From Frances Harriet Hooker to Emma Darwin 24 September [1868]
Summary
Thinks J. D. Hooker and Asa Gray will not be able to visit Down until after the 12th.
| Author: | Frances Harriet Henslow; Frances Harriet Hooker |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Sept [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 229–30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6907 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Henslow, F. H. Hooker, F. H. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … From Frances Harriet Hooker to Emma Darwin 24 September [1868] …
- … Harriet Henslow/Frances Harriet Hooker Kew 24 Sept [1868] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … 25 September 1868 . The letters from Emma Darwin have not been found. Joseph Dalton Hooker …
From Henrietta Anne Huxley to Emma Darwin 22 March [1867]
Summary
Observed expression in her baby for CD.
| Author: | Henrietta Anne Heathorn; Henrietta Anne Huxley |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Mar [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 287 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6039 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Heathorn, H. A. Huxley, H. A. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … From Henrietta Anne Huxley to Emma Darwin 22 March [1867] …
- … Henrietta Anne Huxley London, Abbey Place, 26 22 Mar [1867] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … in infants for Expression. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), on 16 March 1867 …
From Louisa Frances Kempson to Emma Darwin 20 June 1867
Summary
Relates some observations for CD on the crying of her infant daughter.
| Author: | Louisa Frances Wedgwood; Louisa Frances Kempson |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 20 June 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5572 |
From L. C. Harrison to Emma Darwin [before 1 July 1874]
Summary
Sends reference on Pinguicula [for CD].
| Author: | Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [before 1 July 1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 138 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9525 |
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 |
To Emma Wedgwood 2 [–3 January 1839]
Summary
His dinner with the Carlyles. "He is the best worth listening to of any man" – but CD cannot get up much admiration for Mrs C, partly because of her Scots accent, which makes her difficult to understand.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 2 [–3 Jan 1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-481 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, Emma …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … DAR 210.8: 10 Charles Robert Darwin Athenaeum Club 2 [–3 Jan 1839] Emma …
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma …
- … at the Athenæum Good Bye my own dear Emma | Most affectionately Yours | Chas. Darwin …
- … so good bye my dear Emma. Ever your Affect | Charles Darwin. — P.S. I took the Respirator …
From George Brettingham Sowerby Jr to Emma Darwin 22 July 1863
Summary
Sets out estimate for cutting blocks for illustrations of a trap.
| Author: | George Brettingham Sowerby, Jr |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 22 July 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 157.2: 101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4251 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Sowerby, G. B. , Jr Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … From George Brettingham Sowerby Jr to Emma Darwin 22 July 1863 …
- … Brettingham Sowerby, Jr London, Gt Russell St, 45 22 July 1863 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … An appeal. [By Charles and Emma Darwin. ] [Bromley, Kent]: [privately printed. ] [1863. ] …
From Jean Charles Léonard Simonde de and Jessie Sismondi to Emma Darwin 1 July 1840
Summary
Sismondi’s appreciation of CD’s Journal of researches.
| Author: | Jean-Charles Léonard de Sismondi; Jessie Allen; Jessie de Sismondi |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 1 July 1840 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 175 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-574 |
To Emma Darwin 5 July 1844
Summary
Asks that in the event of his death, Emma should have the sketch of his species theory edited and published. Suggests possible editors, among them Lyell, Edward Forbes, and J. D. Hooker. [CD annotation on cover: "Hooker by far best man to edit my species volume Aug 1854".]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 5 July 1844 |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR A4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-761 |
From John Brodie Innes to Emma Darwin 16 January [1864]
Summary
Urges Emma to bring CD to hydropathic establishment at Forres.
| Author: | John Brodie Innes |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Jan [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 167: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4387 |
To Emma Wedgwood [21 November 1838]
Summary
Recounts his misadventures on the train journey back to London. Tells of a visit to the FitzRoys and a friendly letter from Lyell. Whether CD and Emma should live in central London or in the suburbs is a perplexing problem, much discussed by relatives and friends.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [21 Nov 1838] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8:5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-440 |
From E. M. Bonham-Carter to Emma Darwin? [2–5 June 1871]
Summary
Further observations on expression of her dog.
| 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 …
From W. E. Darwin to Emma and/or Charles Darwin c. 20–5 September 1877
Summary
Description of their English dinner companions at a foreign hotel.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | c. 20-25 Sept 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.5: 18 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11146F |
From A. J. Cupples to Emma Darwin 8 November [1872]
Summary
Accounts of dogs that howl to music; their expression whilst so doing.
| Author: | Anne Jane Douglas; Anne Jane Cupples |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Nov [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 281 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8611 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Douglas, A. J. Cupples, A. J. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … From A. J. Cupples to Emma Darwin 8 November [1872] …
- … Anne Jane Douglas/Anne Jane Cupples Guard Bridge 8 Nov [1872] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … of the dog has been found; there is no other letter from A. J. Cupples to Emma Darwin in …
- … Darwin Archive–CUL. CD mentioned dogs’ howling to music in Descent 2: 333. Catherine Glen lived in Aberfoyle, a village in Stirling, Scotland. Campbeltown is on the peninsula of Kintyre, western Scotland. Stirling is presumably here the Scottish town, not the county. John McGill , professor of Hebrew, died in 1871. Skye is an island in the Hebrides. Henrietta Emma …
To Emma Wedgwood [6–7 January 1839]
Summary
Has been with the Lyells doing geology.
Is reading a biography of Sir W. Scott [J. G. Lockhart, Memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott (1837–8)]; also Mungo Park’s book [Travels (1799)].
Has hired a cook at fourteen guineas a year with tea and sugar.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [6–7 Jan 1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-484 |
To Emma Wedgwood [30 November – 1 December 1838]
Summary
His search for a London house. He visits the Lyells, who give solemn advice to choose their London acquaintances carefully.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [30 Nov – 1 Dec 1838] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-448 |
To Emma Wedgwood [31 December 1838 –] 1 January 1839
Summary
Has moved into the Gower Street house. Is pleased with it and its location.
Hopes to be able to finish his Glen Roy paper soon.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [31 Dec 1838 –] 1 Jan 1839 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-466 |
From E. F. Lubbock to Emma Darwin [c. 29 November 1873]
Summary
Wants the Anthropological Society renamed the Ethnological Society. Is trying to raise funds toward payment of the Society’s debt.
| Author: | Ellen Frances Hordern; Ellen Frances Lubbock |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 29 Nov 1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8700 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Hordern, E. F. Lubbock, E. F. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … From E. F. Lubbock to Emma Darwin [ c . 29 November 1873] …
- … Hordern/Ellen Frances Lubbock unstated [ c . 29 Nov 1873] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … of the schoolroom in a letter from Emma Darwin to Horace Darwin , postmarked ‘29 November …
To Emma Wedgwood [27 November 1838]
Summary
CD and Erasmus continue to search for a house in central London. They have tea with the Carlyles.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [27 Nov 1838] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-445 |
From L. C. or Margaret Susan Wedgwood to [Emma Darwin?] [May 1865]
Summary
Sends some figures on long- and short-styled primroses for "Uncle Ch".
| Author: | Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison; Margaret Susan Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [May 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 108: 74 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4823 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … L. C. Harrison, L. C. Wedgwood, M. S. Vaughan Williams, M. S. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … From L. C. or Margaret Susan Wedgwood to [Emma Darwin? ] [May 1865] …
- … Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams Leith Hill Place [May 1865] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … that this was part of a letter to Emma Darwin . CD published this information in ‘Specific …
| Darwin, C. R. | (42) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (8) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (7) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (7) |
| Innes, J. B. | (3) |
| Darwin, Emma | |
| Wedgwood, Emma | |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Darwin, Emma | (105) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (105) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (46) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (8) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (7) |
