From L. C. or Margaret Susan Wedgwood to [Emma Darwin?] [May 1865]
Summary
Sends some figures on long- and short-styled primroses for "Uncle Ch".
| Author: | Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison; Margaret Susan Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [May 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 108: 74 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4823 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … L. C. Harrison, L. C. Wedgwood, M. S. Vaughan Williams, M. S. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … From L. C. or Margaret Susan Wedgwood to [Emma Darwin? ] [May 1865] …
- … Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams Leith Hill Place [May 1865] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … that this was part of a letter to Emma Darwin . CD published this information in ‘Specific …
From John and Emma Pender [before 23 June 1870]
| Author: | John Pender; Emma Denison; Emma Pender |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 23 June 1870] |
| Classmark: | DAR 53.2: 168v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7240F |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Pender, Emma Darwin, C. R. …
- … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … Denison/Emma Pender [before 23 June 1870] Charles Robert Darwin Pender, John Denison, Emma …
- … Edward VII) at a Royal Society of London soirée on 28 April 1866 ( Emma Darwin (1915) , 2: …
- … 184–5; Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The party at the Penders’ London house was to …
From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin 29 March 1869
Summary
Pleased to come on 17th.
Is arranging the Aucuba experiment.
Sends some letters for CD’s perusal.
Asks what CD thinks of Huxley’s address [Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 25 (1869): xxviii–liii].
Would be glad to have Drosophyllum plants.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Mar 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 12–13; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspondence 188: 141–2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6685 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Hooker, J. D. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin 29 March 1869 …
- … Correspondence 188: 141–2) Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 29 Mar 1869 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … Hooker, [25 January 1869] ). According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Hooker visited on …
- … 11 March 1869 and n. 4). Henrietta Emma Darwin had been ill for a couple of weeks (see …
From the Darwin children 17 January 1880
Summary
Send CD a present of a fur coat.
| Author: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Sara Sedgwick; Sara Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 208 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12428 |
Langton, Charles (1801–86)
Matches: 5 hits
- … 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13,14,16,18,19,20,21,23,24,WSL,25,26,27,28,29,30 Darwin, Emma …
- … annotated by Joseph Foster. 8 vols. London and Oxford: Parker & Co. 1887–91. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … Hartfield, Sussex, 1847–63. Married Emma Darwin’s sister, Charlotte Wedgwood, in 1832. …
- … Record Office RG11/1194/120/14) Emma Darwin (1915) England & Wales, national probate …
To H. E. Litchfield 25 July 1872
Summary
Thanks for her pains over corrections [for Expression].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 25 July 1872 |
| Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) (no date) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8427 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 July 1872 Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
- … Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) for 30 June 1872 notes ‘W.M.C. party went’; there is no …
- … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Edited by …
- … 1868 , p. 72). The postscript is in Emma Darwin’s hand. F. : father. In Expression , p. …
- … Wedgwood , was at Down on 2 August 1872. Emma Darwin recorded in her diary (DAR 242) that …
- … invited the group to tea at Down House from 1873 onwards ( Emma Darwin (1904) 2: 262). …
- … of the six home counties 1872). Emma Darwin uses a symbol for yesterday: a circle with a …
- … at birth ( ODNB ). According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Frances Emma Elizabeth …
To the Darwin children 17 [January 1880]
Summary
Thanks his children for their present of a fur coat.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Sara Sedgwick; Sara Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 17 [Jan 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12429 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin Leonard Darwin William Erasmus Darwin Sara Sedgwick/Sara Darwin Henrietta Emma …
- … Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
- … 1880 . CD was last in London from 3 to 11 December 1879 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … on honeymoon in Penzance ( letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, 19 January 1880 (DAR …
- … Henrietta Emma Litchfield , William Erasmus Darwin , Leonard Darwin , Horace Darwin , and …
From Henrietta Emma Darwin [2 August 1857]
Summary
Is looking forward to returning home [from Moor Park hydropathic establishment]. News of other patients and the books she is reading. Although feeling well, cannot walk much.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [2 Aug 1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 245: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2131A |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From Henrietta Emma Darwin [2 August 1857] …
- … DAR 245: 1 Henrietta Emma Darwin/ …
- … away from home ‘9 weeks on Friday’. Emma Darwin had taken her to Edward Wickstead Lane’s …
- … where she remained until 7 August ( Emma Darwin’s diary). Friday, 31 July, would have been …
- … of her parents during much of her time at Moor Park: she had last seen Emma Darwin on …
- … 21 July ( Emma Darwin’s diary) and CD had been with her from 16 to 30 June (see ‘Journal’; …
- … Henrietta Emma Litchfield Moor Park [2 Aug 1857] Charles Robert Darwin …
To Henrietta Emma Darwin [14–21 April 1866]
Summary
Discusses some observations on, and the fertilisation of, Ophrys.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [14–21 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5074 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Henrietta Emma Darwin [14–21 April 1866] …
- … Robert Darwin unstated [14–21 Apr 1866] Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
- … during her stay in France ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Darwin, [6 April 1866] (DAR …
- … 1866 (DAR 245: 270)). According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Henrietta went abroad on …
- … is established by the reference to Emma Darwin’s and CD’s poor health (see n. 8, below), …
- … from H. E. Darwin, [ c. 10 May 1866]. Emma Darwin and CD both had influenza during …
- … the second and third weeks of April; Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) records that CD had a …
- … companions were unwell for much of April ( Emma Darwin to H. E. Darwin, [6 April 1866] ( …
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 …
Litchfield, R. B. (1832–1903)
Matches: 4 hits
- … and J. A. Venn. 10 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1922–54. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … Commissioners. Married Henrietta Emma Darwin in 1871. A founder and treasurer of the …
- … 70, and music from 1860. Alum. Cantab . Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 204, 206 R. B. Litchfield, …
Shaen, Margaret (1853–1936)
Matches: 5 hits
- … database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Edited by …
- … and amateur photographer. A friend of Emma Darwin. Daughter of the lawyer William Shaen. …
- … of her father (1912). Photographed Emma Darwin in 1896. BMD ( Birth index ) Census returns …
- … Public Record Office RG9/18/64/55) Emma Darwin (1904) 1: facing p. 458 England & Wales, …
Emma Darwin (1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Edited by Henrietta Litchfield. 2 vols. Cambridge: privately printed by Cambridge University Press. 1904.
From Emma Wedgwood to F. E. E. Wedgwood [24 October 1836]
Summary
They are impatient for CD’s arrival.
EW is reading F. Head’s "gallop" [Rapid journeys across the Pampas (1826)] "to get up a little knowledge for him".
CD has nearly settled in favour of living in Cambridge.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
| Date: | [24 Oct 1836] |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS WM 233) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-315 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Mackintosh, F. E. E. Wedgwood, F. E. E. …
- … Wedgwood Collection (MS WM 233) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Maer [24 Oct 1836] Frances Emma …
- … CD’s brother, Erasmus Alvey Darwin , lived in London. Possibly Emma’s sister Elizabeth …
- … Emma’s cousin and sister-in-law; her new baby was Caroline Elizabeth Wedgwood . Caroline Darwin . …
To H. E. Darwin 20 March 1871
Summary
Reports on sales and reception of his book [Descent]. Thanks HED for her help.
Wallace’s article in the Academy [2 (1870–1): 177–82] shows CD has had no influence on him; the review has had hardly any influence on CD.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 20 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 77 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7605 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 77 Charles Robert Darwin Down 20 Mar 1871 Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield …
- … 11 March 1871 and n. 8; see also Emma Darwin (1904) , 2: 240). Henrietta was visiting …
- … in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871. Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1904): Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin. A century of family letters. Edited by …
To the Darwin children 10 January 1880
Summary
Circular letter regarding the distribution of CD’s excess income, with a note addressed to W. E. Darwin concerning his handling of Elizabeth Darwin’s share.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 10 Jan 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 155 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12414 |
To the Darwin children 3 January 1881
Summary
About the distribution of [surplus income] funds among the children.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 3 Jan 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 169 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12972 |
From H. E. Darwin to W. E. Darwin [18 May 1864]
Summary
CD would like to see Rhamnus, as an American species is dimorphic.
Sends red cowslip pollen to be measured.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [18 May 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 118 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4442 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … DAR 210.6: 118 Henrietta Emma Darwin/ …
- … W. E. Darwin, [16 March 1864] , n. 3). Emma Darwin recorded in her diary (DAR 242) for …
- … Mackintosh Wedgwood. See letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [17 May 1864] and n. …
- … cowslip in this letter, the letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [17 May 1864] , and …
- … regarding Menyanthes , see the letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [17 May 1864] . …
- … Henrietta Emma Litchfield Down [18 May 1864] William Erasmus Darwin …
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| Wedgwood, Emma | (105) |
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| Wedgwood, Emma | (190) |
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