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From William Jenner to Emma Darwin   [17 March 1864]

Summary

Proposes to examine CD at Down.

Author:  William Jenner
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [17 Mar 1864]
Classmark:  DAR 168: 49
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4368

Matches: 7 hits

  • … Jenner, William Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma
  • … From William Jenner to Emma Darwin   [17 March 1864] …
  • … DAR 168: 49 William Jenner London, Harley St, 8 [17 Mar 1864] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … The date is based on a record in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) of a visit by Jenner on …
  • … 20 March 1864 was 17 March. No letter from Emma Darwin to Jenner on this subject has been …
  • … February 1864 (DAR 210.6: 115), Henrietta Emma Darwin wrote that her parents were ‘rather …
  • … had contacted Jenner. In addition, Emma Darwin mentioned in a letter to William Erasmus …

From J. B. Innes to Emma Darwin   8 March 1872

Summary

Down parish and family matters.

Author:  John Brodie Innes
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  8 Mar 1872
Classmark:  DAR 167: 31
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8238

Matches: 7 hits

  • … Innes, J. B. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma
  • … DAR 167: 31 John Brodie Innes Milton Brodie 8 Mar 1872 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … From J.  B.  Innes to Emma Darwin   8 March 1872 …
  • … Crabbe, George. 1878. Church restoration. Fraser’s Magazine 17: 449–57. Emma Darwin ( …
  • … 1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Edited by …
  • … Emma Litchfield and her husband were staying with CD and Emma Darwin at a rented house, 9  …
  • … Street, Portland Place, London ( Emma Darwin (1904) 2: 254). John William Brodie Innes , …

To Emma Darwin   [5 April 1840]

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Summary

An amusing description of his railway journey to Shrewsbury.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [5 Apr 1840]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-564

Matches: 8 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … To Emma Darwin   [5 April 1840] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … Nicholas Nickleby. ‘Chucky’ is Susan Darwin ( Emma Darwin (1904) 2: 13) and the ‘killcrop’ …
  • … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
  • … 1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Edited by …
  • … DAR 210.8: 5 Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury [5 Apr 1840] Emma
  • Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma

To Emma Darwin   [17 November 1848]

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CD fears he must wear Emma with his unwellness and complaints.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [17 Nov 1848]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 32
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1208

Matches: 6 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … To Emma Darwin   [17 November 1848] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … DAR 210.8: 32 Charles Robert Darwin London, Park St [17 Nov 1848] Emma
  • Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma
  • Darwin’s funeral. Erasmus had already left for Shrewsbury (see Wedgwood and Wedgwood 1980 , p.  249). A note on the verso in Emma’ …

From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin   [before 19 November 1867]

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Summary

Caroline says Jos [Wedgwood III] is "much pulled down".

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [before 19 Nov 1867]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B121
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5334

Matches: 6 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … From E.  A.  Darwin to Emma Darwin   [before 19 November 1867] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … DAR 105: B121 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated [before 19 Nov 1867] Emma
  • … Down from 21 to 23 November 1867 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Josiah Wedgwood III . …
  • Darwin, E. A. Wedgwood, Emma

To Emma Darwin   [23 April 1851]

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Summary

Tells of Anne’s death.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [23 Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 28
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1412

Matches: 5 hits

To Emma Darwin   [28 April 1858]

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CD recounts an idyllic stroll and nap – "as pleasant a rural scene as ever I saw, and I did not care one penny how any of the beasts or birds had been formed".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [28 Apr 1858]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 34
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2261

Matches: 7 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … To Emma Darwin   [28 April 1858] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … English literature at Queen’s University, Belfast. Not identified. Henrietta Emma Darwin . …
  • … was written after the letter to Emma Darwin, [25 April 1858] . Simon Francis Bernard was …
  • … DAR 210.8: 34 Charles Robert Darwin Moor Park [28 Apr 1858] Emma
  • Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma

To Emma Darwin   [25 June 1846]

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CD has been stomachy and sick, but not very uncomfortable.

Working on proofs [of South America] and cannot keep printer supplied with manuscript.

His thoughts of her, and news of the children who are at Down with him.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [25 June 1846]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 25
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-981

Matches: 6 hits

From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin   24 April [1873]

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Lady Lyell has died of typhoid.

Herbert Spencer is anxious to know about the state of affairs [fund for Huxley].

Edinburgh Review article [review of Expression, Edinburgh Rev. 137 (1873): 492–528] is "a thoroughly nasty unfair review as ever I read".

Author:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  24 Apr [1873]
Classmark:  DAR 105: B88
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8874

Matches: 5 hits

From John Lubbock to Emma Darwin   24 October 1863

Summary

Sorry to hear of CD’s poor health.

Author:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  24 Oct 1863
Classmark:  DAR 170: 42
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4322

Matches: 5 hits

  • … Lubbock, John Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma
  • … From John Lubbock to Emma Darwin   24 October 1863 …
  • … baronet and 1st Baron Avebury London, Lombard St, 15 24 Oct 1863 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … The letter from Emma Darwin to Lubbock has not been found. …
  • … According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), CD returned to Down from Malvern Wells, …

From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin   11 December 1867

Summary

Would like to come to Down on 20th or 21st.

Woolner is unwell.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  11 Dec 1867
Classmark:  DAR 102: 185
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5724

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Hooker, J. D. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma
  • … DAR 102: 185 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 11 Dec 1867 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … From J.  D.  Hooker to Emma Darwin   11 December 1867 …
  • … visited Down on 21 December 1867 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Hooker had earlier …

From Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin   30 June 1879

Summary

Last night had tremendous thunderstorm. Will ask Goebel about proshelismus. Describes experiments on beans. Please send Bessy’s address. Has got to know nice Englishman named Purdy and his wife. Bathes nearly every night with the Finlander.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  30 June 1879
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 49
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12128F

Matches: 7 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … From Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin   30 June 1879 …
  • Darwin, Francis Wedgwood, Emma
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … DAR 274.1: 49 Francis Darwin 30 June 1879 Emma
  • … Darwin visited Norway in August 1866 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The American has …
  • … they returned to Down on 18 July 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Villars-sur-Ollon …

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

Matches: 5 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … From H. E. Darwin to Emma Darwin   [March 1871] …
  • … Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 22) Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield [ …
  • … Mar 1871] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • Darwin, H. E. Litchfield, H. E. Wedgwood, Emma

From John Scott to Emma Darwin   25 September [1863]

Summary

Regrets CD’s poor health.

"Do not return Primula MS."

Author:  John Scott
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  25 Sept [1863]
Classmark:  DAR 177: 97
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4307

Matches: 5 hits

  • … Scott, John Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma
  • … From John Scott to Emma Darwin   25 September [1863] …
  • … DAR 177: 97 John Scott Edinburgh Botanic Gardens 25 Sept [1863] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … between this letter and the letters from Emma Darwin to John Scott , 23 September [1863] …
  • … and 24 September [1863] . Letters from Emma Darwin to John Scott , 23 September [1863] and …

To Emma Darwin   [27–8 May 1848]

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Has been unwell but is improving. His father also very ill.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [27–8 May 1848]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 31
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1180

Matches: 6 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … To Emma Darwin   [27–8 May 1848] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … and Georgina Tollet . See letter to Emma Darwin, [25 May 1848] , for her departure from …
  • … DAR 210.8: 31 Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury [27–8 May 1848] Emma
  • Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma

To Emma Darwin   [21 April 1851]

Summary

Further reports on Anne’s illness.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [21 Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 19–20
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1408

Matches: 6 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … To Emma Darwin   [21 April 1851] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … The night of 17 April (see letter to Emma Darwin, [18 April 1851] ). CD’s sisters, Susan …
  • … DAR 210.13: 19–20 Charles Robert Darwin Malvern [21 Apr 1851] Emma
  • Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma

From G. H. Darwin to Emma Darwin   [30 April 1879]

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Sends some papers on Erasmus Darwin for CD.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [30 Apr 1879]
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 78
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12102

Matches: 5 hits

To Emma Darwin   [23 May 1848]

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Family news. Finds Shrewsbury too noisy.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [23 May 1848]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 29
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1178

Matches: 6 hits

To Emma Darwin   [22 May 1848]

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His health not good.

Has been reading John Evelyn’s Life of Mrs Godolphin, and Mme Sévigné.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [22 May 1848]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 28
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1177

Matches: 7 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … To Emma Darwin   [22 May 1848] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … DAR 210.8: 28 Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury [22 May 1848] Emma
  • Emma Darwin’s diary records that her sisters Elizabeth Wedgwood and Charlotte Langton , …
  • Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma
  • … in Down village. William Erasmus Darwin , CD and Emma’s oldest child. The home of Henry …

From John Lubbock to Emma Darwin   6 November 1863

Summary

Returns a borrowed extract from the [Zoological?] Record.

Author:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  6 Nov 1863
Classmark:  DAR 170: 43
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4331

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Lubbock, John Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma
  • … From John Lubbock to Emma Darwin   6 November 1863 …
  • … baronet and 1st Baron Avebury London, Lombard St, 15 6 Nov 1863 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … he had borrowed from CD (see letter from John Lubbock to Emma Darwin, 24 October 1863 ). …
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