RECORD: Emma Darwin's diary for: 1851. CUL-DAR242[.15]. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua, corrections by John van Wyhe 4.2019. RN2

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:

The year 1851 had a dreadful Spring with Annie becoming increasingly ill. Heavily expectant, Mrs Darwin duly recorded the poor child's condition, "dosed all day, asked to have hands and face washed". It was heartbreaking. On 14 April the doctor optimistically declared that Annie had "turned the corner" only to be alarmed the very next day. Annie rallied. Mrs Darwin wrote "12 o'clock'' on 23 April, the day her poor child died. Three weeks later, Horace was born.


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[illeg]

Paget's Records of E [illeg] 85 Fleet St

A E W G

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chocolate & 1/.

Junniper 1/6

Tea things & [illeg] 3/6

Life of Mary Powell

Mrs Milton

Stone cutter of St Point

Lady's Voyage round world

Travellers Lif 2/

[Printed title] Harwood's Diamond Diary with An Almanack for 1851

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[Printed January – May 1851 excised]

[Printed June 1851]

11 lb 1 oz

[Printed July 1851]

Mary Jones – Langton

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[Printed August – September 1851 excised]

[Printed October 1851]

E Chapman 12 £

W visits to L

14 lb 13 oz

15 lb 4 oz

[Printed November 1851]

15 lb – 9 3/4 oz

write to Florence [illeg] 17

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[Printed December 1851]

Etty P.F

[Printed page] List of stamps

January 1851  

Wednesday, 1 January 1851

Thursday, 2 January 1851

Friday, 3 January 1851

Miss Thorley came back from London

Saturday, 4 January 1851

January 1851

Sunday, 5 January 1851

Monday, 6 January 1851

Tuesday, 7 January 1851

Wednesday, 8 January 1851

Thursday, 9 January 1851

Friday, 10 January 1851

Delphine went

Cath, Erny & Willy came from London

Saturday, 11 January 1851

F E W &c came

January 1851

[12 January - 18 January 1851 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 19 January 1851

Monday, 20 January 1851

Chester T. went

Tuesday, 21 January 1851

Wednesday, 22 January 1851

Cath went

Thursday, 23 January 1851

Willy went to school

Friday, 24 January 1851

Saturday, 25 January 1851

January 1851

Sunday, 26 January 1851

Monday, 27 January 1851

Tuesday, 28 January 1851

Wednesday, 29 January 1851

January - February 1851

Thursday, 30 January 1851

Friday, 31 January 1851

Saturday, 1 February 1851

went to London to Miss Darwins

E. Tollet & Chester T. to dinner.

February 1851

Sunday, 2 February 1851

Monday, 3 February 1851

came home

Tuesday, 4 February 1851

I was unwell

Wednesday, 5 February 1851

Thursday, 6 February 1851

Friday, 7 February 1851

Susan came

Saturday, 8 February 1851

February 1851

Sunday, 9 February 1851

Monday, 10 February 1851

Susan went.

Tuesday, 11 February 1851

Beautiful day

Children rode pony

got up

Wednesday, 12 February 1851

Thursday, 13 February 1851

Friday, 14 February 1851

Saturday, 15 February 1851

February 1851

[16 February – 22 February 1851 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 23 February 1851

Monday, 24 February 1851

Tuesday, 25 February 1851

Wednesday, 26 February 1851

Etty poorly lying down all morning

February - March 1851

Thursday, 27 February 1851

Miss Thorley went to London

Friday, 28 February 1851

Saturday, 1 March 1851

Willy came

March 1851

Sunday, 2 March 1851 

Annie's birthday. -

Monday, 3 March 1851

Tuesday, 4 March 1851    

Wednesday, 5 March 1851

Thursday, 6 March 1851

Eliza Jessie & 3 children came

Friday, 7 March 1851

Saturday, 8 March 1851

March 1851

Sunday, 9 March 1851 

Monday, 10 March 1851

Tuesday, 11 March 1851     

Wednesday, 12 March 1851

Thursday, 13 March 1851

Jessie & children went leaving Eliza in Influenza

Friday, 14 March 1851

Most of us sick with Influenza

Saturday, 15 March 1851

March 1851

Sunday, 16 March 1851 

Monday, 17 March 1851

Eliza went

Tuesday, 18 March 1851     

Wednesday, 19 March 1851

Thursday, 20 March 1851

Friday, 21 March 1851

Saturday, 22 March 1851

March 1851

Sunday, 23 March 1851 

Monday, 24 March 1851

Ch. Annie & Etty went to Malvern

Tuesday, 25 March 1851     

Wednesday, 26 March 1851

Thursday, 27 March 1851

Friday, 28 March 1851

Miss Thorley went to London & Malvern

Saturday, 29 March 1851

April 1851

[30 March – 5 April 1851 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 6 April 1851

Monday, 7 April 1851

Annie's sickness

Tuesday, 8 April 1851

Willy came for Easter holidays

sickness

Wednesday, 9 April 1851

Thursday, 10 April 1851

Friday, 11 April 1851

Saturday, 12 April 1851

April 1851

Sunday, 13 April 1851

Annie very weak

Monday, 14 April 1851

Better. Dr G. said she had turned the corner

Tuesday, 15 April 1851

Dr G alarmed wrote for Ch.

began wine

Wednesday, 16 April 1851

Ch went in afternoon to London.

A slept well

Thursday, 17 April 1851

At F came

dreadful day

A dosed all day asked to have hands & face washed. Knew Ch.

bad pulse in evening

Friday, 18 April 1851

& next morning vomited 4 times

pulse better

gruel & brandy every 1/2 hour

rallied & slept well

Saturday, 19 April 1851

Slight sickness

spoke more

good night

April 1851

Sunday, 20 April 1851

sick 3 or 4 times & took brandy once

Monday, 21 April 1851

much better

Tuesday, 22 April 1851

Diarrhea came on

Eliz came

Wednesday, 23 April 1851

12 o'clock [death of Annie Darwin]

Thursday, 24 April 1851

Ch. came home

Friday, 25 April 1851

Eliz fetched Etty from Leith Hill

Saturday, 26 April 1851

May 1851

[27 April – 3 May 1851 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 4 May 1851

Monday, 5 May 1851

Willy went to school

Tuesday, 6 May 1851

Wednesday, 7 May 1851

Thursday, 8 May 1851

Friday, 9 May 1851

Saturday, 10 May 1851

Priscilla came 13 £

May 1851

Sunday, 11 May 1851

Monday, 12 May 1851

Tuesday, 13 May 1851

Birth of Horace

Wednesday, 14 May 1851

Thursday, 15 May 1851

Friday, 16 May 1851

Saturday, 17 May 1851

June 1851

[18 May – 31 May 1851 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 1 June 1851

[doodle]

Monday, 2 June 1851

Eliz went to London

Tuesday, 3 June 1851

Wednesday, 4 June 1851

Thursday, 5 June 1851

Friday, 6 June 1851

Saturday, 7 June 1851

June 1851

[8 June – 14 June 1851 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 15 June 1851

Came down stairs

Monday, 16 June 1851

Aunt F & Eliz went to Leith Hill

Tuesday, 17 June 1851

Wednesday, 18 June 1851

Thursday, 19 June 1851

Friday, 20 June 1851

Saturday, 21 June 1851

June 1851

Sunday, 22 June 1851

Monday, 23 June 1851

Tuesday, 24 June 1851

Wednesday, 25 June 1851

Thursday, 26 June 1851

Willy came

Friday, 27 June 1851

Susan came from Leith Hill

Saturday, 28 June 1851

June – July 1851

Sunday, 29 June 1851

Monday, 30 June 1851

Tuesday, 1 July 1851

Susan went to London

Willy went.

Wednesday, 2 July 1851

Thursday, 3 July 1851

Friday, 4 July 1851

Saturday, 5 July 1851

July 1851

Sunday, 6 July 1851

Monday, 7 July 1851

Tuesday, 8 July 1851

Wednesday, 9 July 1851

Thursday, 10 July 1851

Friday, 11 July 1851

Chester Terrace came.

Saturday, 12 July 1851

Langtons went to London

July 1851

Sunday, 13 July 1851

Monday, 14 July 1851

Eliz went

Tuesday, 15 July 1851

Innes's dined

Wednesday, 16 July 1851

Chester T. went

Thursday, 17 July 1851

Friday, 18 July 1851

Saturday, 19 July 1851

July 1851

Sunday, 20 July 1851

Monday, 21 July 1851

Tuesday, 22 July 1851

Rowlands & Armstrongs came

Wednesday, 23 July 1851

went

Thursday, 24 July 1851

Friday, 25 July 1851

Saturday, 26 July 1851

July 1851

Sunday, 27 July 1851

Monday, 28 July 1851

Tuesday, 29 July 1851

Wednesday, 30 July 1851

came to London met Mrs Thorley & Sarah on the road

July - August 1851

Thursday, 31 July 1851

went to the Ex British Inst in afternoon

Friday, 1 August 1851

Ex.

called on Mrs Rich

Saturday, 2 August 1851

Ex.

children to Z gardens

August 1851

Sunday, 3 August 1851

Z. gardens.

Monday, 4 August 1851

Polytechnic conjurors

Tuesday, 5 August 1851

Polytechnic overland mail

Wednesday, 6 August 1851

feverish

Mrs R. called C. & Willy to Kew

Thursday, 7 August 1851

Friday, 8 August 1851

Ex.

Saturday, 9 August 1851

Etty feverish

boys went home

August 1851

Sunday, 10 August 1851

Came home

Monday, 11 August 1851

Tuesday, 12 August 1851

Wednesday, 13 August 1851

Thursday, 14 August 1851

Friday, 15 August 1851

Saturday, 16 August 1851

August - September 1851

[17 August – 30 August 1851 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 31 August 1851

Monday, 1 September 1851

In hand = 4 = 16 –

went to Hartfield with Etty W. & G

Tuesday, 2 September 1851

Wednesday, 3 September 1851

Thursday, 4 September 1851

Friday, 5 September 1851

Saturday, 6 September 1851

came home

September 1851

[7 September - 13 September 1851 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 14 September 1851

Monday, 15 September 1851

Tuesday, 16 September 1851

Willy went to school

Wednesday, 17 September 1851

Thursday, 18 September 1851

Friday, 19 September 1851

X

Saturday, 20 September 1851

October 1851

[21 September – 11 October 1851 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 12 October 1851

X

Monday, 13 October 1851

Baby's weight 15 lb.

Tuesday, 14 October 1851

Wednesday, 15 October 1851

Thursday, 16 October 1851

Friday, 17 October 1851

Saturday, 18 October 1851

November 1851

[19 October – 1 November 1851 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 2 November 1851

Monday, 3 November 1851

Tuesday, 4 November 1851

Wednesday, 5 November 1851

Thursday, 6 November 1851

Friday, 7 November 1851

Saturday, 8 November 1851

W. came for a visit

November 1851

Sunday, 9 November 1851

X

Monday, 10 November 1851

Tuesday, 11 November 1851

Wednesday, 12 November 1851

Thursday, 13 November 1851

Friday, 14 November 1851

wrote to Cath

Saturday, 15 November 1851

November 1851

Sunday, 16 November 1851

Monday, 17 November 1851

Tuesday, 18 November 1851

Wednesday, 19 November 1851

Thursday, 20 November 1851

went to London.

Friday, 21 November 1851

saw Sir B. B.

went to the play.

Saturday, 22 November 1851

November 1851

Sunday, 23 November 1851

headache

Monday, 24 November 1851

came home.

Tuesday, 25 November 1851

Wednesday, 26 November 1851

Thursday, 27 November 1851

Cap Sulivan came dinner party of Husseys Innes & Lascelles.

Friday, 28 November 1851

Saturday, 29 November 1851

December 1851

[30 November – 20 December 1851 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 21 December 1851

Monday, 22 December 1851

Miss Thorley & W. went

Tuesday, 23 December 1851

Wednesday, 24 December 1851

Thursday, 25 December 1851

Friday, 26 December 1851

Saturday, 27 December 1851

[28 December – 31 December 1851 not microfilmed]

[doodle]

Mudie

N. Brit Rev,

Brit Q. Rev

Ed Rev

Marie

Nobody's son

Everand Tunstall

Q. Rev.

N. British Rev

Jamie Gordon

Lubig

Mrs Mathews

 Mrs Milton

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[illeg] 2

[ ] Sackville

Pudhams [Maeyer]

National [Sch] Lib

Huc's Travels in

Tartary 2/6

Head of the Family


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