From Charles and Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin [13 January 1861]
Summary
Two letters for WED at E. A. Darwin's. G. H. Darwin has been to dentist. Please collect and pay for GHD’s skates.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Jan 1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 117 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3046F |
Matches: 3 hits
- … DAR 185: 117 Charles Robert Darwin Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin [13 Jan 1861] William Erasmus …
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Darwin, W. E. …
- … Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)); to the London home of her father, Robert James Mackintosh , at 2 Hyde Park Terrace ( Post Office London directory 1861); and to Katherine Euphemia and Hope Elizabeth Wedgwood , who arrived at Down House on 11 January 1861, and left on 21 January ( Emma …
From W. E. Darwin to Emma and/or Charles Darwin c. 20–5 September 1877
Summary
Description of their English dinner companions at a foreign hotel.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | c. 20-25 Sept 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.5: 18 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11146F |
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: 4 hits
- … W/M 57–31570) Charles Robert Darwin Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [after 11 Mar 1871? ] …
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Wedgwood, F. J. …
- … From Charles and Emma Darwin to F. J. Wedgwood [after 11 March 1871] …
- … and was intended for Emma Darwin to copy in a letter to Wedgwood, whose nickname was Snow. …
To Alphonse de Candolle 25 May [1839]
Summary
Invitation to dine at the Darwins’ with J. S. Henslow.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alphonse de Candolle |
| Date: | 25 May [1839] |
| Classmark: | Archives de la famille de Candolle (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-512 |
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 J. B. Innes 24 December [1880]
Summary
News of the opening of the reading room at Down. CD is pleased Innes was interested in his book; both Innes’s facts are new to him.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Brodie Innes |
| Date: | 24 Dec [1880] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12935F |
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 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 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Wedgwood, Francis Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma …
- … 181: 49 Francis (Frank) Wedgwood Barlaston [before 4 Jan 1871] Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … From Francis Wedgwood to Emma Darwin [before 4 January 1871] …
- … s disposal’ ( OED ). Wedgwood refers to Henrietta Emma Darwin . Cumberland Place was the …
- … to his daughter Mabel Wedgwood . According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), she arrived …
From Charles and Emma Darwin to William Erasmus Darwin [4 May 1863]
Summary
Glad to hear of the plant; CD instructs WED to make further observations. If it is a good case he will insist on WED’s sending a communication to the Linnean Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [4 May 1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 219.1: 55 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4139F |
Matches: 4 hits
- … DAR 219.1: 55 Charles Robert Darwin Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Hartfield [4 May 1863] …
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Darwin, W. E. …
- … Josiah Wedgwood III and his wife Caroline, CD’s sister. According to Emma Darwin’s diary ( …
- … Darwin, [17 February 1857] and n. 10). Sophy Wedgwood was 21 years old, Margaret 19, and Lucy 16. Emma also refers to Charles Langton , Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood , …
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: 4 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Isitt, V. L. …
- … DAR 96: 101 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin unstated [before 17 Sept 1871] Virginia Lavinia …
- … s sister (Wedgwood and Wedgwood 1980 ; letter from Emma Darwin to Henrietta Emma Darwin, [ …
- … Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) to Isitt’s visit from 18 to 20 September 1871. Emma may refer to Frances Julia (Snow) Wedgwood, …
From Charles and Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker [10 July 1865]
Summary
Health very bad. All scientific work stopped for 2½ months.
E. B. Tylor’s Early history of mankind [1865] impresses him.
Would like JDH’s opinion of last number of Spencer’s [Principles of] Biology [vol. 1 (1864)], especially on umbellifers. CD not satisfied with Spencer’s views on irregular flowers.
ED reports on CD’s health.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [10 July 1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 272 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4868 |
From Emma Darwin to John Tyndall 7 October [1875]
Summary
An invitation to Down for Sunday 16 October.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Tyndall |
| Date: | 7 Oct [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.8: 34 (EH 88205972) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10185F |
From J. D. Hooker to Emma Darwin [21 March 1866]
Summary
Mrs Hooker will not come with him to Down on Saturday.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [21 Mar 1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 67 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5078 |
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 Emma Darwin to George Maw 28 December 1863
Summary
CD too unwell to write but has signed the [unspecified] paper and forwarded it as requested.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Maw |
| Date: | 28 Dec 1863 |
| Classmark: | Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (MAW/1/11) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4360 |
From Emma Darwin to John Scott 23 September [1863]
Summary
CD too unwell to read. JS should not send Primula paper MS until CD returns home.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott |
| Date: | 23 Sept [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: B1–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4302 |
From Emma Darwin to Alfred Newton 4 November [1863]
Summary
CD thanks AN for the note and remarks on the partridge’s leg. CD is too ill to write a note, but will send [for] the specimen as soon as he can. [See 4326.]
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Newton |
| Date: | 4 Nov [1863] |
| Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/65) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4330F |
From Horace Darwin to Emma Darwin [18 September 1880]
Summary
Found worm-casts atop a 2555–foot hill.
| Author: | Horace Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [18 Sept 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 73 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12717 |
From Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood to Emma Darwin [30 March – 12 April 1868]
Summary
Observations on the first appearance of tears in a baby.
| Author: | Sarah Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [30 Mar – 12 Apr 1868] |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5830 |
From Emma Darwin [24 April 1851]
Summary
Her reactions to Anne’s death; hopes CD may soon return.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [24 Apr 1851] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.13: 30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1414 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Wedgwood, Emma Darwin, Emma Darwin, C. R. …
- … DAR 210.13: 30 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin Down [24 Apr 1851] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … letter to Emma Darwin, [23 April 1851] . Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood wrote to Emma at 6.00 …
- … letter from Emma Darwin [23 April 1851] , n. 7, for Fanny Mackintosh Wedgwood’s letter …
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