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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
[14–21 Apr 1866]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 59
Summary:

Discusses some observations on, and the fertilisation of, Ophrys.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Frances Mary (Mary) Turton; Frances Mary (Mary) Lubbock
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
[8 May 1866 – 31 Aug 1871]
Source of text:
DAR 170: 19
Summary:

Age at which babies first shed tears.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Ellen Frances Hordern; Ellen Frances Lubbock
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
[28 July? 1866]
Source of text:
DAR 170: 11
Summary:

John Lubbock wants a copy of Origin (4th ed.) for Philip Norman.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frances Julia (Snow) Wedgwood
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
[1867–72]
Source of text:
DAR 181: 45
Summary:

Miss Gourlay reports case of girl at the Lock Hospital who covered her face in shame.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frances Julia (Snow) Wedgwood
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
[1867–72]
Source of text:
DAR 181: 46, DAR 189: 140
Summary:

The expression of shame in ancients, Milton, the Bible, and in poor girls under Miss Gourlay’s charge.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
26 July [1867]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 57
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.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Margaret Susan Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
[after 14 Oct 1869]
Source of text:
DAR 180: 4
Summary:

Describes expression of her baby when crying.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
[8 Feb 1870]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 58373: 1–2)
Summary:

Sends MS [of chs. 3 and 4, "Comparison of the mental powers of man and the lower animals", Descent] to HED for her criticism. CD fears parts are too much like a sermon; "who wd ever have thought I shd turn parson?"

Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
[Mar] 1870
Source of text:
DAR 185: 58
Summary:

Responds to her suggested corrections [of Descent].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Litchfield, H. E.
Date:
[12 September 1870]
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 94
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
20 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 153: 77
Summary:

Reports on sales and reception of his book [Descent]. Thanks HED for her help.

Wallace’s article in the Academy [2 (1870–1): 177–82] shows CD has had no influence on him; the review has had hardly any influence on CD.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frances Julia (Snow) Wedgwood
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
1 Apr 1871
Source of text:
DAR 88: 68–70
Summary:

Writes to HED for fear of tiring CD and to pass on, if she deems suitable, her view that there is no distinction to be made between self-regarding and other-regarding virtues.

Contributor:
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From:
Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter; Elinor Mary Dicey
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
[23 June 1871]
Source of text:
DAR 160: 242
Summary:

Observations on expression of her dog for CD.

Contributor:
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From:
Susan Ridley Sedgwick Norton; Charles Eliot Norton
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
21 Aug [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 172: 76
Summary:

Chauncey Wright’s title is "Secretary of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Litchfield, H. E.
Date:
[September 1871]
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 93
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
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From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Litchfield, H. E.
Date:
[September–October 1871]
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 96
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
4 Sept [1871]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 58373)
Summary:

An affectionate letter to HL on her honeymoon. Urges her to keep her mother as an example.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Litchfield, H. E.
Date:
[17 September 1871]
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 95
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
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From:
Allen, Fanny
To:
Litchfield, H. E.
Date:
3 November [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 219.8: 26
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
[after 5] Nov 1871
Source of text:
Emma Darwin (1904) 2: 251–2; DAR 153: 79
Summary:

CD is "more than pleased" by what R. B. Litchfield said of him. Congratulates HEL on having "so noble a husband".

All were "profoundly" interested by HEL’s account [of their welcome at the Working Men’s College].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project