From W. E. Darwin to Emma Darwin [after 30 September 1867]
Summary
Sends the information about Rouse the tutor.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [after Sept 1867] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 29) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5636F |
From E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin [before 19 November 1867]
Summary
Caroline says Jos [Wedgwood III] is "much pulled down".
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [before 19 Nov 1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B121 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5334 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … DAR 105: B121 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated [before 19 Nov 1867] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … Emma Elizabeth Wedgwood , who lived at 1 Cumberland Place, Regent’s Park, London ( Post Office London directory 1867). …
- … Wedgwood III and Erasmus on 19 November 1867 (CD’s Account books–banking account (Down House MS)). For more on CD’s and Emma’ …
- … Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Josiah Wedgwood III . Caroline Sarah Wedgwood was Josiah Wedgwood’s wife and CD and Erasmus’s sister. Lyell had evidently seen and commented on CD’s hypothesis of pangenesis in August 1867, …
From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin 11 December 1867
Summary
Would like to come to Down on 20th or 21st.
Woolner is unwell.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Dec 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 185 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5724 |
From Henry Bence Jones to Emma Darwin 1 October [1867]
Summary
CD’s sudden temporary failure of memory and his eczema are not serious and would be relieved by rest and good diet.
| Author: | Henry Bence Jones |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Oct [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 168: 78 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5639 |
From Henrietta Anne Huxley to Emma Darwin 22 March [1867]
Summary
Observed expression in her baby for CD.
| Author: | Henrietta Anne Heathorn; Henrietta Anne Huxley |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Mar [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 287 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6039 |
From Erasmus Alvey Darwin to Emma Darwin [before 3 February 1867?]
Summary
Will be glad to see her on 4th.
Thinks Hensleigh is getting better, very slowly.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [before 3 Feb 1867?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B122–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5335 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … 105: B122–3 Erasmus Alvey Darwin unstated [before 3 Feb 1867? ] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … 1867; CD and Emma may have intended to visit earlier with Henrietta. Hensleigh Wedgwood’s …
- … Wedgwood’s poor health (see n. 4, below). The document needing signatures has not been identified. Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) records that Henrietta went to London on 4 February 1867, …
From F. J. Wedgwood to H. E. Darwin [1867–72]
Summary
Miss Gourlay reports case of girl at the Lock Hospital who covered her face in shame.
| Author: | Frances Julia (Snow) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [1867–72] |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7058 |
From Louisa Frances Kempson to Emma Darwin 20 June 1867
Summary
Relates some observations for CD on the crying of her infant daughter.
| Author: | Louisa Frances Wedgwood; Louisa Frances Kempson |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 20 June 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 169: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5572 |
From F. J. Wedgwood to H. E. Darwin [1867–72]
Summary
The expression of shame in ancients, Milton, the Bible, and in poor girls under Miss Gourlay’s charge.
| Author: | Frances Julia (Snow) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | [1867–72] |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 46, DAR 189: 140 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7059 |
To V. O. Kovalevsky 24 June [1867]
Summary
Thanks VOK for the present of A. E. Brehm’s Illustrirtes Thierleben [1864–7].
The woodcuts will do admirably [for Variation].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky (Владимир Онуфриевич Ковалевский) |
| Date: | 24 June [1867] |
| Classmark: | Institut Mittag-Leffler |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5575 |
To A. R. Wallace [12–17] March [1867]
Summary
Asks to be kept informed on gaudy caterpillars.
Problems of his work on man; scope and role of sexual selection.
Indulgence of interest in expression is simply a "hobby-horse". Will see whether he can get queries inserted in an Indian newspaper.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | [12–17] Mar [1867] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Add 46434 ff. 80–83v) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5440 |
From S. E. Wedgwood [1867–72?]
Summary
Jessie [Wedgwood] says driving in sun made one of her eyes water.
| Author: | Sarah Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1867–72?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 195.4: 104 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13856 |
From William Erasmus Darwin to Emma Darwin 28 February [1868]
Summary
Crying in babies.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | 28 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 86 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5952 |
To J. D. Hooker 8 February [1867]
Summary
On the Duke of Argyll and a review of his Reign of law.
Asa Gray’s theological view of variation. God’s role in formation of organisms; JDH’s view of Providence.
Insular and continental genera.
Owen on continuity and ideal types
and on bones of Mauritius deer.
On man.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 8 Feb [1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 10–13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5395 |
To J. D. Hooker 26 November [1868]
Summary
CD thought Watson’s article beastly in its criticisms of JDH. Watson’s criticism of CD was not new or important, but fair, so CD could honestly thank him, adding his regret at what was said about JDH.
Is sitting for Woolner bust.
Has read James Croll on alternation of glacial and warmer periods in north and south, which would remove JDH’s objections to cool period extending to equator.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 26 Nov [1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 98–101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6476 |
Allen, J. R. (1847–1907)
Matches: 1 hit
- … 1867–70. Supervised construction of docks at Leith, near Edinburgh, and at Boston, Lincolnshire. Joined the Cambrian Archaeological Association in 1875; joint editor of their journal, 1889; editor, 1892–1907. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1883; Rhind Lecturer in archaeology, 1885. Yates Lecturer in archaeology, University College, London, 1898. Worked mainly on early medieval sculpture, metalwork, and manuscript illumination. His grandfather, Lancelot Baugh Allen (1774–1845), was a brother of Elizabeth (Bessy) Wedgwood, Emma …
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (3) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (2) |
| Wedgwood, F. J. | (2) |
| Bence Jones, Henry | (1) |
| Darwin, Emma | (8) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (8) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (3) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, Emma | (8) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (8) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (3) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (3) |
