RECORD: Emma Darwin's diary for: 1848. CUL-DAR242[.12]. Transcribed by Christine Chua, edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua, corrections by John van Wyhe 3.2019. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with the permission of Richard Darwin Keynes. See the introduction to Emma Darwin's diaries here. All of the diaries are also available in a single file here, which has the latest corrections.

Introduction by Christine Chua:

It is very curious why the entries in January and February 1848 were crossed out. The Darwins entertained the comings and goings of family and friends as they had always done. Darwin fell ill at intervals and the death of Dr Darwin in November brought on another episode of illness. There were no records of family weights, no record of expenses and hardly any mention of the children.


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[Printed title] Overseers

January 1848  

Saturday, 1 January 1848

Came home from Hartfield [line crossed out]

Hensleigh came [line crossed out]

January 1848

Sunday, 2 January 1848

Monday, 3 January 1848

Tuesday, 4 January 1848

Wednesday, 5 January 1848

Thursday, 6 January 1848

Hensleigh went to Hartfield [line crossed out]

Friday, 7 January 1848

Saturday, 8 January 1848

January 1848

[9 January – 22 January 1848 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 23 January 1848

Monday, 24 January 1848

Tuesday, 25 January 1848

Wednesday, 26 January 1848

Thursday, 27 January 1848

Friday, 28 January 1848

Cath came from Leith Hill [line crossed out]

Saturday, 29 January 1848

January - February 1848

Sunday, 30 January 1848

Monday, 31 January 1848

Tuesday, 1 February 1848

Wednesday, 2 February 1848

Thursday, 3 February 1848

Friday, 4 February 1848

Cath went [crossed out]

Saturday, 5 February 1848

February 1848

Sunday, 6 February 1848

Monday, 7 February 1848

Tuesday, 8 February 1848

[Hermits] & Johnny came [line crossed out]

Wednesday, 9 February 1848

Thursday, 10 February 1848

Friday, 11 February 1848

Had the small chairs covered [line crossed out]

Saturday, 12 February 1848

Lyells Owen Forbes & Ramsay came [line crossed out]

February 1848

Sunday, 13 February 1848

Monday, 14 February 1848

Messrs Owen Forbes & Ramsay went [line crossed out]

Tuesday, 15 February 1848

Lyells went [line crossed out]

Wednesday, 16 February 1848

[Hermits] went from At Sarah [line crossed out]

Thursday, 17 February 1848

Friday, 18 February 1848

Ch. went to London & back in the same day [line crossed out]

sickness [word crossed out]

Saturday, 19 February 1848

February 1848

Sunday, 20 February 1848

Ch taken ill [line crossed out]

Monday, 21 February 1848

violent headache sickness & depression [line crossed out]

Tuesday, 22 February 1848

Do [crossed out]

Wednesday, 23 February 1848

better [line crossed out]

Thursday, 24 February 1848

much better [line crossed out]

Friday, 25 February 1848

Saturday, 26 February 1848

March 1848

Sunday, 12 March 1848 

[27 February – 11 March 1848]

storms

Monday, 13 March 1848

Tuesday, 14 March 1848     

Wednesday, 15 March 1848

Thursday, 16 March 1848

Friday, 17 March 1848

Saturday, 18 March 1848

March 1848

Sunday, 19 March 1848 

Monday, 20 March 1848

Ellen Tollet came

Tuesday, 21 March 1848     

Wednesday, 22 March 1848

Thursday, 23 March 1848

Friday, 24 March 1848

went to Ch Terrace with Eliz & Ellen

F E W & Ellen

Saturday, 25 March 1848

March 1848

Sunday, 26 March 1848 

Monday, 27 March 1848

Phil

Tuesday, 28 March 1848 

came home

Wednesday, 29 March 1848

March – April 1848

Thursday, 30 March 1848

Friday, 31 March 1848

Saturday, 1 April 1848

April 1848

Sunday, 2 April 1848

Monday, 3 April 1848

came to Leith Hill with 3 eldest

Tuesday, 4 April 1848

Wednesday, 5 April 1848

Thursday, 6 April 1848

Friday, 7 April 1848

went to the Hermitage

Saturday, 8 April 1848

April 1848

Sunday, 9 April 1848

Monday, 10 April 1848

Tuesday, 11 April 1848

Wednesday, 12 April 1848

came home

Thursday, 13 April 1848

Friday, 14 April 1848

Saturday, 15 April 1848

April – May 1848

[16 April – 29 April 1848 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 30 April 1848

lovely weather

Monday, 1 May 1848

Ditto

Tuesday, 2 May 1848

Wednesday, 3 May 1848

May 1848

Thursday, 4 May 1848

Friday, 5 May 1848

Saturday, 6 May 1848

May 1848

[7 May – 13 May 1848 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 14 May 1848

Monday, 15 May 1848

Tuesday, 16 May 1848

Wednesday, 17 May 1848

weather changed

Charles went

Thursday, 18 May 1848

Eliz Char & Ed. came.

Friday, 19 May 1848

Saturday, 20 May 1848

May 1848

Sunday, 21 May 1848

Monday, 22 May 1848

Tuesday, 23 May 1848

Wednesday, 24 May 1848

Thursday, 25 May 1848

Charlotte & Edmund went

Friday, 26 May 1848

Saturday, 27 May 1848

May 1848

Sunday, 28 May 1848

Monday, 29 May 1848

Eliz went to the Hermitage

Tuesday, 30 May 1848

Wednesday, 31 May 1848

June 1848

Thursday, 1 June 1848

Charles came home [line erased]

Friday, 2 June 1848

Went to the [illeg] [line erased]

Saturday, 3 June 1848

Sent for Eliz from Hermitage [line erased]

June 1848

Sunday, 4 June 1848

Monday, 5 June 1848

Tuesday, 6 June 1848

Wednesday, 7 June 1848

Dined at At J met Louisa H.

Louise Holland

Thursday, 8 June 1848

Eliz & they went to London

Friday, 9 June 1848

Isabella came [line crossed out]

10 gs

The Dr

quite ill since Sunday

Saturday, 10 June 1848

June 1848

[11 June – 17 June 1848 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 18 June 1848

Monday, 19 June 1848

children went to Etruria

Miss Mack went

Tuesday, 20 June 1848

Wednesday, 21 June 1848

Thursday, 22 June 1848

Friday, 23 June 1848

Saturday, 24 June 1848

July 1848

[25 June – 1 July 1848 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 2 July 1848

Monday, 3 July 1848

Tuesday, 4 July 1848

Wednesday, 5 July 1848

Thursday, 6 July 1848

Friday, 7 July 1848

Willy & Annie came

Saturday, 8 July 1848

Eras & Chester Terrace came

July 1848

[9 July – 15 July 1848 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 16 July 1848

Monday, 17 July 1848

Chester Terrace went

Tuesday, 18 July 1848

Wednesday, 19 July 1848

Thursday, 20 July 1848

Friday, 21 July 1848

Saturday, 22 July 1848

Ch. & Willy went to Swanage [line crossed out]

July 1848

Sunday, 23 July 1848

Monday, 24 July 1848

Tuesday, 25 July 1848

Wednesday, 26 July 1848

Eliz. came

Etty & G. went to Hartfield

Thursday, 27 July 1848

Friday, 28 July 1848

Saturday, 29 July 1848

October 1848

[30 July – 7 October 1848 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 8 October 1848

X

Monday, 9 October 1848

Tuesday, 10 October 1848

Charles went to Shrewsbury

Wednesday, 11 October 1848

Thursday, 12 October 1848

Friday, 13 October 1848

Saturday, 14 October 1848

October 1848

[15 October – 21 October 1848 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 22 October 1848

Monday, 23 October 1848

Tuesday, 24 October 1848

Ch. came back

Wednesday, 25 October 1848

Thursday, 26 October 1848

Friday, 27 October 1848

Saturday, 28 October 1848

October - November 1848

Sunday, 29 October 1848

Quinine

Monday, 30 October 1848

Tuesday, 31 October 1848

Wednesday, 1 November 1848

Thursday, 2 November 1848

C shivering & sick at night

Friday, 3 November 1848

Bess medicine

Saturday, 4 November 1848

November 1848

Sunday, 5 November 1848

Monday, 6 November 1848

Tuesday, 7 November 1848

Wednesday, 8 November 1848

went to Hartfield

Thursday, 9 November 1848

Effie's birthday

Friday, 10 November 1848

Saturday, 11 November 1848

November 1848

Sunday, 12 November 1848

Monday, 13 November 1848

Death of Dr D.

Tuesday, 14 November 1848

Wednesday, 15 November 1848

came home

Thursday, 16 November 1848

Friday, 17 November 1848

Ch went to Shrewsbury

Saturday, 18 November 1848

November 1848

Sunday, 19 November 1848

Monday, 20 November 1848

Tuesday, 21 November 1848

Wednesday, 22 November 1848

Thursday, 23 November 1848

Friday, 24 November 1848

C. taken ill

Saturday, 25 November 1848

November 1848

Sunday, 26 November 1848

Ch. came home

Monday, 27 November 1848

Tuesday, 28 November 1848

Wednesday, 29 November 1848

November – December 1848

Thursday, 30 November 1848

Friday, 1 December 1848

Saturday, 2 December 1848

December 1848

Sunday, 3 December 1848

Monday, 4 December 1848

Tuesday, 5 December 1848

Wednesday, 6 December 1848

Thursday, 7 December 1848

Miss Davis came [line crossed out]

16 £ [line crossed out]

Friday, 8 December 1848

Saturday, 9 December 1848

December 1848

Sunday, 10 December 1848

Monday, 11 December 1848

Tuesday, 12 December 1848

Wednesday, 13 December 1848

C. went to London.

sick.

Thursday, 14 December 1848

Ch. ill

Friday, 15 December 1848

Saturday, 16 December 1848

[17 December - 23 December 1848 not microfilmed]

December 1848

[17 December – 23 December 1848]

Sunday, 24 December 1848

Monday, 25 December 1848

Tuesday, 26 December 1848

dined at Mrs Atkins

Wednesday, 27 December 1848

dance at Lubbocks

Thursday, 28 December 1848

Friday, 29 December 1848

Saturday, 30 December 1848

[31 December 1848 not microfilmed]


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