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DCP-LETT-1397

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Johannes Japetus Smith (Japetus) Steenstrup
Date:
3 Apr 1851
Source of text:
Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen (NKS 3460 4to)
Summary:

Fossil cirripedes specimens being returned. Will send a copy of monograph [Fossil Cirripedia]. Discusses work on recent cirripedes.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1398

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Wilhelm Bernhard Rudolph Hadrian (Wilhelm) Dunker
Date:
5 Apr [1851]
Source of text:
Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen
Summary:

Returns fossil cirripede specimens to WD, Friedrich Adolph Roemer, R. A. Philippi, and F. C. L. Koch.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1399

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[17 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 8
Summary:

Reports the state of Anne Darwin’s health.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-1400

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[18 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 9
Summary:

Reports on Anne’s illness.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-1401

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[18 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 10
Summary:

Reports on Anne’s condition.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-1402

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[19 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 11
Summary:

Detailed account of progress of Anne’s illness.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-1403

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Date:
19 Apr 1851
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 12
Summary:

Asks EAD to forward a message of Anne’s improved state to Down.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-1406

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[20 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 18
Summary:

Reports on Anne’s health throughout the night and from 8 a.m. through to 4.30 p.m.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-1407

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood
Date:
[21 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 310)
Summary:

Asks FW to come over to feel his daughter’s pulse.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1408

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[21 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 19–20
Summary:

Further reports on Anne’s illness.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1408A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[21 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 21
Summary:

An evening report on Annie Darwin’s somewhat improved condition.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-1412

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[23 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 28
Summary:

Tells of Anne’s death.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-1413

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood
Date:
[24 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 310)
Summary:

Arrangements for leaving Malvern after death of Anne.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1416

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
Date:
[25 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 310)
Summary:

Writes about the death of Anne. Wishes EAD to insert an announcement of the death in the newspapers.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1417

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood
Date:
[25 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 310)
Summary:

Is glad he returned home to be with Emma, and is grateful to Fanny for following Anne to the grave.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1422

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Elizabeth Mary Thorley
Date:
26 Apr [1851]
Source of text:
DAR 148: 73
Summary:

Expresses gratitude to Mrs T’s daughter for devotion to his daughter in final illness.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1425

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Darwin Fox
Date:
29 Apr [1851]
Source of text:
Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 79)
Summary:

His favourite child, Anne, has unexpectedly died.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1425F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Adolphus Seymour Seymour, 12th duke of Somerset
Date:
May 1851
Source of text:
Julian Browning (dealer) (Catalogue 10, ‘Historical Manuscripts and Documents’)
Summary:

Testimonial on behalf of J. D. Hooker, addressed to Lord Seymour as Chief Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Woods and Forests, signed by CD and many other scientists.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1426

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hensleigh Wedgwood; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood
Date:
1 May [1851]
Source of text:
V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS W/M 310)
Summary:

Thanks HW for the trouble he has taken; sends a cheque [to cover expenses of Anne’s funeral?]. Emma Darwin adds a note to FMW.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1427

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Stewart Dismorr
Date:
6 May [1851]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 385
Summary:

Congratulates JD on discovery of fossil footsteps near Port Philip, Australia. Richard Owen would be glad to examine them. J. B. Jukes most likely to know geology of Port Philip.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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