RECORD: Darwin, C. R. Macdonald's Multum in parvo interleaved pocket-book almanack for the year of our Lord 1839. With Darwin annotations. CUL-DAR227.8.31. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2025. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. Darwin made a few annotations and notes which are transcribed here for the first time.


[back cover]

[front cover]

[sketch or doodle]

[title page]

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M  21-22 February

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M- 22 March   ½

[page 6]

M   19 April   N.

A[illeg] 24 April

29 April    -told me 

[Possibly the date when Emma Darwin informed Darwin that she was pregnant. The Darwin were married on 29 January 1839. William Erasmus Darwin was born on 27 December 1839.]

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[page 8]

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[page 11a]

Shrewsbury — 12 September

Maer — 21 September

London — 30 September

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[page 12]

- 13 October

15  October

16  October

20  October

23  October

26  October

27  October

29  October

[page 12b]

13/ Hart St. Farey/—

Possibly connected with Farey, Jason. Hosier & glover though they were located at 136 Regent Street.

=Swale . Clinch =

[page 13a]

Eduard has been with me, a fortnight

M. 11. P. Hen Swales & Manchester Square)

Eduard goes —went on Thursday — [7 November]

(P[illeg] l[illeg]) — [8 November]

Mr G. returns — [18 November]

(Call at L. Jen at Yarrells) [19 November]

do at Cambridge — [23 November]

Eduard may have been a servant.

Leonard Jenyns. William Yarrell. The latter entry seems to record a previously unknown visit to Cambridge by Darwin.

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5 December

6 December

7 December

8 December

10 December

14 December

20 December

21 December

23 December

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