From Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes 12 October [1874]
Summary
Parish and family news.
Francis Darwin’s marriage; Francis serves as CD’s assistant.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | John Brodie Innes |
Date: | 12 Oct [1874] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9674 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Innes, J. B. …
- … From Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes 12 October [1874] …
- … M. Stecher collection) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 12 Oct [1874] John Brodie Innes …
- … very kind regards | yours very sincerely | Emma Darwin P.S I obeyed your directions about …
- … et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Edited by …
- … Brodii & never possessed it’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 24 June [1874] , …
- … Darwin married Amy Ruck on 23 July 1874 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)), and rented Down …
- … CD’s secretary in summer 1874 (see Emma Darwin (1904) , 2: 269). See Correspondence vol. …
From Emma Darwin to Albert Günther 7 April [1874]
Summary
Invites AG to stay at Down.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
Date: | 7 Apr [1874] |
Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library (39) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9397 |
From Emma Darwin to ? [October 1874 – April 1882]
Summary
CD cannot come to London to sit for photograph. Sends one taken by son [Leonard], which family considers the best likeness. CD would be glad to give a sitting at Down.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | [Oct 1874 – Apr 1882] |
Classmark: | Archives of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University (bMs 62.10.1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13792 |
From Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes 24 June [1874]
Summary
Kind to send seeds of Aquilegia Brodii. Gives news on her sons. Glad of recent rain to help the hay.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | John Brodie Innes |
Date: | 24 June [1874] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6405F |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Innes, J. B. …
- … From Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes 24 June [1874] …
- … M. Stecher collection) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 24 June [1874] John Brodie Innes …
- … Innes believe me | very sincerely yours | Emma Darwin P.S. I shall follow your directions …
- … at Innes’s home in Milton Brodie. See also letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 …
- … he married Amy Ruck on 23 July 1874 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)) and they moved into …
- … Darwin (see n. 5, below). ‘ Aquilegia Brodii ’ is not a species; the name was used jokingly by Emma …
- … Emma refers to John William Brodie Innes . Mrs Palmer has not been identified. Eliza Mary Brodie Innes . Francis Darwin …
From Horace Darwin 17 August 1874
Summary
The occurrence and prevention of scale in boilers.
Anxious to hear Murray’s reply [to CD’s letter 9598].
Author: | Horace Darwin |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | 17 Aug 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 162: 70 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9603 |
From L. C. Harrison to Emma Darwin [before 1 July 1874]
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 Leonard Darwin to Emma Darwin [after 26 June – 28 September 1874]
Summary
Describes voyage to New Zealand.
Author: | Leonard Darwin |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | [after 26 June – 28 Sept 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 239.1: 2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9517F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Darwin, Emma …
- … Darwin, Leonard Wedgwood, Emma …
- … From Leonard Darwin to Emma Darwin [after 26 June – 28 September 1874] …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … marriage on 23 July 1874 (see letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 24 June [1874] and …
- … DAR 239.1: 2 Leonard Darwin [after 26 June – 28 Sept 1874] Emma …
To H. E. Litchfield 16 February [1874?]
Summary
On the "doubtful & obscure" subject of marriage of cousins, CD believes, that judging from the analogy of animals, no direct evil would follow from their marriage. He would, however, expect the offspring of unrelated parents to be somewhat superior in size and vigour. The injury from the increase of any bad tendency common to the family seems to CD more to be feared than mere consanguinity; "the good effects of crossing distinct families I look at as great & undoubted".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 16 Feb [1874?] |
Classmark: | The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8207 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Feb [1874? ] Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
- … in the vegetable kingdom. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1876. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Edited by …
- … Richard Buckley Litchfield stayed with CD and Emma Darwin in a rented house in London …
- … from 16 February to 21 March ( Emma Darwin (1904) 2: 254, Correspondence vol. 20, …
To H. E. Litchfield 27 [March 1874]
Summary
Thanks her for her excellent criticisms and corrections [for 2d ed. of Coral reefs?].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 27 [Mar 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 153: 85 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9325 |
To H. E. Litchfield 21 [March 1874]
Summary
Proof-correcting [of 2d ed. of Coral reefs?].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 21 [Mar 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 153: 84 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9324 |
To D. F. Nevill [1874–82]
Summary
[Valediction and signature only.]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Dorothy Fanny Walpole; Dorothy Fanny Nevill |
Date: | [1874–82] |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 123 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9791 |
To J. D. Hooker 18 January [1874]
Summary
Reports on a séance. "The Lord have mercy on us all if we have to believe in such rubbish."
Asks JDH to vote for his nephew, Henry Parker, for Athenaeum membership.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 18 Jan [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 311–12 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9247 |
From W. H. M. Christie 12 October 1874
Summary
Announces arrival of the Merope [Leonard Darwin’s ship] at Canterbury, New Zealand.
Author: | William Henry Mahoney Christie |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 Oct 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 147 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9677 |
To G. H. Darwin 5 November [1874]
Summary
Mainly family news.
Eager to read GHD’s political economy MS "though Heaven knows whether I shall understand it".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | 5 Nov [1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 37 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9712 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … is established by the references to Emma Darwin’s illness and the visit from the Josiah …
- … They left on Wednesday 11 November ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). George was writing on …
- … to decline the invitation (see letters from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin , 15 November [ …
- … found. George’s health had been improving for four months ( letter from Emma Darwin to …
- … Leonard Darwin, 25 November [1874] (DAR 239.23: 1.25)). Emma recorded in her diary that …
- … Emma recorded in her diary (DAR 242) that ‘Jossi & Harrison’ arrived on Saturday 7 November 1874, and in a letter to Leonard Darwin, …
From Alfred Newton 13 March 1874
Summary
Wishes CD could publish Origin with footnotes.
Increases in bird populations: starlings are increasing, but AN cannot give reason; mistletoe-thrush increasing but not ousting song-thrush. Doubts trustworthiness of [George?] Edwards, CD’s authority in Origin on this matter [see Origin, 6th ed., p. 59].
AN opposed to bird protection legislation to prohibit egging. Argues egging does not decrease number of birds.
Author: | Alfred Newton |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 Mar 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 50 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9358 |
To J. D. Hooker [17 November 1874]
Summary
Extremely glad to have JDH come to Down. It is wise of JDH to exert himself and face the inevitable as well as he can. [Death of JDH’s wife, 13 Nov.]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [17 Nov 1874] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 342 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9728 |
To Leonard Darwin 25 November 1874
Summary
LD’s letter recalled old scenes on board the Beagle.
CD’s "bothering correspondents" seem to increase in number and in folly; has just answered "two precious fools".
Has been working very hard on Droseraceae and can "now see daylight".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Leonard Darwin |
Date: | 25 Nov 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 153: 91 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9733 |
From J. V. Carus 7 July 1874
Summary
Thanks for proofs [of Descent, 2d English ed.].
Publisher would like better photographs for Expression [2d German ed.].
Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 7 July 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 96 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9536 |
To W. E. Darwin 24 [July 1874]
Summary
Arrangements for the visit to Southampton.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Date: | 24 [July 1874] |
Classmark: | Michael Silverman (dealer) (Catalogue 25, 2006) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9560F |
To Anton Dohrn 13 February 1874
Summary
Thanks for birthday greetings.
Comments on work at Naples Zoological Station. F. M. Balfour to visit Naples. Would like to send third son [Francis Darwin] to learn art of observing marine animals.
Health indifferent.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn |
Date: | 13 Feb 1874 |
Classmark: | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München (Ana 525. Ba 711) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9289 |
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Hooker, J. D. | (7) |
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Wedgwood, Emma | (4) |
Darwin, C. R. | (27) |
Darwin, G. H. | (9) |
Hooker, J. D. | (8) |
Darwin, Emma | (3) |
Darwin, H. E. | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (76) |
Darwin, G. H. | (18) |
Hooker, J. D. | (15) |
Darwin, Emma | (7) |
Wedgwood, Emma | (7) |