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From Emma Darwin to T. W. Higginson   19 May [1878]

Summary

CD will be glad to see TWH on Friday next, and invites him to stay the night.

Author:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Addressee:  Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Date:  19 May [1878]
Classmark:  Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Am 1162.10: 201)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11516F

Matches: 2 hits

From Ellen Harrison to Emma Darwin   [January 1878]

Summary

On an elephant’s crying when foot was operated on.

Author:  Ellen Acland; Ellen Harrison
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [Jan 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 166: 108
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11304

Matches: 2 hits

From E. W. Fithian   30 May 1878

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Requests, as Treasurer of the Knockholt & Chevening Footpath Fund, part of the amount guaranteed by CD and family to defray expenses incurred in resisting closure of the footpath.

Author:  Edward William Fithian
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  30 May 1878
Classmark:  DAR 202: 101
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11535

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  • … Emma Darwin’s daughter. Elizabeth Wedgwood was Emma Darwin’s sister, and lived in Down. On …

To Francis Darwin   30 July [1878]

Summary

Comments on function of bloom.

Describes the effect of water shortage on sleep movements in Porlieria.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Francis Darwin
Date:  30 July [1878]
Classmark:  DAR 211: 41
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11635

Matches: 1 hit

  • … mention of Frances Emma Elizabeth Wedgwood in Emma Darwin’s diary for August 1878 is a …

To Francis Darwin   [19 August 1878]

Summary

Asks FD to reply to a letter [11653a] requesting a list of CD’s books.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Francis Darwin
Date:  [19 Aug 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 271.2: 4v
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11669

Matches: 1 hit

  • … Staffordshire, the home of Emma Darwin’s brother Frank Wedgwood and his family, from 15 to …

To T. H. Huxley   11 August [1878]

Summary

CD’s election to Botany Section of French Academy amuses him, because he "doesn’t know the characters of a single natural order!".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:  11 Aug [1878]
Classmark:  Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 326)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11651

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  • … Frank Wedgwood and his family, and returned home on 22 August ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …

To G. H. Darwin   17 [August 1878]

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He and Emma rejoice that GHD’s mathematical troubles are at an end. It is miraculous that he unconsciously followed the right course – like composing a sonata by a fluke.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Howard Darwin
Date:  17 [Aug 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 210.1: 73
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11663

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  • … Staffordshire, the home of Emma Darwin’s brother Frank Wedgwood and his family, from 15 to …

To Francis Darwin   [17 August 1878]

Summary

Instructions to sow some seeds

and suggestions for experiment on effects of removal of bloom.

Likes Hugo de Vries very much; has hardly ever seen so modest a man.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Francis Darwin
Date:  [17 Aug 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 211: 44
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11668

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  • … Staffordshire, the home of Emma Darwin’s brother Frank Wedgwood and his family, from 15 to …

To J. F. Fisher   8 August [1878]

Summary

Agrees to read manuscript if short.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Francis Fisher
Date:  8 Aug [1878]
Classmark:  DAR 144: 106
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11645

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  • … Frank Wedgwood and his family, and returned home on 22 August ( Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR …
  • Wedgwood , and her family. From 12 to 15 August, they stayed at Abinger, Surrey, the home of Thomas Henry and Katherine Euphemia Farrer, who was Emma Darwin’ …

To G. J. Romanes   20 August 1878

Summary

Comments on GJR’s lecture on animal intelligence [Rep. BAAS].

Comments on J. R. L. Delboeuf, La psychologie [1876].

Suggests that GJR keep a young monkey to observe.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George John Romanes
Date:  20 Aug 1878
Classmark:  American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.546)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11671

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  • Wedgwood and his family at Barlaston, Staffordshire; they returned home on 22 August 1878 ( Emma Darwin’ …

From G. H. Darwin   [before 11 July 1878]

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Refers to Charles Lagrange, who is working on the same subject as GHD, but in a fundamentally different way.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 11 July 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 68
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11600

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  • … green peas ( letter from G. H. Darwin, [30 June 1878] ). Frances Emma Elizabeth Wedgwood . …

To Hugo de Vries   [10 or 11 August 1878]

Summary

Arranges for HdeV to call.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Hugo de Vries
Date:  [10 or 11 Aug 1878]
Classmark:  Artis Library (De Vries 4a)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11643

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  • Wedgwood , and her family. From 12 to 15 August, they stayed at Abinger Hall, Abinger, Surrey, the home of Thomas Henry and Katherine Euphemia Farrer, who was Emma Darwin’ …

From G. H. Darwin   14 December 1878

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Asks CD if he would screw himself up to inviting A. Newton to Down.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  14 Dec 1878
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 72
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11796

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  • Wedgwood . The winter of 1878–9 was one of the coldest on record for England ( Manley 1974 , p. 396); Emma Darwin’ …

From Francis Darwin   [4–7 August 1878]

Summary

Experiments on effects of removing "bloom" from leaves and fruit.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [4–7 Aug 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 162: 57
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11632

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  • Wedgwood , and her family; the Darwins visited there from 7 to 12 August 1878. Francis planned to join them on Thursday 8 August; he returned to Down on 12 August ( Emma Darwin’ …

To E. A. Darwin   12 December 1878

Summary

Informs EAD of Anthony Rich’s proposal to bequeath his property to CD.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Date:  12 Dec 1878
Classmark:  DAR 153: 10
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11789

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  • Emma Burnaby . See letter from Anthony Rich, 10 December 1878 . Horace Darwin and George Howard Darwin were two of CD’s sons. William Erasmus Darwin was CD’s eldest son; see letter to W. E. Darwin, 12 December [1878] . Caroline Sarah Wedgwood , …