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 |
To Henrietta Emma Darwin 26 July [1867]
Summary
Prefers not to send her proof-slips of the present chapter [of Variation], which has been enormously altered, but will be glad to have her see slips and revises in future.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 26 July [1867] |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 57 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5585 |
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 |
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 |
To H. E. Litchfield 8 [October 1880]
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]
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 |
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 |
From Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams to Henrietta Emma Darwin [after 14 October 1869]
Summary
Describes expression of her baby when crying.
Author: | Margaret Susan Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams |
Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | [after 14 Oct 1869] |
Classmark: | DAR 180: 4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6535 |
From E. M. Bonham-Carter to H. E. Darwin [23 June 1871]
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 S. R. S. Norton and C. E. Norton to H. E. Darwin 21 August [1871]
Summary
Chauncey Wright’s title is "Secretary of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences".
Author: | Susan Ridley Sedgwick Norton; Charles Eliot Norton |
Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 21 Aug [1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 172: 76 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7914 |
To the Darwin children 3 January 1881
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 3 Jan 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 169 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12972 |
To the Darwin children 16 September 1881
Summary
A circular letter on the distribution of his money at death and the division ofErasmus’ estate.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 16 Sept 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 183 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13340 |
To the Darwin children 20 December 1881
Summary
Has promised to pay Hooker about £250 annually "for the formation of a perfect MS catalogue of all known plants [Index Kewensis]".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 20 Dec 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR (CD library—Index Kewensis tom. 1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13570 |
To the Darwin children 8 January 1882
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 8 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 60 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13603 |
To the Darwin children 21 February 1879
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 21 Feb 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 153 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11896 |
To the Darwin children 10 January 1880
Summary
Circular letter regarding the distribution of CD’s excess income, with a note addressed to W. E. Darwin concerning his handling of Elizabeth Darwin’s share.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 10 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 155 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12414 |
To the Darwin children 17 [January 1880]
Summary
Thanks his children for their present of a fur coat.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Sara Sedgwick; Sara Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
Date: | 17 [Jan 1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 211: 1 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12429 |
letter | (39) |
Darwin, C. R. | (27) |
Wedgwood, F. J. | (3) |
Forster, L. M. | (2) |
Bonham-Carter, E. M. | (1) |
Bristow, E. J. A. | (1) |
Darwin, H. E. | (39) |
Litchfield, H. E. | |
Darwin, Elizabeth | (7) |
Darwin, Francis | (7) |
Darwin, G. H. | (7) |
Darwin, Horace | (7) |
Darwin, Leonard | (7) |
Darwin, W. E. | (7) |
Darwin, Sara | (1) |
Sedgwick, Sara | (1) |
Darwin, H. E. | (39) |
Litchfield, H. E. | (39) |
Darwin, C. R. | (27) |
Darwin, Elizabeth | (7) |
Darwin, Francis | (7) |