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RECORD: Darwin, Emma. [1856.09.06] Letter to William Erasmus Darwin. CUL-DAR210.6.9. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2023. 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. The volume CUL-DAR210.6 contains correspondence of William Erasmus Darwin and family correspondence (1851-1896).

"Maull & Polyblank. Commercial photographers of London, 1854-65. From 1866-72: Maull, Henry & Co., from 1873-78: Maull & Co., from 1879-85 Maull & Fox. Photographed CD in 1855 and 1857 as well as ED. See Darwin, Iconography." (Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021.)
Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that George came home on 5 September, Friday. She had not been well since 30 August. Mrs Evans was their cook and housekeeper. Ernest Hensleigh, 3rd child of Hensleigh Wedgwood (Emma's brother). Darwin in a letter to J. S. Henslow expressed his desire to "set up a marine vivarium" (CUL-DAR93.A26-A27). It was set up in April 1855.

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Saturday

[6 June 1856]

My dear Willy

I think you have been a neglected individual this week & I have only just time to save my credit

Maull & Polly are generally a long time executing orders but I have written to them again. But they have so much to do they can't get on very fast. Georgy is at home very prosperous

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& bringing a very good report, especially of mathematics so all Papas botheration was not wasted. The Hensleighs are at Hartfield & are coming here on Monday. We must have a good visit from them at Xmas as this is only 3 days

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Erny comes also. Georgy went a ride by himself yesterday & the children went to fish for little monsters for Papa's vivarium out of the Cudham school pond. I have had a sore throat for some days & I was in bed yesterday. Lenny has been poorly for some time, but is all right now except

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a cold. Goodbye my dear old man I am not very sharp yet. G. stays till Tuesday. Poor old Dally is gone & Mrs Evans looks very natural & smiling & we don't find it so hard to give her her name as I expected

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