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 …
To Emma Darwin [7–8 February 1845]
Summary
Mainly news of the three children.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [7–8 Feb 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-810 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, Emma …
- … To Emma Darwin [7–8 February 1845] …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … DAR 210.8: 22 Charles Robert Darwin Down [7–8 Feb 1845] Emma …
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma …
- … Darwin, [8 December 1843] . See also Correspondence vol. 4, letter to John Higgins, 10 September [1847] . Sarah Elizabeth (Eliza) Wedgwood was Emma’ …
- … Emma, [3–4 February 1845] . The door separating the kitchen quarters from the rest of the house. I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1832–7 . CD’s annotated copy is in the Darwin …
To J. D. Hooker 16 [April 1845?]
Summary
Apologises that the house is full this weekend, but next weekend would be good.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 16 [Apr 1845?] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/2/2/1 f. 312) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-857G |
To Hugh Falconer [1845?–7 or 1857–64]
Summary
Arranges a time for visiting HF.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hugh Falconer |
| Date: | 1845-7 or 1857-64 |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2305 |
To W. D. Fox [24 April 1845]
Summary
Murray will publish a second edition of the Journal [of researches].
CD has finished first version of South America.
A strange book, The vestiges [of creation (1844)] has appeared and some have attributed it to CD. He is "flattered and unflattered".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [24 Apr 1845] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 69) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-859 |
To John Murray 17 [April 1845]
Summary
Pleased to hear that Colburn has behaved more liberally than CD anticipated. Three numbers of the Colonial Library, each of 171 pages, will hold his Journal of researches. Accepts financial arrangements for its publication offered by JM.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 17 [Apr 1845] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.23–23A) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-857 |
To Susan Darwin 3[–4] September 1845
Summary
"All about household and money matters." The family is now living on about £1000 per annum. Plans a new walk and additions to the house.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Susan Elizabeth Darwin |
| Date: | 3[–4] Sept 1845 |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 109 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-913 |
To J. D. Hooker [10 September 1845]
Summary
Going to Shrewsbury on Monday.
Means to attempt the question of species: "though I shall get more kicks than half-pennies, I will, life serving, attempt my work".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [10 Sept 1845] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-915 |
To Charles Lyell [5 July 1845]
Summary
Sends the first part of Journal of researches [2d ed.]. Explains his dedication of book to CL. Describes revisions.
Has received CL’s book [Travels in North America, 2 vols. (1845)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | [5 July 1845] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.43) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-882 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … CUL. The birth of Emma’s fifth child was imminent; George Howard Darwin was born on 9 …
- … Emma remains in her most wearisome statu quo. — How sorry I am to think that we shall not see you here again for so long: I wish you may knock yourself a little bit up before you start, & require a day’s fresh air before the ocean-breezes blow on you. — Will you please to remember me to Miss Lyell & give my respectful compliments to M r . Lyell | and believe me my dear Lyell | Ever yours | C. Darwin …
To W. D. Fox [13 February 1845]
Summary
News of his family and his own health. He is able to work three hours a day on the geology of South America.
Harriet Martineau is greatly excited by mesmerism.
Tells of Sydney Smith’s dream.
Asks for some [S. American] potatoes to test "sporting".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [13 Feb 1845] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 69a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-827 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … George Howard Darwin , CD’s second son, was born 9 July 1845. Emma ’s mother, Elizabeth ( …
- … Emma & liked it very much; I wish he had had rather a more lightsome & humorous spirit: as Carlyle would say, he was no “sham”. Farewell my dear Fox. | I hope we shall soon meet here. Ever yours | C. Darwin …
To Charles Lyell 8 October [1845]
Summary
Discusses American Negroes and their parasitic lice. Henry Denny’s need for lice specimens.
Discusses effects of racial crosses in man.
Describes his trip to Yorkshire.
Comments on Sedgwick’s review [of Vestiges of creation].
Mentions Humboldt’s Kosmos. Criticises Humboldt’s geology.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 8 Oct [1845] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.46) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-919 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (11) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Fox, W. D. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Lyell, Charles | (2) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (11) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Fox, W. D. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Lyell, Charles | (2) |
