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To C. E. Norton 25 October 1877
Summary
CD and Emma are delighted with forthcoming marriage of W. E. Darwin to Sara [Sedgwick].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Eliot Norton |
| Date: | 25 Oct 1877 |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Charles Eliot Norton Papers, MS Am 1088.14: 1597) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11208 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … CD and Emma are delighted with forthcoming marriage of W. E. Darwin to Sara [Sedgwick]. …
- … been found. Sara Sedgwick was engaged to be married to William Erasmus Darwin ; she was …
- … Sara seems to have a wonderful number of nice friends, as I judge from parts of some of the letters of congratulation which I have heard,—especially one from M r Lowell in Madrid & from M r . Simon. — I beg you to give my kindest remembrances to all your party, whom I know, & if I may be permitted to the Miss Ashburners & Miss Theodora Sedgwick. It was very good of them to send us a kind message about the marriage. — Believe me | Yours ever very sincerely | Charles Darwin …
To C. E. Norton 1 June 1881
Summary
No Benjamin Franklin letters to Erasmus Darwin preserved.
Was inaccurate about Franklin’s nephews [in Erasmus Darwin].
Recounts story about Franklin at court of France.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Eliot Norton |
| Date: | 1 June 1881 |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Charles Eliot Norton Papers, MS Am 1088.14: 1599) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13187 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … Erasmus Darwin arrived on 18 June 1881, but Sara Darwin did not come ( Emma Darwin’s …
- … Sara there. I have much to do so farewell, with kind remembrances to all your party, | Yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin …
- … from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [19] June 1881 (DAR 219.9: 266)). Sara was Norton’s …
To C. E. Norton 30 April 1881
Summary
Sends some anecdotal material about Benjamin Franklin, whom his father knew while studying medicine in Paris.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Eliot Norton |
| Date: | 30 Apr 1881 |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Charles Eliot Norton Papers, MS Am 1088.14: 1598) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13140 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … a wig and dressed plainly. ( ANB . ) Sara Darwin , who was Norton’s sister-in-law, was …
- … Sara was here lately & was as delightful as usual. Nursing a husband tenderly seems good for her health, for she looked somewhat better & stronger. If my unfortunate son were to have a third concussion on the brain, I think that he would cure his wife. — Believe me my dear M r . Norton, Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin …
To C. E. Norton 7 October 1875
Summary
Comments on the sudden death of Chauncey Wright.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Eliot Norton |
| Date: | 7 Oct 1875 |
| Classmark: | Houghton Library, Harvard University (Charles Eliot Norton Papers, MS Am 1088.14: 1595) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10185 |
