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From Horace Darwin to Emma Darwin   [18 September 1880]

Summary

Found worm-casts atop a 2555–foot hill.

Author:  Horace Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [18 Sept 1880]
Classmark:  DAR 162: 73
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12717

Matches: 7 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … From Horace Darwin to Emma Darwin   [18 September 1880] …
  • Darwin, Horace Wedgwood, Emma
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … are going to dine at a cafe H.  D. To Emma Darwin 1.1 This … today 1.2] crossed pencil 1.2 …
  • … tour in the Alps; see letter from Emma Darwin to Sara Darwin, [3 September 1880] (DAR …
  • … DAR 162: 73 Horace Darwin Turin [18 Sept 1880] Emma

From W. E. Darwin to Emma Darwin   [after 30 September 1867]

Summary

Sends the information about Rouse the tutor.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [after Sept 1867]
Classmark:  Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 29)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5636F

Matches: 5 hits

From W. E. Darwin to Emma Darwin   [25 January 1868]

Summary

Expresses his pleasure at GHD’s degree.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [25 Jan 1868]
Classmark:  Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 33)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5798F

Matches: 5 hits

To Emma Darwin   [17 April 1851]

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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   [24 June 1846]

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News of progress in remodelling. He and Etty [Henrietta] miss the rest of the family.

Was sick, but "two pills of opium righted me".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [24 June 1846]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 24
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-982

Matches: 13 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … To Emma Darwin   [24 June 1846] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
  • … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
  • … DAR 210.8: 24 Charles Robert Darwin Down [24 June 1846] Emma
  • … and phaeton seemed to be kept entirely for our service’ ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 105). …
  • … Henry Hemmings was one of Sarah Wedgwood’s servants ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 106). …
  • … at Tenby’ and the notation on letter to Emma Darwin, [25 June 1846] , ‘June 1846 to me at …
  • … Down House MS) 7  July 1846 and letter to Emma Darwin, [25 June 1846] . Sulivan had just …
  • … in Down. John Lewis . See letter to Emma Darwin, [3–4 February 1845] , n.  5. Presumably a …
  • Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma
  • … s voyage on 19 June 1846. Emma took William and Anne Darwin to Tenby, a seaside resort and …

From W. E. Darwin to Emma Darwin   8 August [1862]

Summary

WED thinks Bournemouth a suitable holiday destination for ED and CD.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  8 Aug [1862]
Classmark:  Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 4)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3674F

Matches: 5 hits

From Erasmus Alvey Darwin to Emma Darwin   [before 3 February 1867?]

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Will be glad to see her on 4th.

Thinks Hensleigh is getting better, very slowly.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [before 3 Feb 1867?]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B122–3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5335

Matches: 8 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … From Erasmus Alvey Darwin to Emma Darwin   [before 3 February 1867? ] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … The date is conjectured from visits of Henrietta Emma Darwin , and …
  • … CD and Emma Darwin to London (see n.  3, below), and from Hensleigh Wedgwood’s poor …
  • … signatures has not been identified. Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) records that Henrietta …
  • Darwin, E. A. Wedgwood, Emma
  • … DAR 105: B122–3 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated [before 3 Feb 1867? ] Emma

To Emma Darwin   [9 May 1842]

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Is "stomachy and be-blue-devilled" because of costs of publishing [Zoology and Coral reefs]. Wonders how the remainder [of the Zoology and Geology of "Beagle"] can be published without taking £200 or £300 out of their personal funds.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [9 May 1842]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 20
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-626

Matches: 9 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … To Emma Darwin   [9 May 1842] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … Wedgwood’s verses—an ‘epitaph’ on Susan Darwin ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 70 n. ): Here the …
  • … DAR 210.8: 20 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [9 May 1842] Emma
  • … whom Fanny Wedgwood was devoted. See Emma Darwin (1915) 1: 234 n. ; Arbuckle 1983 , p.   …
  • … the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. Emma Darwin ( …
  • … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
  • Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma

To Emma Darwin   [20 or 27 October 1844]

Summary

Has been discussing wills and other legal matters with his father.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [20 or 27] Oct 1844
Classmark:  Emma Darwin 2: 92
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-783

Matches: 7 hits

To Emma Darwin   [25 May 1848]

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Anxiety about R. W. Darwin’s health.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [25 May 1848]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 30
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1179

Matches: 9 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … To Emma Darwin   [25 May 1848] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … vol.  2, Appendix IV, ‘Darwin’ s notes on marriage’). Emma Darwin referred to CD as her ‘ …
  • … nigger’ as a term of endearment ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 104). …
  • … 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 …
  • … DAR 210.8: 30 Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury [25 May 1848] Emma
  • Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma

To Emma Darwin   [3–4 February 1845]

Summary

News of the children and books he is reading.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [3–4 Feb 1845]
Classmark:  Sotheby’s (dealers) (28 March 1983)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-821

Matches: 11 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … To Emma Darwin   [3–4 February 1845] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … and Odyssey of Homer translated into English blank verse. 2 vols. London. Emma Darwin ( …
  • … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
  • … Emma went to Maer in February 1845 ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 92). Emma’s diary records that …
  • … Copleston had been a friend of Sir James Mackintosh . ’ ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 93). …
  • … Henrietta Emma Darwin , born 25 September 1843. John Lewis was a carpenter in Down …
  • … Harding , nursery maid at Down House (see Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 80–1). T.  Whately 1785 . …
  • … Sotheby’s (dealers) (28 March 1983) Charles Robert Darwin Down [3–4 Feb 1845] Emma
  • Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma

From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin   30 [March 1864?]

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Sends Effie’s [K. E. Wedgwood] letter;

recounts other family news.

Is interested in CD’s thoughts on podophyllin.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  30 [Mar 1864?]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B118
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4374

Matches: 7 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … From E.  A.  Darwin to Emma Darwin   30 [March 1864? ] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … ibid. , pp.  275, 279). According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), CD started taking ‘ …
  • … 1865, pp.  270–2, and letter from William Jenner to Emma Darwin, [17 March 1864] ). …
  • Darwin, E. A. Wedgwood, Emma
  • … DAR 105: B118 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated 30 [Mar 1864? ] Emma

To Emma Darwin   [18 April 1851]

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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

Matches: 5 hits

To Emma Darwin   [21 April 1851]

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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

Matches: 5 hits

From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin   1 September [1875?]

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Reports on health [of unidentified woman].

EAD will not think of coming to Down until their return.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  1 Sept [1875?]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B126
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10146

Matches: 6 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … From E.  A.  Darwin to Emma Darwin   1 September [1875? ] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • Darwin, E. A. Wedgwood, Emma
  • … DAR 105: B126 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated 1 Sept [1875? ] Emma
  • … s sister. In a letter to Leonard Darwin of 26 October 1875 , Emma wrote: ‘Aunt Caroline is …

From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin   25 [November 1865]

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Does not like the photos; thinks they should try again.

Last account of Susan Darwin reports she is having a good deal of faintness.

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  25 [Nov 1865]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B119–20
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4942

Matches: 10 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … From E.  A.  Darwin to Emma Darwin   25 [November 1865] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … DAR 105: B119–20 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated 25 [Nov 1865] Emma
  • … and the letter from Edward Cresy to Emma Darwin, 20 November 1865 . CD evidently sat for a …
  • … Photo’ on 2 March 1866. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), CD did not visit …
  • … book (Down House MS)). See letter from Edward Cresy to Emma Darwin, 20 November 1865 . …
  • … See letter from Edward Cresy to Emma Darwin, 20 November 1865  and nn.  2 and 3. In his …
  • … physician Henry Bence Jones . According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), CD and Emma had …
  • Darwin, E. A. Wedgwood, Emma

From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin   [21 March 1866]

Summary

Mrs Hooker will not come with him to Down on Saturday.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [21 Mar 1866]
Classmark:  DAR 102: 67
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5078

Matches: 6 hits

  • … Hooker, J. D. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma
  • … From J.  D.  Hooker to Emma Darwin   [21 March 1866] …
  • … DAR 102: 67 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew [21 Mar 1866] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … Wednesday after 19 March was 21 March. Emma Darwin’s letter has not been found. Frances …
  • … Hooker and J.  D.  Hooker visited Down in June 1866 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
  • … Hooker arrived at Down on Saturday 24 March 1866 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …

To Emma Darwin   [3 June 1844]

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Arrangements for Emma’s return to Down.

CD has been "wonderfully strong".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [3 June 1844]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 23
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-726

Matches: 7 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … To Emma Darwin   [3 June 1844] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … a servant at Down House. Anne Elizabeth Darwin , Emma and CD’s oldest daughter. Minny: …
  • … DAR 210.8: 23 Charles Robert Darwin Down [3 June 1844] Emma
  • … Endorsed by Emma Darwin : ‘1844 Down— I had been at Betley’. Betley Hall, Staffordshire, …
  • Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma

From W. E. Darwin to Emma Darwin   26 October [1877]

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  26 Oct [1877]
Classmark:  Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 63)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11209F

Matches: 5 hits

To Emma Darwin   [31 October 1847]

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Has had two bad days with boils.

Is reading Last days of Pompeii [Edward Bulwer Lytton (1834)].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [31 Oct 1847]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 26
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1132

Matches: 7 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … To Emma Darwin    [31 October 1847] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … DAR 210.8: 26 Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury [31 Oct 1847] Emma
  • … the text have been traced over in ink by Emma Darwin . Where CD’s original alterations are …
  • Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma
  • … Elizabeth) Wedgwood, Emma’s sister. Robert Waring Darwin , who was an enthusiastic …
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