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From Emma Darwin   [19 April 1851]

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Gives her reactions to CD’s reports on Anne’s health.

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [19 Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 14
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1405

Matches: 7 hits

  • … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Emma Darwin   [19 April 1851] …
  • … DAR 210.13: 14 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [19 Apr 1851] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
  • … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
  • … one of Emma’s pet names for CD ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 104). Probably Erasmus Alvey …
  • … was nursing Anne . The Darwin children’s nurse, Jessie Brodie ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 86). …

From Emma Darwin   [19 April 1851]

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Is hopeful about Anne after receiving an encouraging message.

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [19 Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 13
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1404

Matches: 9 hits

  • … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Emma Darwin   [19 April 1851] …
  • … to Malvern in March to keep Anne company ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 132). …
  • … DAR 210.13: 13 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [19 Apr 1851] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
  • … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
  • … nursing of Anne, Emma also depended ‘on her eye for illness’ ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 133). …
  • … Allen was staying with Emma in Down ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 132). Samuel Poole Acton was …
  • … by special messenger. )’ Henrietta Emma Darwin , Anne’s younger sister, had been taken …

From Emma Darwin   [21 April 1851]

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Discusses Anne’s sickness and her hope.

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [21 Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 22
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1409

Matches: 10 hits

  • … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Emma Darwin   [21 April 1851] …
  • … DAR 210.13: 22 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [21 Apr 1851] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … See also letter from Emma Darwin, [22–3 April 1851] . …
  • … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
  • … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
  • … Harding , nurserymaid at Down House ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 80–1). A sand-glass, probably …
  • … to leave Jersey, where she was staying, and come to Down ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 132). …
  • … According to Emma Darwin’s diary, Elizabeth arrived on Tuesday, 22  April. …
  • … of her pregnancy. Horace Darwin was born 13 May 1851. Emma had sent a message via Fanny …

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

From Emma Darwin   [22–3 April 1851]

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Thanks CD for his Monday notes about Anne, which are much better than previous ones.

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [22–3 Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 25
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1410

Matches: 6 hits

  • … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Emma Darwin   [22–3 April 1851] …
  • … DAR 210.13: 25 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [22–3 Apr 1851] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … See letter to Emma Darwin, [21 April 1851] , n.  2. …
  • … was first administered to Emma during the birth of Francis Darwin , 16 August 1848 ( …
  • … Leonard Darwin was born, 15 January 1850, CD himself administered chloroform to Emma ( …

From Emma Darwin   [24 April 1851]

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Her reactions to Anne’s death; hopes CD may soon return.

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [24 Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 30
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1414

Matches: 5 hits

  • … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Emma Darwin   [24 April 1851] …
  • … DAR 210.13: 30 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [24 Apr 1851] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … See letter from Emma Darwin [23 April 1851] , n.  7, for Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood’s …
  • … Anne’s worsening condition. See letter to Emma Darwin, [23 April 1851] . Fanny Mackintosh …

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

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From Emma Darwin   [23 April 1851]

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Tells of the hopes raised by CD’s letter of Monday regarding Anne’s health.

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [23 Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 26
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1411

Matches: 7 hits

  • … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Darwin, C. R. …
  • … From Emma Darwin   [23 April 1851] …
  • … DAR 210.13: 26 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [23 Apr 1851] Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
  • … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
  • … Southampton before proceeding to Down ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 132). Caroline refers to the …
  • Darwin , then nearly 2 1 2 years old. The final paragraph, written in pencil, refers to a letter from Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood (preserved in DAR 210.13) dated ‘Tuesday 21 st ’ (a mistake for 22 April) that reads: My dearest Emma— …

To Emma Darwin   [23 April 1851]

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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   [21 April 1851]

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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

To Emma Darwin   [18 April 1851]

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Reports on Anne’s illness.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [18 Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 9
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1400

Matches: 5 hits

To Emma Darwin   [19 April 1851]

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Detailed account of progress of Anne’s illness.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [19 Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 11
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1402

Matches: 7 hits

  • Darwin, Emma
  • … To Emma Darwin   [19 April 1851] …
  • … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
  • … DAR 210.13: 11 Charles Robert Darwin Malvern [19 Apr 1851] Emma
  • … April 1851 . See the second letter to Emma Darwin, [18 April 1851] . Hannah was a servant …
  • Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma
  • Darwin and the children of Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood stayed there while CD and Fanny nursed Anne in Malvern. Hensleigh Wedgwood was Emma’ …

To Emma Darwin   [20 April 1851]

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Reports on Anne’s health throughout the night and from 8 a.m. through to 4.30 p.m.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [20 Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 18
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1406

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To William Erasmus Darwin   3 October [1851]

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Discusses domestic affairs and gives some advice on manners.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  3 Oct [1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1456

Matches: 6 hits

  • … 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 …
  • … they were ‘dear friends’ of the Darwin children ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 106). CD’s Account …
  • … Stairs’ of Down House. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), William returned home …
  • … Henry James Wharton in Mitcham, Surrey, on 16 September ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
  • Emma’s brother, Francis (Frank) Wedgwood , near the Wedgwood pottery works at Etruria, Staffordshire. Horace Darwin , …

From Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood   28 [April 1851]

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Thoughts after the death of Anne.

Author:  Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  28 [Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 37
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1424

Matches: 8 hits

  • … 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 …
  • … via London, on 19 April ( letter to Emma Darwin, [19 April 1851] ). Fanny Allen . Leith …
  • … in order to see the Great Exhibition ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 141). The George Tollet s of …
  • … See letter to Emma Darwin, [21 April 1851] , in which CD …
  • … of Caroline and Josiah Wedgwood III ( Emma Darwin’s diary). Effie and the other children …
  • Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood London, Chester Terrace 28 [Apr 1851] Charles Robert Darwin
  • … that Anne asked after Henrietta Darwin. For Emma’s notes on Henrietta in the months …

To A. S. Horner   25 May [1851]

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Thanks for her sympathy on the death of Annie Darwin, and sends news of Emma Darwin and the baby Horace.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Anne Susanna Lloyd; Anne Susanna Horner
Date:  25 May [1851]
Classmark:  Cheffins (dealers) (10 January 2019, lot 209)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1428F

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  • … sympathy on the death of Annie Darwin, and sends news of Emma Darwin and the baby Horace. …
  • … Anne Elizabeth (Annie) Darwin , CD and Emma Darwin’s 10-year-old daughter, died on 23 …
  • … Horace Darwin was born on 13 May 1851 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Anne Susanna Horner …
  • Emma desires me to send her affectionate love to you & all your party. — Pray believe me | Dear M rs Horner | Yours truly & gratefully | C. Darwin

From Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood   25 April [1851]

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Tells of the burial of Anne.

Author:  Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 Apr [1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 33
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1419

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  • … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
  • … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
  • … reason, and insisted on leaving’ ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 86). Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood’s …
  • … Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood unstated 25 Apr [1851] Charles Robert Darwin

To W. D. Fox   [27 March 1851]

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Sends condolences to WDF on the death of his father. Has brought his daughter [Anne] to J. M. Gully for the water-cure.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Darwin Fox
Date:  [27 Mar 1851]
Classmark:  Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 78a)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1396

Matches: 6 hits

  • … and governess, Catharine Ann Thorley , and with Henrietta Emma Darwin as a playmate. …
  • … According to Emma Darwin’s diary, Miss Thorley left for Malvern on 28 March. CD …
  • … return to Down until 31 March ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 130 and ‘Journal’; Correspondence …
  • … by Richard Broke Freeman. London: printed for the author. 1984. ] Emma Darwin ( …
  • … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
  • … failing since the summer of 1850 ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 132), was to be left in Malvern …

To W. D. Fox   29 April [1851]

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His favourite child, Anne, has unexpectedly died.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Darwin Fox
Date:  29 Apr [1851]
Classmark:  Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 79)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1425

Matches: 4 hits

  • … to my knowledge, spoke of her. ’ ( ’ (Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 137). For an analysis of the …
  • … 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 …
  • Emma could not possibly join me in nursing our darling: she almost daily expects her confinement. I have not yet thanked you for your most kind & interesting letter of the 10 th . I most truly hope that your health is better. Yours affectionately | C.  Darwin
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