From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin 30 [March 1864?]
Summary
Sends Effie’s [K. E. Wedgwood] letter;
recounts other family news.
Is interested in CD’s thoughts on podophyllin.
Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | 30 [Mar 1864?] |
Classmark: | DAR 105: B118 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4374 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, Emma …
- … From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin 30 [March 1864? ] …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … ibid. , pp. 275, 279). According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), CD started taking ‘ …
- … 1865, pp. 270–2, and letter from William Jenner to Emma Darwin, [17 March 1864] ). …
- … Darwin, E. A. Wedgwood, Emma …
- … DAR 105: B118 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated 30 [Mar 1864? ] Emma …
From Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [17 May 1864]
Summary
CD says Meneanthes is now in flower.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Date: | [17 May 1864] |
Classmark: | DAR 219.1: 80 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4498F |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Darwin, W. E. …
- … From Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [17 May 1864] …
- … DAR 219.1: 80 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin [17 May 1864] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … her nephew Edmund Langton . According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), William and George …
- … B52). See also Correspondence vol. 11, letter from Charles and Emma Darwin to W. E. …
- … 4 May 1863]. In her diary (DAR 242), Emma Darwin noted the hot weather on 17 and 18 …
- … May 1864. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) her sister Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood …
- … Emma’s nephew, was suffering from incurable cancer (see letter from E. A. Darwin, [15? …
- … Darwins were on visiting terms (see, for example, Correspondence vol. 10, letter from R. M. Rolfe, 28 November 1862) . Emma …
To Emma Darwin [18 April 1851]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | [18 Apr 1851] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.13: 10 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1401 |
To Emma Darwin [21 April 1851]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | [21 Apr 1851] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.13: 21 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1408A |
From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin 1 September [1875?]
Summary
Reports on health [of unidentified woman].
EAD will not think of coming to Down until their return.
Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | 1 Sept [1875?] |
Classmark: | DAR 105: B126 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10146 |
Matches: 6 hits
From Emma Darwin [23 April 1851]
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— …
From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin 25 [November 1865]
Summary
Does not like the photos; thinks they should try again.
Last account of Susan Darwin reports she is having a good deal of faintness.
Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | 25 [Nov 1865] |
Classmark: | DAR 105: B119–20 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4942 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … Darwin, Emma …
- … From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin 25 [November 1865] …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … DAR 105: B119–20 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated 25 [Nov 1865] Emma …
- … and the letter from Edward Cresy to Emma Darwin, 20 November 1865 . CD evidently sat for a …
- … Photo’ on 2 March 1866. According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), CD did not visit …
- … book (Down House MS)). See letter from Edward Cresy to Emma Darwin, 20 November 1865 . …
- … See letter from Edward Cresy to Emma Darwin, 20 November 1865 and nn. 2 and 3. In his …
- … physician Henry Bence Jones . According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), CD and Emma had …
- … Darwin, E. A. Wedgwood, Emma …
From Emma and Charles Darwin 13 May 1865
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin; Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 13 May 1865 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.10: 26 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4832 |
Matches: 4 hits
From Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes 24 December [1880]
Summary
News of the opening of the reading room at Down. CD is pleased Innes was interested in his book; both Innes’s facts are new to him.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | John Brodie Innes |
Date: | 24 Dec [1880] |
Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12935F |
From Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin [14 October 1881]
Summary
Arrangements for the disposal of the contents of Erasmus Alvey Darwin’s house at 6 Queen Anne Street, London.
The text on EAD’s gravestone.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
Date: | [14 Oct 1881] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.3: 24 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13400F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Darwin, G. H. …
- … From Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin [14 October 1881] …
- … DAR 210.3: 24 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [14 Oct 1881] George Howard Darwin …
- … from 20 to 27 October 1881 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). The Irish politician Charles …
- … were travelling in Italy ( letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, 2 October [1881] ( …
- … Darwin , George was organising the sale by auction of the contents of Erasmus’s former home at 6 Queen Anne Street, London. Henrietta Emma …
- … Emma Elizabeth Wedgwood . The particular edition of John Milton ’s works has not been identified. Elizabeth Pearce . An entry in CD’s Account book–cash accounts (Down House MS) records a payment of £16 11 s. 3 d. to ‘Taylors removing Furniture’ on 18 November 1881; the firm has not been further identified. No earlier correspondence about the inscription for Erasmus Alvey’s gravestone has been found, but see the letter from G. H. Darwin, …
Allen, Jessie (1777–1853)
Matches: 5 hits
- … 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1915. 1,2,3,7,8,29 Sismondi, J. C. L. S. de Darwin, Emma …
- … Allen. Married Jean-Charles Léonard Simonde de Sismondi in 1819. Emma Darwin’s aunt. …
- … Emma Darwin (1915) …
- … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin [21 March 1866]
Summary
Mrs Hooker will not come with him to Down on Saturday.
Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | [21 Mar 1866] |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 67 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5078 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Hooker, J. D. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin [21 March 1866] …
- … DAR 102: 67 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew [21 Mar 1866] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … Wednesday after 19 March was 21 March. Emma Darwin’s letter has not been found. Frances …
- … Hooker and J. D. Hooker visited Down in June 1866 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
- … Hooker arrived at Down on Saturday 24 March 1866 ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). …
From Emma Darwin to G. S. Ffinden [22? November 1873]
Summary
Darwins and Lubbocks wish to continue using the school room as a Reading Room for workers in the winter months and asks Ffinden to support them.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | George Sketchley Ffinden |
Date: | [22? Nov 1873] |
Classmark: | Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (P/123/25/3/1/1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9121F |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Ffinden, G. S. …
- … the school assembles. With kind regards to Mrs Ffinden | very truly yours | Emma Darwin …
- … From Emma Darwin to G. S. Ffinden [22? November 1873] …
- … Library (P/123/25/3/1/1) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [22? Nov 1873] George Sketchley …
- … of a dispute with Ffinden over the use of the schoolroom in a letter from Emma Darwin to …
- … the letter from E. F. Lubbock to Emma Darwin , [ c . 29 November 1873] and n. 2, the …
- … Horace Darwin , postmarked ‘29 November 1873’ (DAR 258: 585). Emma was in London from 8 to …
To Emma Darwin [3 June 1844]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | [3 June 1844] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 23 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-726 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, Emma …
- … To Emma Darwin [3 June 1844] …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … a servant at Down House. Anne Elizabeth Darwin , Emma and CD’s oldest daughter. Minny: …
- … DAR 210.8: 23 Charles Robert Darwin Down [3 June 1844] Emma …
- … Endorsed by Emma Darwin : ‘1844 Down— I had been at Betley’. Betley Hall, Staffordshire, …
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma …
From W. E. Darwin to Emma Darwin 26 October [1877]
Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | 26 Oct [1877] |
Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 63) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11209F |
From Emma Wedgwood [3 January 1839]
Summary
Emma is surprised how quickly CD has moved into the new house and understands his feeling of triumph. Wants him and Fanny [Mrs Hensleigh] Wedgwood to settle on hiring a cook.
Is reading Mansfield Park [Jane Austen (1814)], which she finds "very suitable".
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [3 Jan 1839] |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 158 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-482 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR 204: 158 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Maer [3 Jan 1839] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Bibliography Emma Darwin ( …
- … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …
- … is preserved in DAR 219. See also Emma Darwin (1915) 1: 141–2. The excisions made from CD’ …
From Emma Darwin to V. L. Isitt [before 17 September 1871]
Summary
Feels it unlikely that CD could employ a secretary but he is prepared to experiment if Miss I. would care to come to Down for a period.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Virginia Lavinia Isitt |
Date: | [before 17 Sept 1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 96: 101 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7410 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Isitt, V. L. …
- … From Emma Darwin to V. L. Isitt [before 17 September 1871] …
- … DAR 96: 101 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin unstated [before 17 Sept 1871] Virginia Lavinia …
- … is established by the reference in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) to Isitt’s visit from 18 …
- … Jesse , Alfred Tennyson’s sister (Wedgwood and Wedgwood 1980 ; letter from Emma Darwin to …
- … Henrietta Emma Darwin, [17 September 1871] (DAR 219.9: 95)). Isitt only stayed for two …
- … probably stayed at Down House with the Darwin family; Emma wrote to her daughter Henrietta …
From Emma Darwin to John Tyndall 7 October [1875]
Summary
An invitation to Down for Sunday 16 October.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | John Tyndall |
Date: | 7 Oct [1875] |
Classmark: | DAR 261.8: 34 (EH 88205972) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10185F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Tyndall, John …
- … From Emma Darwin to John Tyndall 7 October [1875] …
- … DAR 261.8: 34 (EH 88205972) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin 7 Oct [1875] Down John Tyndall …
- … have a remnant of summer to receive you. Believe me | very truly yours | Emma Darwin. …
- … visit (see n. 2, below). According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Thomas Henry Huxley , …
From Emma Darwin to Alfred Newton 4 November [1863]
Summary
CD thanks AN for the note and remarks on the partridge’s leg. CD is too ill to write a note, but will send [for] the specimen as soon as he can. [See 4326.]
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Alfred Newton |
Date: | 4 Nov [1863] |
Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/65) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4330F |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Newton, Alfred …
- … From Emma Darwin to Alfred Newton 4 November [1863] …
- … Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/65) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down 4 Nov [1863] Alfred Newton …
- … 26–[7] March 1864 . The entry in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) for 4 November 1863 is ‘in …
- … He begs to be very kindly remembered to you. I am dear Sir | yours truly | Emma Darwin …
To Emma Darwin [31 October 1847]
Summary
Has had two bad days with boils.
Is reading Last days of Pompeii [Edward Bulwer Lytton (1834)].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Date: | [31 Oct 1847] |
Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 26 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1132 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, Emma …
- … To Emma Darwin [31 October 1847] …
- … Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … DAR 210.8: 26 Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury [31 Oct 1847] Emma …
- … the text have been traced over in ink by Emma Darwin . Where CD’s original alterations are …
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma …
- … Elizabeth) Wedgwood, Emma’s sister. Robert Waring Darwin , who was an enthusiastic …
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