From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin [21 March 1866]
Summary
Mrs Hooker will not come with him to Down on Saturday.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [21 Mar 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5078 |
From Emma Darwin to John Scott 23 September [1863]
Summary
CD too unwell to read. JS should not send Primula paper MS until CD returns home.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott |
| Date: | 23 Sept [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: B1–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4302 |
To Emma Darwin [31 October 1847]
Summary
Has had two bad days with boils.
Is reading Last days of Pompeii [Edward Bulwer Lytton (1834)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [31 Oct 1847] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 26 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1132 |
From W. E. Darwin to Emma Darwin 26 October [1877]
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 63) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11209F |
From Horace Darwin 17 August 1874
Summary
The occurrence and prevention of scale in boilers.
Anxious to hear Murray’s reply [to CD’s letter 9598].
| Author: | Horace Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 17 Aug 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9603 |
From Emma Darwin to V. L. Isitt [before 17 September 1871]
Summary
Feels it unlikely that CD could employ a secretary but he is prepared to experiment if Miss I. would care to come to Down for a period.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Virginia Lavinia Isitt |
| Date: | [before 17 Sept 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7410 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Isitt, V. L. …
- … DAR 96: 101 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin unstated [before 17 Sept 1871] Virginia Lavinia …
- … sister (Wedgwood and Wedgwood 1980 ; letter from Emma Darwin to Henrietta Emma Darwin, [17 …
- … Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) to Isitt’s visit from 18 to 20 September 1871. Emma may refer to Frances Julia (Snow) Wedgwood, …
From Emma Darwin to F. P. Cobbe [7 April 1871]
Summary
CD is reading the Theological Review (Cobbe 1871) with the greatest interest and attention.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Power Cobbe |
| Date: | [7 Apr 1871] |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (CB 388) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7666F |
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 Emma Darwin [19 April 1851]
Summary
Gives her reactions to CD’s reports on Anne’s health.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [19 Apr 1851] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.13: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1405 |
From Emma Wedgwood [30 December 1838]
Summary
Seeks to persuade CD to leave town at once, go to Shrewsbury for doctoring and some rest, then come to Maer for more rest, for he has looked "so unwell". She knows it must be hard for him to be unable to do his work.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [30 Dec 1838] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 157 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-465 |
From Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker [20 April 1882]
Summary
Informs JDH of CD’s death.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [20 Apr 1882] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/2/1/6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13769F |
From Emma Wedgwood [9 January 1839]
Summary
Glad to have his letter; supposes she will receive only two or three more from him in her life.
Thinks he should leave the curtains for her.
Discusses Mungo Park and Sir Walter Scott’s Life.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [9 Jan 1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 160 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-486 |
From Emma Darwin to John Scott 24 September [1863]
Summary
JS’s MS [of Primula paper] arrived, but CD is too ill to read it.
CD has sent JS’s paper on orchid sterility to Botanische Zeitung and to Hooker.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott |
| Date: | 24 Sept [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: B3–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4304 |
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 |
From Emma Darwin to Nicolai Mengden 8 April 1879
Summary
Answers NAvM’s letter for CD. CD considers evolution is quite consistent with belief in God, but NvM must remember people mean different things by God.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Nicolai Mengden, Baron von Mengden |
| Date: | 8 Apr 1879 |
| Classmark: | Dr Mirko Majer (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11981 |
From Emma Darwin to Roland Trimen [22 August 1871]
Summary
CD is very unwell; will be unable to see RT.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Roland Trimen |
| Date: | [22 Aug 1871] |
| Classmark: | Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 71) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7916 |
From Emma Darwin to Albert Günther 7 April [1874]
Summary
Invites AG to stay at Down.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther |
| Date: | 7 Apr [1874] |
| Classmark: | Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library (39) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9397 |
To Emma Darwin [17 April 1851]
Summary
Reports the state of Anne Darwin’s health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [17 Apr 1851] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.13: 8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1399 |
To Emma Darwin [3 June 1844]
Summary
Arrangements for Emma’s return to Down.
CD has been "wonderfully strong".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [3 June 1844] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 23 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-726 |
To Emma Darwin [25 June 1846]
Summary
CD has been stomachy and sick, but not very uncomfortable.
Working on proofs [of South America] and cannot keep printer supplied with manuscript.
His thoughts of her, and news of the children who are at Down with him.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [25 June 1846] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 25 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-981 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … DAR 210.8: 25 Charles Robert Darwin Down [25 June 1846] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … Emma Darwin . The nickname ‘Trotty’ was taken from the nickname for Toby Veck in Charles Dickens ’ The chimes (London, 1845 [1844]). A sentiment repeated in Autobiography , p. 96. CD referred to himself as Emma’ s ‘Nigger’. The letter was presumably sent on to Caroline Wedgwood , …
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