To Emma Darwin [25 May 1848]
Summary
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 [17 November 1848]
Summary
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
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- … 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’ …
To Emma Darwin [27–8 May 1848]
Summary
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 |
To Emma Darwin [23 May 1848]
Summary
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 |
To Emma Darwin [22 May 1848]
Summary
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 …
To Emma Darwin [20–1 May 1848]
Summary
Reports on his father’s health, and Catherine’s. CD, himself, has been a little sick.
Hensleigh [Wedgwood] thinks he has settled the free-will question – "we have none whatsoever".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [20–1 May 1848] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 27 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1176 |
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- … Darwin, Emma …
- … To Emma Darwin [20–1 May 1848] …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … DAR 210.8: 27 Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury [20–1 May 1848] Emma …
- … This and the next four letters to Emma Darwin were written during CD’s visit to …
- … and CD’s niece. Josiah Wedgwood III , Emma Darwin’s brother. Probably Thomas Wedgwood , …
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma …
To John Higgins 6 June [1848]
Summary
Mentions his account; visit to Lincolnshire by his sister [Susan Darwin].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 6 June [1848] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/17) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1184 |
To Edward Cresy [20 July 1848]
Summary
Will speak to Richard Owen, Henry De la Beche, and Robert Hutton concerning appointment for EC.
Leaving for sea-side on Saturday.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Cresy, Jr |
| Date: | [20 July 1848] |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 308 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1192 |
From Catherine Darwin [13 November 1848]
Summary
Informs CD of the death of their father and the funeral arrangements.
| Author: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Nov 1848] |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 279) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1207 |
To Maria Hooker [17 December 1848]
Summary
Returns letters [from her son, J. D. Hooker, in India].
Asks that B. H. Hodgson’s zoological pamphlets be sent to him at Athenaeum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Maria Sarah (Maria) Turner; Maria Sarah (Maria) Hooker |
| Date: | [17 Dec 1848] |
| Classmark: | McGill University Library, Department of Rare Books |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1209 |
To Francis Boott 20 August 1848
Summary
CD will write to A. A. Gould for aid. Thanks for sympathy and assistance about chloroform.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Boott |
| Date: | 20 Aug 1848 |
| Classmark: | James Cummins, Bookseller (dealer) (website viewed 7 February 2012) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1195 |
To Josiah Wedgwood III [July 1848]
Summary
Writes about Emma’s trust account investments and calls due upon them. Sends his record and asks JW to bring it up to date.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Josiah Wedgwood, III |
| Date: | [July 1848] |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 1019) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1142 |
From Emily Catherine Darwin [12 November 1848]
Summary
Gives details of the illness of R. W. Darwin.
| Author: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [12 Nov 1848] |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 279) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1206 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (11) |
| Darwin, Catherine | (2) |
| Langton, Catherine | (2) |
| Darwin, Emma | (6) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (6) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Boott, Francis | (1) |
| Cresy, Edward, Jr | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (13) |
| Darwin, Emma | (6) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (6) |
| Darwin, Catherine | (2) |
| Langton, Catherine | (2) |
