From Emma Darwin to Nicolai Mengden 8 April 1879
Summary
Answers NAvM’s letter for CD. CD considers evolution is quite consistent with belief in God, but NvM must remember people mean different things by God.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nicolai Mengden, Baron von Mengden |
| Date: | 8 Apr 1879 |
| Classmark: | Dr Mirko Majer (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11981 |
From C. M. Hawkshaw to Emma Darwin 12 April 1868
Summary
Observations on expression in her baby daughter.
| Author: | Cicely Mary Wedgwood; Cicely Mary Hawkshaw |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Apr 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 122 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6112 |
Matches: 4 hits
From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker 12 March [1864]
Summary
Request for plants.
CD’s continuing ill health.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 12 Mar [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 223 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4426 |
From Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox [6 May 1864]
Summary
CD has been so ill they must discourage visit by WDF. Recovering slowly with new treatment.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [6 May 1864] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 143) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4487 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Fox, W. D. …
- … From Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox [6 May 1864] …
- … Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 143) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [6 May 1864] William Darwin Fox …
- … CD on 20 March 1864; his second visit was on 10 April ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … See also letter from William Jenner to Emma Darwin, [17 March 1864] and n. 2, and letter …
- … Darwin from 4 to 14 February 1863 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). CD and Fox met on 13 …
From W. E. Darwin to Charles and Emma Darwin 22 July 1880
Summary
Returns Geikie’s letter; is glad he has accepted settlement of gravel through melting of snow. Is trudging around with hammer and bag with help of Ramsay’s book. Describes visits to Kenilworth and Stratford. Sara consulted a physician. Called on Reginald D. and enjoyed meeting relations and seeing picture of Erasmus. Reginald very taken with George.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 22 July 1880 |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 76) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12665F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, Emma …
- … William Erasmus Darwin Buckingham House, Buxton 22 July 1880 Charles Robert Darwin Emma …
- … From W. E. Darwin to Charles and Emma Darwin 22 July 1880 …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … 1880 ). George had recently met Reginald Darwin ; Emma Darwin wrote of the meeting, ‘G. …
- … his letters seemed to be’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [11 July 1880] ; …
- … Darwin, W. E. Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma …
To Emma Darwin [1 July 1841]
Summary
Family news. Mainly concerned about Doddy’s [W. E. Darwin’s] health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [1 July 1841] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 16 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-600 |
To Emma Darwin [3 July 1841]
Summary
The happy family life at Shrewsbury. CD is looking so well his father would not have known there was anything the matter with him. The year’s accounts come to £1380.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [3 July 1841] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-601 |
To Emma Darwin [8 March 1842]
Summary
Family news from Shrewsbury.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [8 Mar 1842] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 18 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-622 |
To Emma Darwin [13 March 1842]
Summary
News of family and of his stay at Shrewsbury.
Calculates the newly instituted income tax will mean £30 per annum.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Mar 1842] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-623 |
From Emma Darwin to W. D. Whitney 9 May [1875]
Summary
CD asks her to tell him how sorry he is not to be there to see Whitney today. He hopes that Whitney will give him another chance when next in England.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Dwight Whitney |
| Date: | 9 May [1875] |
| Classmark: | Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (William Dwight Whitney Family Papers (MS 555): Box 22, folder 600 1875 May 6-10) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9974F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Whitney, W. D. …
- … From Emma Darwin to W. D. Whitney 9 May [1875] …
- … 600 1875 May 6-10) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 9 May [1875] William Dwight Whitney …
- … stay abroad & that you will write to him— My dear Sir | yours very truly | Emma Darwin …
- … Buckley Litchfield visited on Saturday 8 May 1875 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … Darwin to W. D. Whitney, 21 December 1875 ). CD recorded in his ‘Journal’ that he ‘finished slips of Insectivorous Plants’ on 23 May 1875 (see Appendix II). Thomas Henry and Katherine Euphemia Farrer and Henrietta Emma …
From Emma Darwin to F. P. Cobbe 14 January [1875]
Summary
Explains more fully why CD cannot sign Miss Cobbe’ anti-vivisection petition.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Power Cobbe |
| Date: | 14 Jan [1875] |
| Classmark: | Hull University Archives, Hull History Centre (British Union for Anti-Vivisection archives: U DBV/25/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9814G |
To Alphonse de Candolle 25 May [1839]
Summary
Invitation to dine at the Darwins’ with J. S. Henslow.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alphonse de Candolle |
| Date: | 25 May [1839] |
| Classmark: | Archives de la famille de Candolle (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-512 |
From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker [20 April 1882]
Summary
Informs JDH of CD’s death.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [20 Apr 1882] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/2/1/6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13769F |
From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin [13 May 1872]
Summary
Work will prevent his visiting Down as he had planned.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [13 May 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8320 |
From Emma Darwin to Julius von Haast 12 December [1863]
Summary
CD too unwell to answer JvH’s letter.
He was interested in the "marvellous ground parrot"
and the report on "naturalisation of animals in New Zealand".
Honoured by election to the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Francis Julius (Julius) von Haast |
| Date: | 12 Dec [1863] |
| Classmark: | Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand (Haast family papers, MS-Papers-0037-051-3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4356 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Haast, Julius von …
- … From Emma Darwin to Julius von Haast 12 December [1863] …
- … MS-Papers-0037-051-3) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 12 Dec [1863] John Francis Julius ( …
- … Canterbury. I am dear Sir | yours truly | Emma Darwin I am sorry to say that Mr Darwin has …
- … and letter from J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin, 11 November 1863 . Joseph Dalton Hooker …
From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin 19 October 1872
Summary
On his mother’s death.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 124–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8565 |
From Emma Darwin to Hermann Kindt 14 October [1864]
Summary
Writes, for CD, to thank him for his letter and offer to send Unsere Zeit, but will not trouble him to send it.
Sends photograph of CD.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hermann Adolph Christian August (Hermann) Kindt |
| Date: | 14 Oct [1864] |
| Classmark: | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 238–239 ) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13791 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Kindt, Hermann …
- … From Emma Darwin to Hermann Kindt 14 October [1864] …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 14 Oct [1864] Hermann Adolph Christian August (Hermann) Kindt …
- … Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Slg. Darmstaedter Lc 1859: Darwin, Charles, Bl. 238–239 ) Emma …
- … Emma probably enclosed the photograph taken earlier in the year by William Erasmus Darwin ( …
From Alice Bonham-Carter to Emma Darwin 25 January [1870]
Summary
Sends a translation of two sentences [on floral structure] as requested by Henrietta Darwin.
| Author: | Alice Bonham-Carter |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Jan [1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 240 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6576 |
Matches: 4 hits
From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin 11 November [1863]
Summary
CD’s Copley Medal. The numbers were ten to eight in CD’s favour but the Cambridge men mustered strongly for Sedgwick.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Nov [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B116–17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4671 |
From Emma Wedgwood [3 December 1838]
Summary
She agrees that London is the place to settle. She is eager to see him and full of plans.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [3 Dec 1838] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 153 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-449 |
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