From:
Sarah Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Wedgwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[24 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 31
Summary:
Tells CD how Anne’s death is affecting Emma. Hopes he may soon return.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Tells CD how Anne’s death is affecting Emma. Hopes he may soon return.
Arrangements for leaving Malvern after death of Anne.
Commiseration on the death of Anne.
Writes about the death of Anne. Wishes EAD to insert an announcement of the death in the newspapers.
Feels deeply for them at their "impossible loss" [of Anne].
Commiseration on the death of Anne.
Is glad he returned home to be with Emma, and is grateful to Fanny for following Anne to the grave.
Tells of the burial of Anne.
Expresses gratitude to Mrs T’s daughter for devotion to his daughter in final illness.
Thoughts on the death of Anne.
Thoughts after the death of Anne.
His favourite child, Anne, has unexpectedly died.