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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

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Günther, Albert …
  • … From Emma Darwin to Albert Günther   7 April [1874] …
  • … Taylor Library (39) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 7 Apr [1874] Albrecht Carl Ludwig …
  • … the one we generally meet— With M r Darwin’s kind regards very truly yours | Emma Darwin

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

Matches: 4 hits

  • … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Unidentified …
  • … From Emma Darwin to ?    [October 1874 – April 1882] …
  • … University (bMs 62.10.1) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [Oct 1874 – Apr 1882] Unidentified …
  • … October 1874. Emma probably sent one of the photographs taken by Leonard Darwin in the …

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

Matches: 4 hits

From L. C. Harrison to Emma Darwin   [before 1 July 1874]

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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

Matches: 3 hits

  • … Wedgwood, L. C. Harrison, L. C. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma
  • … From L.  C.  Harrison to Emma Darwin   [before 1 July 1874] …
  • … Wedgwood/Lucy Caroline Harrison unstated [before 1 July 1874] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin

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

Matches: 3 hits

  • … Charles Robert Darwin Down 27 [Mar 1874] Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
  • … at Down from 24 to 28 March 1874 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). See letter to J.  D.   …
  • … Buckley Litchfield stayed at Down from 2 to 9 April 1874 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …

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

Matches: 2 hits

  • … Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 [Mar 1874] Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
  • … hours and ‘numerous bad sinking fits’ (see Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Henrietta Emma …

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

Matches: 3 hits

  • … in Francis Darwin’s hand; he became CD’s secretary in 1874 ( Emma Darwin (1904) 2: 269). …
  • … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
  • … 1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Edited by …

To J. D. Hooker   18 January [1874]

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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

Matches: 3 hits

  • … Darwin was Charles E.  Williams (see Emma Darwin (1904) , 2: 269). George Henry Lewes and …
  • … 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 …

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

Matches: 2 hits

  • … ed. 1881, p. 483; letter from Leonard Darwin to Emma Darwin, [after 26 June – 28 September …
  • … Plymouth in June 1874 (see letter from Emma Darwin to J.  B.  Innes, 24 June [1874] ). The …

To G. H. Darwin   5 November [1874]

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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

Matches: 3 hits

  • … accompanied with anecdotes. Zoologist 14: 5117–22, 5199–202, 5258–68. Emma Darwin ( …
  • … 1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Edited by …
  • … up the post in summer 1874 (see Emma Darwin (1904) , 2: 269). Origin had been published …

To J. D. Hooker   [17 November 1874]

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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

Matches: 3 hits

  • … much friendship for us’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, 25 November [1874] ( …
  • … to use in November 1874. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), J.  D.  and Harriet …
  • … Hooker , had died suddenly on 13 November. Emma Darwin wrote of Hooker’s proposal to visit …

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

Matches: 3 hits

  • … CD refers to the letter from Leonard Darwin to Emma Darwin, [after 26 June – 28 September  …
  • … the coast (see letter from Leonard Darwin to Emma Darwin, [after 26 June – 28 September  …
  • Emma Litchfield from 3 to 12 December 1874 (‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Francis Darwin’s …

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

Matches: 3 hits

  • … Donders in Utrecht, he had travelled to Hanover; Emma Darwin had just written that his …
  • … health was ‘really better’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, 7 July 1874 ; DAR …
  • … back at Down on 11 July 1874 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Carus was translating the …

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

Matches: 2 hits

  • … reference to Francis Darwin’s marriage and Emma Darwin’s subsequent headache (see n.  4, …
  • … married Amy Ruck on 23 July 1874. Emma Darwin’s diary ( DAR 242) records the wedding, and …

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

Matches: 2 hits

  • … H.  Huxley, 3 December 1873 . According to Emma Darwin’s diary, Francis Maitland Balfour …
  • … Darwin married Amy Ruck in July 1874 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), ODNB ). CD was …
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