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From E. A. Wheler   17 April 1879

Summary

Relates more family history and anecdotes concerning Dr Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 Apr 1879
Classmark:  DAR 210.14: 23
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12000

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Elizabeth Darwin : Frances Anne Violetta Darwin , Emma Georgiana Elizabeth Darwin , and …
  • … from this paragraph in Erasmus Darwin , pp. 69–70. Emma Sophia Galton was Elizabeth Anne …
  • Emma Nixon’s letter has not been found; Wheler later asked for it to be returned (see letter from E. A. Wheler, 18 April 1879 ). Millicent Pole married John Gisborne in 1792; she was the daughter of Elizabeth Pole , who later became Erasmus Darwin’ …
  • Emma about this, & she perfectly remembers my mother telling us this, & yesterday, on looking into Baroness de Bunsen’s memoirs, which we have just received, in page 68 she mentions M rs . Fielding consulting D r . D for her Daughter, & in page 38 she mentions paying a call at the Priory & being so struck with the beauty of the three Miss Darwins. …

From E. A. Wheler   18 April 1879

Summary

Forwards a letter [missing] from her cousin relating to Dr Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 Apr 1879
Classmark:  DAR 210.14: 24
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12002

Matches: 3 hits

  • … Nixon mentions was Godfather to our Aunt Emma Darwin, who was named Georgiana after him. …
  • … with gunpowder. CD and Elizabeth Wheler’s aunt was Emma Georgiana Elizabeth Darwin . …
  • Emma Nixon’s letter has not been found. See letter from E.  A.  Wheler, 17 April 1879 and n. 1. In Erasmus Darwin , …

To E. A. Wheler   [before 12 November 1879]

Summary

Has instructed his publisher to send copies of Erasmus Darwin to herself, her sister Emma Sophia Galton, and their half-cousin, Emma Nixon.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler
Date:  [before 12 Nov 1879]
Classmark:  Bonhams, New York (dealers) (11 March 2020, lot 28)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12283F

Matches: 2 hits

  • … to send copies of Erasmus Darwin to herself, her sister Emma Sophia Galton, and their …
  • Darwin and was sending her correspondent an autograph from one of them. Wheler’s sister was Emma

To E. A. Wheler   3 May 1879

Summary

Returns documents pertaining to Dr Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler
Date:  3 May 1879
Classmark:  UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/26)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12029

Matches: 3 hits

  • … s work ( Krause 1879a ; Erasmus Darwin ). Emma Nixon had sent two letters to Wheler; …
  • … of Erasmus Darwin’s translations of the medical works of his son Charles , loaned by Emma
  • … Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802) , as well as a copy of a letter sent by her sister Emma Sophia …

To E. A. Wheler   19 April 1879

Summary

Thanks his cousin for lending two letters [to be used in Ernst Krause’s biography of Erasmus Darwin, their grandfather].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler
Date:  19 Apr 1879
Classmark:  Chiswick Auctions (dealers) (10 October 2018, lot 19)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12004A

Matches: 1 hit

  • … sent two letters from Emma Nixon about Erasmus Darwin . CD began writing his biographical …

To E. A. Wheler   26 March 1879

Summary

Thanks for information and stories about Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler
Date:  26 Mar 1879
Classmark:  Josh B. Rosenblum (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11955F

Matches: 4 hits

  • … March 1879 ; Emma Galton had mentioned the copy of Anna Seward ’s life of Erasmus Darwin ( …
  • Emma describes. Pray once again accept my thanks & believe me | yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin
  • Emma Sophia Galton had copied a letter she wrote in 1871 to John Dowson about his lecture on the life of Erasmus Darwin ( …
  • Darwin; but I doubt whether any of D r D’s letters would be worth publishing. I know M r Edgeworth’s memoirs. I beg you also to thank my cousin Emma

From E. A. Wheler   28 March 1879

Summary

Sends a book by her uncle, Charles Darwin [1758–78], and recounts some details of the life of her grandfather, Dr Erasmus Darwin.

Author:  Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  28 Mar 1879
Classmark:  DAR 210.14: 17
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11959

Matches: 3 hits

  • … dear Cousin, Emma will send you a book written by our Uncle Charles Darwin, & which gained …
  • Emma Sophia Galton was Wheler’s sister and neighbour. Erasmus Darwin ’s son Charles was a …
  • Emma reminds me my g d father left Radbourne because of the inconvenience to his practice, that his step son was not then of age    She will like to have C Darwin’ …

To E. A. Wheler   31 March [1879]

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Summary

Requests information about a travel route used by their grandfather, Erasmus Darwin. Thanks FG for his help.

CD is "now trying to find out how far the Zoonomia influenced medical practice in England".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler
Date:  31 Mar [1879]
Classmark:  DAR 185: 105
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11963A

Matches: 1 hit

  • Emma Sophia Galton , who was Wheler’s sister and neighbour, had sent CD a book compiled by Erasmus Darwin

To E. A. Wheler   12 April 1879

Summary

Thanks EAW for assistance. Describes plans for writing preliminary sketch [for Ernst Krause’s Erasmus Darwin].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Elizabeth Anne Galton; Elizabeth Anne Wheler
Date:  12 Apr 1879
Classmark:  UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/1/1)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11990

Matches: 1 hit

  • Emma Galton’s assistance, see the letters from E. S. Galton, 25 March 1879 and 31 March 1879 . Richard Warren was physician to George III, and the most sought-after society doctor in London. When suffering from a terminal illness he travelled to Lichfield to consult Erasmus Darwin , …
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