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From:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[27 Feb 1826]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 19
Summary:

Theatre at Shrewsbury.

Spark’s death.

Harry [Henry Allen] Wedgwood will make the circuit for the first time at the forthcoming assizes.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[9 Mar 1826]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 14
Summary:

Describes his trip by canal to Glasgow, and sightseeing there.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[9 Mar 1826]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 15
Summary:

Found his vessel delayed. Spent an hour or so at the Hunterian Museum, "well worth going to".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Marianne Darwin; Marianne Parker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. 13 Mar 1826]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 27
Summary:

Further particulars of Spark’s death.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[22 Mar 1826]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 20
Summary:

Tells of gay times with guests.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[27 Mar 1826]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 25
Summary:

Writes of Papa’s disapproval of CD’s practice of picking and choosing only lectures he likes to attend and of his early return home.

News of Erasmus, who is visiting sick poor people in the neighbourhood. Other Shrewsbury news.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Apr [1826]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 24
Summary:

Family and Shrewsbury news. Visits of relatives and friends.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Price
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[July 1826]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 40
Summary:

Tells CD he is recovering from the illness with which he was afflicted when CD visited.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
James Farley Turner
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[28 July 1826]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 187
Summary:

Is coming to Shrewsbury. Finds little to do but hunt rabbits. Has heard from Nathan Hubbersty and Frederick Watkins.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[29 Sept 1826]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 16
Summary:

Describes the lectures at medical school in London.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Oct [1826]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 17
Summary:

Medical studies in London. Compares lectures and students at London and Edinburgh. Comments on the cost of dissection.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sarah Harriet Mostyn Owen; Sarah Harriet Williams; Sarah Harriet Haliburton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 [Dec 1827]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 58
Summary:

They have been having a very gay time. Tells of "Redcoats & Shootables" and several mutual friends.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[Jan 1828]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 42
Summary:

Surprised to hear from Sarah [Owen] that CD has decided to become a D.D., not an M.D.

She has been to a ball or a party almost every night.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[late Jan 1828]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 43
Summary:

Tells him the Woodhouse family will set forth for return home.

Reports on activities in Brighton.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sarah Harriet Mostyn Owen; Sarah Harriet Williams; Sarah Harriet Haliburton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Feb [1828]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 59
Summary:

Writes of the last part of their lively stay at Brighton and three days in London.

None of CD’s sisters can come to enliven the "truly awful" tranquillity at the Forest [Woodhouse].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[9 Mar 1828]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 44
Summary:

Went recently to Tommy Hunt’s festivities before Lloyd Kenyon joined his regiment.

Hopes Caroline and Catherine Darwin will visit in a week.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sarah Harriet Mostyn Owen; Sarah Harriet Williams; Sarah Harriet Haliburton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Mar [1828]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 60
Summary:

Caroline and Catherine Darwin were at the Forest a few days last week and Susan Darwin comes the next day. Mentions other relatives, friends, and acquaintances.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[July? 1828]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 45
Summary:

Is eager to know all that goes on at the Forest [Woodhouse], Bliss Castle [Maer], and Darwin Hall [The Mount].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen; Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[26 Oct 1828]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 46
Summary:

Woodhouse news, including going to a play.

She has been spending much time painting.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Coldstream
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Feb 1829
Source of text:
DAR 204: 33
Summary:

News of his activities in recent months, of mutual Edinburgh acquaintances, and the Plinian Society.

JC has given up natural history for a time to prepare himself better for medical practice.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project