From Charles and Emma Darwin to F. J. Wedgwood [after 11 March 1871]
Summary
A draft letter [but sent in the original state by Emma Darwin]. Approves of FJW’s notice of his views.
CD has slightly revised parts in view of both approving and disapproving critics, but still remains convinced about his fundamental notions.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Julia (Snow) Wedgwood |
| Date: | [after 11 Mar 1871?] |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 57–31570) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8127 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Wedgwood, F. J. …
- … V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 57–31570) Charles Robert Darwin Emma Wedgwood/Emma …
- … From Charles and Emma Darwin to F. J. Wedgwood [after 11 March 1871] …
- … and was intended for Emma Darwin to copy in a letter to Wedgwood, whose nickname was Snow. …
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 |
From E. A. Darwin 12 [September 1871]
Summary
Sees mistake he made on certificates; will make list for future use.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 [Sept 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B78–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7935 |
To E. A. Darwin 7 September [1871]
Summary
Wants to sell some shares held in trust by EAD and Josiah Wedgwood [III].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Sept [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.10: 27 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13789 |
To Roland Trimen 13 November [1871]
Summary
Regrets he is too unwell to see RT before his departure for the Cape; wishes him well.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Roland Trimen |
| Date: | 13 Nov [1871] |
| Classmark: | Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 72) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8064 |
To F. J. Wedgwood [after 1 April 1871?]
Summary
Protests against FJW making the struggle for existence still more odious by calling it ‘selfish competition’.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Julia (Snow) Wedgwood |
| Date: | [after 1 Apr 1871?] |
| Classmark: | Christie’s, London (dealers) (3 March 2004) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7651F |
From Hensleigh Wedgwood [after 9 March 1871]
Summary
Answers CD’s letter [7560], on points of agreement between them, the chief one being the sympathy which man has with his fellows. Disagrees however with CD’s "principle" of the painful feelings of dissatisfied instinct.
| Author: | Hensleigh Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 9 Mar 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 60–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7562 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Wedgwood, 9 March 1871 . See letter to Hensleigh Wedgwood, 9 March 1871 . See letter to Hensleigh Wedgwood, 9 March 1871 . Vera causa : a true cause that brings about an effect as a minimum independent agency ( OED ). John Herschel defined it, following Isaac Newton , as a cause having a real existence in nature, and not being a mere hypothesis or figment of the mind ( Herschel 1830a , p. 144). Henrietta Emma Darwin . …
To F. E. E. Wedgwood 19 December [1871]
Summary
Asks FW to thank F. P. Cobbe for her liberal offer, but the differences [between Descent and Cobbe’s review "Darwinism in morals", Theol. Rev. 33 (1871): 167–92] are too fundamental to be reconciled.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
| Date: | 19 Dec [1871] |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (CB 387) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8110 |
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 |
| letter | (9) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (2) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (2) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Wedgwood, F. J. | (2) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Mackintosh, F. E. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Darwin, E. A. | (2) |
| Darwin, Emma | (2) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (2) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (2) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (2) |
| Wedgwood, F. J. | (2) |
| Mackintosh, F. E. E. | (1) |
| Trimen, Roland | (1) |
| Wedgwood, F. E. E. | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Hensleigh | (1) |
