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
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
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
From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[19 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 13
Summary:
Is hopeful about Anne after receiving an encouraging message.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[19 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 14
Summary:
Gives her reactions to CD’s reports on Anne’s health.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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
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
From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[21 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 22
Summary:
Discusses Anne’s sickness and her hope.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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
From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[22–3 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 25
Summary:
Thanks CD for his Monday notes about Anne, which are much better than previous ones.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[23 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 26
Summary:
Tells of the hopes raised by CD’s letter of Monday regarding Anne’s health.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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
From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[24 Apr 1851]
Source of text:
DAR 210.13: 30
Summary:
Her reactions to Anne’s death; hopes CD may soon return.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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
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
