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To William Erasmus Darwin   3 October [1851]

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Discusses domestic affairs and gives some advice on manners.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Erasmus Darwin
Date:  3 Oct [1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.6: 2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1456

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  • Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Home of Emma’s brother, Francis (Frank) Wedgwood , near …
  • Wedgwood , who lived at Petleys, Down. According to Henrietta Litchfield , they were ‘dear friends’ of the Darwin children ( Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 106). CD’s Account book (Down House MS) shows payments on 27 October 1851 to Isaac Withers Laslett and John Lewis , bricklayer and carpenter, respectively, for ‘alterations in top Rooms & Stairs’ of Down House. According to Emma