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From G. H. Darwin to Emma Darwin   [30 April 1879]

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Sends some papers on Erasmus Darwin for CD.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [30 Apr 1879]
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 78
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12102

From W. C. Williamson to Emma Darwin   2 September 1880

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Asks whether CD would object to a deputation from the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union.

Author:  William Crawford Williamson
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  2 Sept 1880
Classmark:  DAR 181: 109
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12705

To Emma Darwin   [17 April 1851]

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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   [18 April 1851]

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Reports on Anne’s illness.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [18 Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 9
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1400

To Emma Darwin   [18 April 1851]

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Reports on Anne’s condition.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [18 Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 10
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1401

To Emma Darwin   [19 April 1851]

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Detailed account of progress of Anne’s illness.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [19 Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 11
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1402

To Emma Darwin   [20 April 1851]

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Reports on Anne’s health throughout the night and from 8 a.m. through to 4.30 p.m.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [20 Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 18
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1406

To Emma Darwin   [21 April 1851]

Summary

Further reports on Anne’s illness.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [21 Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 19–20
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1408

To Emma Darwin   [21 April 1851]

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An evening report on Annie Darwin’s somewhat improved condition.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [21 Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 21
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1408A

To Emma Darwin   [23 April 1851]

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Tells of Anne’s death.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [23 Apr 1851]
Classmark:  DAR 210.13: 28
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1412

To Emma Darwin   [28 April 1858]

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CD recounts an idyllic stroll and nap – "as pleasant a rural scene as ever I saw, and I did not care one penny how any of the beasts or birds had been formed".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [28 Apr 1858]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 34
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2261

To Emma Darwin   [25 April 1858]

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Concerned about ED’s headaches, CD writes an affectionate letter.

Believes he has found a rare slave-making species of ant.

Is reading novels: Beneath the surface and Three chances.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [25 Apr 1858]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 33
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2413

From Ellen Frances Lubbock to Emma Darwin   [January 1862]

Summary

Trying to persuade CD to visit JL.

Author:  Ellen Frances Hordern; Ellen Frances Lubbock
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [Jan 1862]
Classmark:  DAR 170.1: 9
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3368

From W. E. Darwin to Emma Darwin   8 August [1862]

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WED thinks Bournemouth a suitable holiday destination for ED and CD.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  8 Aug [1862]
Classmark:  Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 4)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3674F

To Emma Wedgwood   [7 August 1838]

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His [first] railway journey was disappointing.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [7 Aug 1838]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-423

From George Brettingham Sowerby Jr to Emma Darwin   22 July 1863

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Sets out estimate for cutting blocks for illustrations of a trap.

Author:  George Brettingham Sowerby, Jr
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  22 July 1863
Classmark:  DAR 157.2: 101
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4251

From John Lubbock to Emma Darwin   24 October 1863

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Sorry to hear of CD’s poor health.

Author:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  24 Oct 1863
Classmark:  DAR 170: 42
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4322

From John Lubbock to Emma Darwin   6 November 1863

Summary

Returns a borrowed extract from the [Zoological?] Record.

Author:  John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  6 Nov 1863
Classmark:  DAR 170: 43
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4331

From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin   11 November 1863

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Asks whether he ought to write to CD while he is ill.

Wonders if he might use Haast’s notes on introduced animals for a notice he is preparing ["Note on the replacement of species in the colonies and elsewhere", Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 4 (1864): 123–7].

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  11 Nov 1863
Classmark:  DAR 101: 171–2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4339

To Emma Wedgwood   [14 November 1838]

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In his first letter after their engagement, CD reports on the happy reception of the news by his family. He hopes she will not find life with him solitary and dull after the lively social life of Maer.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [14 Nov 1838]
Classmark:  DAR 210.8: 4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-437
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