To Emma Darwin [3 June 1844]
Summary
Arrangements for Emma’s return to Down.
CD has been "wonderfully strong".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [3 June 1844] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 23 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-726 |
To Emma Darwin [25 June 1846]
Summary
CD has been stomachy and sick, but not very uncomfortable.
Working on proofs [of South America] and cannot keep printer supplied with manuscript.
His thoughts of her, and news of the children who are at Down with him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [25 June 1846] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 25 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-981 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … DAR 210.8: 25 Charles Robert Darwin Down [25 June 1846] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … Emma Darwin . The nickname ‘Trotty’ was taken from the nickname for Toby Veck in Charles Dickens ’ The chimes (London, 1845 [1844]). A sentiment repeated in Autobiography , p. 96. CD referred to himself as Emma’ s ‘Nigger’. The letter was presumably sent on to Caroline Wedgwood , …
From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin [before 19 November 1867]
Summary
Caroline says Jos [Wedgwood III] is "much pulled down".
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [before 19 Nov 1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B121 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5334 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Darwin, E. A. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … DAR 105: B121 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated [before 19 Nov 1867] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … Wedgwood , who lived at 1 Cumberland Place, Regent’s Park, London ( Post Office London directory 1867). Frances and her daughter Katherine stayed at Down from 21 to 23 November 1867 ( Emma Darwin’ …
To Emma Darwin [23 May 1848]
Summary
Family news. Finds Shrewsbury too noisy.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [23 May 1848] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 29 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1178 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … DAR 210.8: 29 Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury [23 May 1848] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … Wedgwood . CD’s brother Erasmus was so devoted to Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood that at one time Robert Waring Darwin feared that her husband, Hensleigh Wedgwood , would bring an action against Erasmus ( Correspondence vol. 1, letter from Catherine Darwin, 29 May 1833 ). Hensleigh and Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood lived at 42 Chester Terrace. Frances Mosley Wedgwood , wife of Frank Wedgwood , Emma ’s brother. Either Mary Elizabeth Law or Anna Maria Feilden . Elizabeth Darwin , …
To Emma Wedgwood [14 November 1838]
Summary
In his first letter after their engagement, CD reports on the happy reception of the news by his family. He hopes she will not find life with him solitary and dull after the lively social life of Maer.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [14 Nov 1838] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-437 |
To Emma Darwin [18 April 1851]
Summary
Reports on Anne’s illness.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [18 Apr 1851] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.13: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1400 |
From G. H. Darwin to Emma Darwin [30 April 1879]
Summary
Sends some papers on Erasmus Darwin for CD.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [30 Apr 1879] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.2: 78 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12102 |
To Emma Darwin [24 June 1846]
Summary
News of progress in remodelling. He and Etty [Henrietta] miss the rest of the family.
Was sick, but "two pills of opium righted me".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [24 June 1846] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-982 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … DAR 210.8: 24 Charles Robert Darwin Down [24 June 1846] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … 2: 105). Henry Hemmings was one of Sarah Wedgwood’s servants ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 106). …
- … Wedgwood , CD and Emma’s aunt. Probably a reference to Sarah Wedgwood’s plans to move to Down in 1847. Here she lived the life of a recluse and, according to Henrietta Litchfield , ‘her horse and phaeton seemed to be kept entirely for our service’ ( Emma Darwin ( …
From William Jenner to Emma Darwin [17 March 1864]
Summary
Proposes to examine CD at Down.
| Author: | William Jenner |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [17 Mar 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4368 |
From Alice Bonham-Carter to Emma Darwin 21 December [1864]
Summary
Sends a translation by Mr Noel [not found] of C. B. von Cotta’s views on CD’s and Lyell’s work.
| Author: | Alice Bonham-Carter |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Dec [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 241 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4722 |
To Emma Darwin [25 May 1848]
Summary
Anxiety about R. W. Darwin’s health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [25 May 1848] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1179 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … DAR 210.8: 30 Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury [25 May 1848] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … Wedgwood . CD used the word ‘nigger’ playfully to suggest that the status of a husband was that of a slave ( Correspondence vol. 1, letter to Caroline Darwin, [9 November 1836] ; Correspondence vol. 2, Appendix IV, ‘Darwin’ s notes on marriage’). Emma Darwin …
From John Lubbock to Emma Darwin 6 November 1863
Summary
Returns a borrowed extract from the [Zoological?] Record.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Nov 1863 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 43 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4331 |
To Emma Darwin [27–8 May 1848]
Summary
Has been unwell but is improving. His father also very ill.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [27–8 May 1848] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 31 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1180 |
From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin 24 April [1873]
Summary
Lady Lyell has died of typhoid.
Herbert Spencer is anxious to know about the state of affairs [fund for Huxley].
Edinburgh Review article [review of Expression, Edinburgh Rev. 137 (1873): 492–528] is "a thoroughly nasty unfair review as ever I read".
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Apr [1873] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B88 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8874 |
To Emma Darwin [28 April 1858]
Summary
CD recounts an idyllic stroll and nap – "as pleasant a rural scene as ever I saw, and I did not care one penny how any of the beasts or birds had been formed".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [28 Apr 1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 34 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2261 |
To Emma Darwin [9 May 1842]
Summary
Is "stomachy and be-blue-devilled" because of costs of publishing [Zoology and Coral reefs]. Wonders how the remainder [of the Zoology and Geology of "Beagle"] can be published without taking £200 or £300 out of their personal funds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [9 May 1842] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-626 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … DAR 210.8: 20 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [9 May 1842] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … to one of Harry Wedgwood’s verses—an ‘epitaph’ on Susan Darwin ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 70 …
- … preacher to whom Fanny Wedgwood was devoted. See Emma Darwin (1915) 1: 234 n. ; Arbuckle …
- … Wedgwood. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. Coral reefs : The structure and distribution of coral reefs. Being the first part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle , under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842. Emma Darwin (1915): Emma …
To Emma Darwin [22 May 1848]
Summary
His health not good.
Has been reading John Evelyn’s Life of Mrs Godolphin, and Mme Sévigné.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [22 May 1848] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 28 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1177 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … DAR 210.8: 28 Charles Robert Darwin Shrewsbury [22 May 1848] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … Emma Darwin’s diary records that her sisters Elizabeth Wedgwood and Charlotte Langton , …
- … Sarah) Wedgwood, who lived in Down village. William Erasmus Darwin , CD and Emma’s oldest …
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: 3 hits
From John Scott to Emma Darwin 25 September [1863]
Summary
Regrets CD’s poor health.
"Do not return Primula MS."
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Sept [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 97 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4307 |
From J. B. Innes to Emma Darwin 23 January [1864]
Summary
Family affairs.
Mrs Innes’ brother-in-law has died.
| Author: | John Brodie Innes |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Jan [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 167: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4395 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (42) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (8) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (7) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (7) |
| Innes, J. B. | (3) |
| Darwin, Emma | |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (105) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Darwin, Emma | (105) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (105) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (46) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (8) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (7) |
