To H. E. Litchfield 4 October [1877]
Summary
Is glad to hear R. B. Litchfield is better.
Discusses William Darwin’s engagement to Sara Sedgwick.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 4 Oct [1877] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11167 |
From E. J. A. Bristow to H. E. Litchfield 11 March 1878
Summary
Reports on the standing of James Torbitt: "the opinion of the Public is that he is rich and highly respectable".
| Author: | Edward Jones Agnew Bristow |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 11 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 304 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11414 |
To H. E. Litchfield 11 [December 1879]
Summary
Sends M. Guthrie’s book [On Mr Spencer’s formula of evolution (1879)], although HEL may not care to read it having seen Moulton’s letter [12350].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 11 [Dec 1879] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (28 March 1983) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12353 |
From H. E. Litchfield [1 February 1880]
Summary
Comments on drafts of CD’s letter to the Athenæum answering S. Butler’s charges.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B93–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12444 |
To H. E. Litchfield 1 February [1880]
Summary
Sends the Litchfields two drafts of a letter in reply to Samuel Butler’s letter to the Athenæum; hopes for their approval.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 1 Feb [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B98–101, B102, B121; DAR 185: 40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12445 |
From H. E. Litchfield [1 February 1880]
Summary
Advise against making any reply to Samuel Butler’s charges.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield; Richard Buckley Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Feb 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B72–4; B91–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12450 |
To H. E. Litchfield 8 [October 1880]
Summary
Reports on Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood’s illness.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 8 [Oct 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 38 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12744 |
From L. M. Forster to H. E. Litchfield [11 June 1881]
Summary
On flowers bending towards light reflected in a mirror.
| Author: | Laura Mary Forster |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [11 June 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 158 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12960 |
To H. E. Litchfield 4 January 1881
Summary
Seeks R. B. Litchfield’s advice about publishing a translation of a letter and article by E. Krause [answering Samuel Butler’s Unconscious memory].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 4 Jan 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 89 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12978 |
From R. B. and H. E. Litchfield 5 January [1881]
Summary
The Litchfields and George Darwin think care should be taken that E. Krause’s reply to S. Butler’s Unconscious memory does not appear to be instigated by CD. Suggest it be sent to Popular Science Review, not Athenæum.
| Author: | Richard Buckley Litchfield; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Jan [1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 92: B88–90, B106 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12979 |
From H. E. Litchfield to Leslie Stephen 10 January 1881
Summary
The Darwin family cannot agree on what CD should do about Butler’s charges [in Unconscious memory]. CD has commissioned HEL to ask LS’s advice. She sends an account of the affair with background materials.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Leslie Stephen |
| Date: | 10 Jan 1881 |
| Classmark: | The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature (MSS Stephen) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13003 |
From Henrietta Emma Darwin [2 August 1857]
Summary
Is looking forward to returning home [from Moor Park hydropathic establishment]. News of other patients and the books she is reading. Although feeling well, cannot walk much.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [2 Aug 1857] |
| Classmark: | DAR 245: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2131A |
From Henrietta Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [16 March 1864]
Summary
CD wants WED to make some measurements on mid-styled [Primula sinensis] plants.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [16 Mar 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 116 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3633 |
From Henrietta Emma Darwin [29 October 1862]
Summary
Instinct in cats.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [29 Oct 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 68 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3787 |
From Henrietta Emma Darwin [1 August 1863]
Summary
A memorandum describing the expressive behaviour of a cat with added notes by CD.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 Aug 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 189: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4260F |
From H. E. Darwin to Thomas Warner 14 October [1863]
Summary
On behalf of her father, she asks that his name be put down for James Buckman’s testimonial. His cheque for £2.2.0 is enclosed.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Thomas Warner |
| Date: | 14 Oct [1863] |
| Classmark: | Mrs Carole Cockett (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4320A |
From H. E. Darwin to W. E. Darwin [18 May 1864]
Summary
CD would like to see Rhamnus, as an American species is dimorphic.
Sends red cowslip pollen to be measured.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [18 May 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 118 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4442 |
To Henrietta Emma Darwin [14–21 April 1866]
Summary
Discusses some observations on, and the fertilisation of, Ophrys.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [14–21 Apr 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 59 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5074 |
From H. E. Darwin [c. 10 May 1866]
Summary
Mogg [John Traherne Moggridge] wants to visit CD.
Self-fertilising orchids.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 10 May 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5075 |
From Ellen Frances Lubbock to H. E. Darwin [28 July? 1866]
Summary
John Lubbock wants a copy of Origin (4th ed.) for Philip Norman.
| Author: | Ellen Frances Hordern; Ellen Frances Lubbock |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [28 July? 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 11 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5204 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (27) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (21) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (21) |
| Wedgwood, F. J. | (3) |
| Forster, L. M. | (2) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (39) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (39) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (16) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (9) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (7) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (60) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (60) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (43) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (10) |
| Darwin, Elizabeth | (8) |
