From H. E. Litchfield to Charles and Emma Darwin [5 November 1871]
Summary
Describes the wedding party given for herself and Richard Buckley Litchfield at the Working Men’s College in London.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [5 Nov 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 245: 2, 9, 252 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8053F |
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 |
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- … According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Frances Emma Elizabeth Wedgwood and ‘H’, …
- … Katherine Euphemia Wedgwood , was at Down on 2 August 1872. Emma Darwin recorded in her …
- … Wedgwood’s On the origin of language ( Wedgwood 1866 ) in his discussion of devotion. The phrase ‘do not take your trick’ may allude to card games such as whist in which it is sometimes necessary to lose a trick in order to strengthen your hand (see H. Jones 1868 , p. 72). The postscript is in Emma Darwin’ …
- … Wedgwood’s A dictionary of English etymology ( Wedgwood 1872 , p. xlvi), where they are also misquoted (‘nostrils’ for ‘nostril’). Wedgwood 1872 was published in April 1872 ( Publishers’ Circular , 16 April 1872, p. 247). There is an annotated copy of Wedgwood 1872 in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: 853). There is no evidence that Erasmus Alvey Darwin visited Down at this time. Ravensbourne in Keston, Kent, was the home of the Bonham-Carter family. ( Post Office directory of the six home counties 1872). Emma Darwin …
From Henrietta Emma Darwin [29 October 1862]
Summary
Instinct in cats.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [29 Oct 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3787 |
From H. E. Darwin 21 March [1871]
Summary
Is delighted at the sale of Descent. What CD says about her help pleases her very much and the proposed gift as a memorial will be very precious to her. Is looking forward to seeing the family in London. Comments on a letter comparing CD's appearance to an ape. Is surprised CD has had no effect on Wallace: 'It seems to me his mind can’t be so clear as u used to think it'. Has worked out why she is dissatisfied with T. H. Huxley's essay ‘On the physical basis of life’ (T. H. Huxley 1869).
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 44) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7605F |
To the Darwin children 16 September 1881
Summary
A circular letter on the distribution of his money at death and the division ofErasmus’ estate.
| 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: | 16 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 183 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13340 |
| letter | (5) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (3) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (2) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (2) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Darwin, H. E. | |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (5) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (1) |
| Darwin, Horace | (1) |
| Darwin, Leonard | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
