From H. E. Darwin to Emma Darwin [March 1871]
Summary
Possible quotations about shame for CD.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [Mar 1871] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 22) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7605G |
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: 5 hits
- … 96: 101 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin unstated [before 17 Sept 1871] Virginia Lavinia Isitt …
- … Emma Darwin to Henrietta Emma Darwin, [17 September 1871] (DAR 219.9: 95)). Isitt only …
- … From Emma Darwin to V. L. Isitt [before 17 September 1871] …
- … with the Darwin family; Emma wrote to her daughter Henrietta on 17 September 1871 that …
- … in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) to Isitt’s visit from 18 to 20 September 1871. Emma may …
From Emma Darwin to F. P. Cobbe [14 April 1871]
Summary
Thanks for FPC’s book (presumablyAlone to the alone: prayers for theists (Cobbe ed. 1871)).
CD much interested in article ‘Darwinism in morals’ in the Theological Review (Cobbe 1871).
CDs and FPC’s views on moral sense in hive bees, and an article in the Pall Mal Gazette ([Morley] 1871b).
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Power Cobbe |
| Date: | [14 Apr 1871] |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (CB 389) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7684F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Library (CB 389) Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [14 Apr 1871] Frances Power Cobbe …
- … From Emma Darwin to F. P. Cobbe [14 April 1871] …
- … prayers for theists (Cobbe ed. 1871). On Emma Darwin’s religious beliefs, see R. Keynes …
- … Theological Review ( Cobbe 1871 ). See letter from Emma Darwin to F. P. Cobbe, [7 April …
From Robert Wedgwood to Emma Darwin 3 February [1871]
Summary
Information [for CD] on old, sloping, ridged fields.
| Author: | Robert Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 3 Feb [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8198 |
From Emma Darwin to F. P. Cobbe [25 February 1871]
Summary
Discusses CD’s and her own views on ‘moral sense’.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Power Cobbe |
| Date: | [25 Feb 1871] |
| Classmark: | The Huntington Library (CB 390) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7516F |
DCP-LETT-7920
| Author: | Margaret Emily Gaskell |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [Sept 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7920 |
To J. D. Hooker 16 September [1871]
Summary
Is preparing new edition of Origin [6th] in which he will introduce new chapter to answer Mivart’s criticisms. Mivart is unfair: suppresses facts in CD’s later editions.
Sends article [by Chauncey Wright, see 7940] reviewing Genesis of species.
Mivart writes to CD full of respect, but reviles him in print.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 16 Sept [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 204–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7949 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … letter from J. D Hooker to Emma Darwin, 15 September 1871 and n. 4. See, for example, …
- … from J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin, 15 September 1871 . CD refers to Hooker’s mother, …
- … to visit the Darwins (see letter from J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin, 15 September 1871 ). …
- … In his letter to Emma Darwin of 15 September 1871 , Hooker had asked CD to send him Henry …
- … in Southampton. In his letter to Emma Darwin of 15 September 1871 , Hooker had asked CD to …
From H. E. Litchfield [13 November 1871]
Summary
Does not want CD to put his name to any religious movement. Discourages giving money to Abbott or Voysey.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Nov 1871] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 41) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8054F |
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 H. E. Litchfield [before 2 December 1871]
Summary
Summarises her theory about expression in music.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 2 Dec 1871] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 42) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8088F |
From Charles and Emma Darwin to F. J. Wedgwood [after 11 March 1871]
Summary
A draft letter [but sent in the original state by Emma Darwin]. Approves of FJW’s notice of his views.
CD has slightly revised parts in view of both approving and disapproving critics, but still remains convinced about his fundamental notions.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Julia (Snow) Wedgwood |
| Date: | [after 11 Mar 1871?] |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 57–31570) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8127 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Robert Darwin Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [after 11 Mar 1871? ] Frances Julia (Snow) …
- … From Charles and Emma Darwin to F. J. Wedgwood [after 11 March 1871] …
- … 1871, pp. 319–20. In the first part, Wedgwood discussed CD’s arguments in Descent vol. 1, ch. 3, about the development of the moral sense. CD did not, in fact, modify his remarks about approbation and disapprobation in Descent 1: 86 in later printings of Descent or in the second edition. The first part of this letter is in CD’s hand and was intended for Emma Darwin …
From H. E. Litchfield to Charles and Emma Darwin [5 November 1871]
Summary
Describes the wedding party given for herself and Richard Buckley Litchfield at the Working Men’s College in London.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [5 Nov 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 245: 2, 9, 252 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8053F |
Matches: 3 hits
- … From H. E. Litchfield to Charles and Emma Darwin [5 November 1871] …
- … 6 Queen Anne St, London [5 Nov 1871] Charles Robert Darwin Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … 1871. Hensleigh and Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood . St George’s Hall was a function room in Langham Place, Regent Street, London. William George Clark , a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, had recently published a tract that was critical of Anglican orthodoxy ( ODNB ). Anne Parslow was probably Henrietta’s lady’s maid, and Elizabeth Pearce , who as Bessy Harding had been the Darwin …
From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin 15 September 1871
Summary
His mother very ill.
Mrs Hooker back from Bavaria.
Hopes marriage [of Henrietta] went well. Is accused of saying he would rather go to two burials than one marriage.
Has heard from Huxley who is threatening to "thin out" Mivart. Huxley is reading Francisco Suarez and finds Mivart misquotes or misunderstands him.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Sept 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 103: 83–84 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7945 |
From Robert Wedgwood to Emma Darwin 9 February [1871]
Summary
Encloses letters from two owners [W. Corbett and C. Randell] of large farms concerning fields with ridges and furrows in the direction of the slope. All local men agree the ridges do not change shape.
| Author: | Robert Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 9 Feb [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 66, 67, DAR 161: 226 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8205 |
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 E. M. Bonham-Carter to H. E. Darwin [23 June 1871]
Summary
Observations on expression of her dog for CD.
| Author: | Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter; Elinor Mary Dicey |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [23 June 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 242 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7785 |
From H. E. Darwin 21 March [1871]
Summary
Is delighted at the sale of Descent. What CD says about her help pleases her very much and the proposed gift as a memorial will be very precious to her. Is looking forward to seeing the family in London. Comments on a letter comparing CD's appearance to an ape. Is surprised CD has had no effect on Wallace: 'It seems to me his mind can’t be so clear as u used to think it'. Has worked out why she is dissatisfied with T. H. Huxley's essay ‘On the physical basis of life’ (T. H. Huxley 1869).
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 44) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7605F |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Henrietta Emma Darwin/Henrietta Emma Litchfield Bournemouth 21 Mar [1871] Charles Robert …
- … Emma stayed at Erasmus Alvey Darwin’s house at 6 Queen Anne Street, London, from 1 to 5 April 1871 ( …
- … 1871 (see Correspondence vol. 19, Appendix VI). Henrietta gave a long account of a Lenten mission sponsored by the Anglican church in her journal; it was based on the reports of Emily Caroline Langton and Alice Louisa Langton Massingberd , who had attended the meetings in Bournemouth (see Correspondence vol. 19, Appendix VI). Henrietta had seen the Langtons when she was in Cannes in 1870 ( letter from H. E. Darwin to Emma …
From E. M. Bonham-Carter to Emma Darwin? [2–5 June 1871]
Summary
Further observations on expression of her dog.
| Author: | Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter; Elinor Mary Dicey |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [2–5 June 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 243 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7786 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Mary Bonham-Carter/Elinor Mary Dicey unstated [2–5 June 1871] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … From E. M. Bonham-Carter to Emma Darwin? [2–5 June 1871] …
- … Emma Darwin , Bonham-Carter typically refers to CD as ‘your father’ and writes more informally. The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from E. M. Bonham-Carter to H. E. Darwin, [23 June 1871] , …
From Francis Wedgwood to Emma Darwin [before 4 January 1871]
Summary
Will observe old furrowed fields for CD in the early spring. Suggests locations in Scotland and Rugby with ridge and furrowing in old pastures.
| Author: | Francis (Frank) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [before 4 Jan 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7426 |
From Mary Lubbock to H. E. Darwin [8 May 1866 – 31 August 1871]
Summary
Age at which babies first shed tears.
| Author: | Frances Mary (Mary) Turton; Frances Mary (Mary) Lubbock |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [8 May 1866 – 31 Aug 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 19 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5332 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (69) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (10) |
| Darwin, Emma | (7) |
| Kovalevsky, V. O. | (7) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (7) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (69) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (10) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (10) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (10) |
| Darwin, Emma | (9) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (138) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (20) |
| Darwin, Emma | (16) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (16) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (16) |
