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From:
Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Sara Sedgwick; Sara Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Jan 1880
Source of text:
DAR 99: 208
Summary:

Send CD a present of a fur coat.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Darwin, Emma; Litchfield, H. E.
To:
Darwin, G. H.
Date:
2 September [1889]
Source of text:
DAR 210.3: 156
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[2 Aug 1857]
Source of text:
DAR 245: 1
Summary:

Is looking forward to returning home [from Moor Park hydropathic establishment]. News of other patients and the books she is reading. Although feeling well, cannot walk much.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[29 Oct 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 162: 68
Summary:

Instinct in cats.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1 Aug 1863]
Source of text:
DAR 189: 9
Summary:

A memorandum describing the expressive behaviour of a cat with added notes by CD.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
Thomas Warner
Date:
14 Oct [1863]
Source of text:
Mrs Carole Cockett (private collection)
Summary:

On behalf of her father, she asks that his name be put down for James Buckman’s testimonial. His cheque for £2.2.0 is enclosed.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
[16 Mar 1864]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 116
Summary:

CD wants WED to make some measurements on mid-styled [Primula sinensis] plants.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
[18 May 1864]
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 118
Summary:

CD would like to see Rhamnus, as an American species is dimorphic.

Sends red cowslip pollen to be measured.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. 10 May 1866]
Source of text:
DAR 162: 67
Summary:

Mogg [John Traherne Moggridge] wants to visit CD.

Self-fertilising orchids.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1867–72]
Source of text:
DAR 181: 48
Summary:

An extract from Macrobius’ Saturnalia dealing with blushing.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 8 February 1870]
Source of text:
DAR 245: 33b
Summary:

Responds to note about the MS [Descent] with great interest and promises to obey his instructions. [See 7124.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[30 Mar 1870]
Source of text:
DAR 162: 69
Summary:

Describes crying in an infant.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[Mar 1871]
Source of text:
Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 22)
Summary:

Possible quotations about shame for CD.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Mar [1871]
Source of text:
Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 44)
Summary:

Is delighted at the sale of Descent. What CD says about her help pleases her very much and the proposed gift as a memorial will be very precious to her. Is looking forward to seeing the family in London. Comments on a letter comparing CD's appearance to an ape. Is surprised CD has had no effect on Wallace: 'It seems to me his mind can’t be so clear as u used to think it'. Has worked out why she is dissatisfied with T. H. Huxley's essay ‘On the physical basis of life’ (T. H. Huxley 1869).

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
9 Sept [1871]
Source of text:
Estate of Richard Darwin Keynes (CUL DAR 245: 525)
Summary:

CD’s letter [7922] was very sweet to her, and if her marriage [to Richard B. Litchfield] can be half as perfect as CD’s she will be very happy.

Richard’s German fails in communicating with washerwomen.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[5 Nov 1871]
Source of text:
DAR 245: 2, 9, 252
Summary:

Describes the wedding party given for herself and Richard Buckley Litchfield at the Working Men’s College in London.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[13 Nov 1871]
Source of text:
Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 41)
Summary:

Does not want CD to put his name to any religious movement. Discourages giving money to Abbott or Voysey.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 2 Dec 1871]
Source of text:
Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 42)
Summary:

Summarises her theory about expression in music.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Litchfield, H. E.
To:
Darwin, Emma
Date:
[11 June 1865]
Source of text:
DAR 251: 2344
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
Text Online
From:
Litchfield, H. E.
To:
Darwin, Emma
Date:
5 Apr [1866]
Source of text:
DAR 251: 2342
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters