) Wedgwood |
Date: | [after 11 Mar 1871?] |
Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 57–31570) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8127 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, Emma Wedgwood, F. J. …
- … V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 57–31570) Charles Robert Darwin Emma …
- … From Charles and Emma Darwin to F. J. Wedgwood [after 11 March 1871] …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [after 11 Mar 1871? ] Frances Julia (Snow) Wedgwood …
- … but sent in the original state by Emma Darwin]. Approves of FJW’s notice of his views. CD …
- … is in CD’s hand and was intended for Emma Darwin to copy in a letter to Wedgwood, whose …
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma …
From H. E. Darwin to Emma Darwin [March 1871]
Summary
Possible quotations about shame for CD.
Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | [Mar 1871] |
Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 22) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7605G |
From H. E. Litchfield to Charles and Emma Darwin [5 November 1871]
Summary
Describes the wedding party given for herself and Richard Buckley Litchfield at the Working Men’s College in London.
Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | [5 Nov 1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 245: 2, 9, 252 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8053F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Darwin, Emma …
- … St, London [5 Nov 1871] Charles Robert Darwin Emma …
- … From H. E. Litchfield to Charles and Emma Darwin [5 November 1871] …
- … DAR 245: 2, 9, 252 Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield 6 Queen Anne …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma …
- … Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Litchfield, Henrietta Emma. …
- … Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood . St George’s Hall was a function room in Langham Place, Regent Street, London. William George Clark , a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, had recently published a tract that was critical of Anglican orthodoxy ( ODNB ). Anne Parslow was probably Henrietta’s lady’s maid, and Elizabeth Pearce , who as Bessy Harding had been the Darwin …
From E. M. Bonham-Carter to Emma Darwin? [2–5 June 1871]
Author: | Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter; Elinor Mary Dicey |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | [2–5 June 1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 243 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7786 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Bonham-Carter, E. M. Dicey, E. M. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … From E. M. Bonham-Carter to Emma Darwin? [2–5 June 1871] …
- … Mary Bonham-Carter/Elinor Mary Dicey unstated [2–5 June 1871] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … Mr Darwin’. When writing to Henrietta Emma Darwin , Bonham-Carter typically refers to CD …
letter | (13) |
Darwin, Emma | (6) |
Wedgwood, Emma | (6) |
Darwin, H. E. | (2) |
Litchfield, H. E. | (2) |
Wedgwood, Robert | (2) |
Darwin, Emma | (7) |
Wedgwood, Emma | (7) |
Cobbe, F. P. | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Isitt, V. L. | (1) |
Darwin, Emma | |
Wedgwood, Emma | (13) |
Cobbe, F. P. | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Darwin, H. E. | (2) |
Litchfield, H. E. | (2) |
Wedgwood, Robert | (2) |
Bonham-Carter, E. M. | (1) |
Dicey, E. M. | (1) |
Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Isitt, V. L. | (1) |
Trimen, Roland | (1) |
Wedgwood, F. J. | (1) |
Wedgwood, Francis | (1) |