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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[31 Oct 1847]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 26
Summary:

Has had two bad days with boils.

Is reading Last days of Pompeii [Edward Bulwer Lytton (1834)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[20–1 May 1848]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 27
Summary:

Reports on his father’s health, and Catherine’s. CD, himself, has been a little sick.

Hensleigh [Wedgwood] thinks he has settled the free-will question – "we have none whatsoever".

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[22 May 1848]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 28
Summary:

His health not good.

Has been reading John Evelyn’s Life of Mrs Godolphin, and Mme Sévigné.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[23 May 1848]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 29
Summary:

Family news. Finds Shrewsbury too noisy.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[25 May 1848]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 30
Summary:

Anxiety about R. W. Darwin’s health.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[27–8 May 1848]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 31
Summary:

Has been unwell but is improving. His father also very ill.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[17 Nov 1848]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 32
Summary:

CD fears he must wear Emma with his unwellness and complaints.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[28 Apr 1858]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 34
Summary:

CD recounts an idyllic stroll and nap – "as pleasant a rural scene as ever I saw, and I did not care one penny how any of the beasts or birds had been formed".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[25 Apr 1858]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 33
Summary:

Concerned about ED’s headaches, CD writes an affectionate letter.

Believes he has found a rare slave-making species of ant.

Is reading novels: Beneath the surface and Three chances.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[7 Aug 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 3
Summary:

His [first] railway journey was disappointing.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[14 Nov 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 4
Summary:

In his first letter after their engagement, CD reports on the happy reception of the news by his family. He hopes she will not find life with him solitary and dull after the lively social life of Maer.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[21 Nov 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8:5
Summary:

Recounts his misadventures on the train journey back to London. Tells of a visit to the FitzRoys and a friendly letter from Lyell. Whether CD and Emma should live in central London or in the suburbs is a perplexing problem, much discussed by relatives and friends.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project