From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[29 Dec 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 8
Summary:
The house at 12 Upper Gower Street is theirs.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[31 Dec 1838 –] 1 Jan 1839
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 9
Summary:
Has moved into the Gower Street house. Is pleased with it and its location.
Hopes to be able to finish his Glen Roy paper soon.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[3 Dec 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 153
Summary:
She agrees that London is the place to settle. She is eager to see him and full of plans.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[23 Dec 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 154
Summary:
Describes the journey home and the long talks on their return. No maid has been found, so he should engage the one she saw, "for ten guineas & tea & sugar a year". She thought CD looked unwell and overtired.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[26 Dec 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 155
Summary:
Responds to his "business letter" about the maids, then chides herself for feeling dull and disagreeable when she has had everything all her life.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[29 Dec 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 156
Summary:
Is delighted to learn they have "Macaw Cottage" [12 Upper Gower Street] – their second choice; hopes they have disposed of the dead dog in the garden. Much family news.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[30 Dec 1838]
Source of text:
DAR 204: 157
Summary:
Seeks to persuade CD to leave town at once, go to Shrewsbury for doctoring and some rest, then come to Maer for more rest, for he has looked "so unwell". She knows it must be hard for him to be unable to do his work.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project