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From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin [13 May 1872]
Summary
Work will prevent his visiting Down as he had planned.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [13 May 1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8320 |
From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin 19 October 1872
Summary
On his mother’s death.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 19 Oct 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 124–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8565 |
From J. B. Innes to Emma Darwin 8 March 1872
Summary
Down parish and family matters.
| Author: | John Brodie Innes |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Mar 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 167: 31 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8238 |
From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin 9 December [1872]
Summary
Charles Landseer would like to know whether dogs have orbicular muscles.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Dec [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B124–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8666 |
From A. J. Cupples to Emma Darwin 8 November [1872]
Summary
Accounts of dogs that howl to music; their expression whilst so doing.
| Author: | Anne Jane Douglas; Anne Jane Cupples |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Nov [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 281 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8611 |
From L. C. Wedgwood to Elizabeth Darwin [7 March 1872 or later]
Summary
P.S. Information on earthworm activity on chalk downs, including two rough sketches for CD.
| Author: | Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison |
| Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin |
| Date: | [7 Mar 1872 or later] |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 58 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7127 |
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 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … 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 T. H. Farrer 16 June 1872
Summary
Asks CD for seeds of some plants.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 June 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 72 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8390 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … daughter, Emma Cecilia Farrer (Ida), married Horace Darwin in 1880 (Wedgwood and Wedgwood …
- … Wedgwood III lived at Leith Hill Place, Dorking, Surrey, close to Abinger Hall ( Freeman 1978 ). Myosotis dissitiflora is the early forget-me-not; CD had recorded experiments with cultivated Myosotis in Variation 2: 128. Emma Darwin’ …
- … Wedgwood , was a neighbour of the Darwins in Down; Hope Elizabeth Wedgwood was one of their nieces. Katherine Euphemia Wedgwood (Effie), Hope Wedgwood’s sister, was noted for her singing; in the summer of 1872 their parents, Hensleigh and Frances Emma …
To W. D. Fox 16 July [1872]
Summary
Is correcting proofs for Expression.
Family news.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 16 July [1872] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8413 |
From E. A. Darwin 20 November [1872]
Summary
Encloses a letter from Lady Bell, which should be burnt when read.
Discusses finances.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Nov [1872] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B82–3, DAR 160: 126 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8636 |
To V. O. Kovalevsky 10 August [1872]
Summary
Sends proofs and details [concerning VOK’s Russian translation of Expression (1872)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Date: | 10 Aug [1872] |
| Classmark: | Institut Mittag-Leffler |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8462 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Wedgwood III and Caroline Sarah Wedgwood , from 13 to 21 August 1872 (‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). CD finished correcting the proof-sheets of Expression on 22 August 1872 (‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Wundt 1863 . See letter from V. O. Kovalevsky, 8 August [1872] . Kovalevsky visited CD on 22 September 1872 ( Emma Darwin’ …
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Cupples, A. J. | (1) |
| Douglas, A. J. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, Emma | (5) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (5) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (1) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Darwin, Emma | (5) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (5) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
