RECORD: Emma Darwin's diary for: 1870. CUL-DAR242[.33]. 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:

Mrs Darwin now addressed Lizzy as Bessy. Everyone appeared to be in good health. Charles Darwin's first cousin once removed died in a boating accident on Mar. 3. Mrs Darwin went to Cambridge in May where she listed expenses on meals. She recorded in December "F. 3rd in 1st class", Francis took third place in first-class honours.


[not microfilmed]

Wendell holmes by G. Hamilton

Forster

Stysted [Ruby] Braintree

Helpful Sam recom by Miss Yonge

A hero Philip's Book

12-6 [+] 3.6 [=] 16-0

27 75

[title page]

[Printed Title] Harwood's Diamond Diary with An Almanack for 1870

Miss Boss's niece Little Maggie & her brothers.

Little Lucy –

Sally Rainbow Stories

The Vendale Lost Property office

Blind man's holiday Keary

Cousins & friends

Exiles of the Cebenna

Jesse Lettington 4. Yrs –

11 3 4 5 P. F

January 1870

[1 January 1870 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 2 January 1870

Monday, 3 January 1870

Tuesday, 4 January 1870

Wednesday, 5 January 1870

Thursday, 6 January 1870

H. to London to meet Mr Rouse

L. & B. to Croftons

Friday, 7 January 1870

Mr Rouse

Saturday, 8 January 1870

F. Galtons

January 1870

Sunday, 9 January 1870

Monday, 10 January 1870

Galtons & Mr Rouse went

Tuesday, 11 January 1870

Wednesday, 12 January 1870

Hen went abroad

L. B came from Barlaston

Thursday, 13 January 1870

ball at Bromley

L. H. B. dined at Hamiltons

Friday, 14 January 1870

Saturday, 15 January 1870

January 1870

Sunday, 16 January 1870

Monday, 17 January 1870

Lenny

Tuesday, 18 January 1870

Wednesday, 19 January 1870

Thursday, 20 January 1870

Friday, 21 January 1870

Saturday, 22 January 1870

Frank Mr Newton

Gunther Swinhoe

January 1870

Sunday, 23 January 1870

Dr Hooker –

headache

Monday, 24 January 1870

All went

Tuesday, 25 January 1870

Wednesday, 26 January 1870

Thursday, 27 January 1870

G. from London

Friday, 28 January 1870

Frost & v. fine

Saturday, 29 January 1870

F. hunter sent away

January – February 1870

Sunday, 30 January 1870

frost

Monday, 31 January 1870

went

hunter F. fetched

Tuesday, 1 February 1870

Effie & Snow

1d Reading

Wednesday, 2 February 1870

Elinor

Horace went

Thursday, 3 February 1870

Snow went.

Friday, 4 February 1870

Saturday, 5 February 1870

February 1870

Sunday, 6 February 1870

Monday, 7 February 1870

Fr. To Camb

Tuesday, 8 February 1870

Bessy & Geo to London

Wednesday, 9 February 1870

Eliz up for 2 days

party in kitchen

Thursday, 10 February 1870

Friday, 11 February 1870

snow Therm 18 or 20 –

Saturday, 12 February 1870

February 1870

Sunday, 13 February 1870

Monday, 14 February 1870

In bed till Thursday

storm since Tuesday

Tuesday, 15 February 1870

very cold

Wednesday, 16 February 1870

Thursday, 17 February 1870

Friday, 18 February 1870

Saturday, 19 February 1870

L. G. & Ruck

February 1870

Sunday, 20 February 1870

fine day –

Monday, 21 February 1870

Tuesday, 22 February 1870

Wednesday, 23 February 1870

Thursday, 24 February 1870

drove out to Mrs Dayman.

Friday, 25 February 1870

Eliz & Bessy to pictures

Saturday, 26 February 1870

February - March 1870

Sunday, 27 February 1870

wrote to H. E D.

Monday, 28 February 1870

Tuesday, 1 March 1870

Wednesday, 2 March 1870

Thursday, 3 March 1870

6.2 [+] 3.7.6 [=] 9 – 9 – 6

5 1 – 12.7

3 – 7 – 6

John W's death

Friday, 4 March 1870

Saturday, 5 March 1870

went to London

March 1870

Sunday, 6 March 1870

Monday, 7 March 1870

Wood. 4.30

Tuesday, 8 March 1870   

Wednesday, 9 March 1870

Thursday, 10 March 1870

Friday, 11 March 1870

Saturday, 12 March 1870

came home

March 1870

[13 March – 19 March 1870 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 20 March 1870 

Monday, 21 March 1870

Tuesday, 22 March 1870

cold & snow

Wednesday, 23 March 1870

Mrs Lyell & Ros.

Thursday, 24 March 1870

Friday, 25 March 1870

Mrs L. went

Bessy to L. H. P

Saturday, 26 March 1870

v. cold

Lenny & Geo –

March 1870

Sunday, 27 March 1870

Monday, 28 March 1870

all week cold

Tuesday, 29 March 1870

Wednesday, 30 March 1870

March - April 1870

Thursday, 31 March 1870

Friday, 1 April 1870

Bessy from L. H P.

Saturday, 2 April 1870

Ellen came

fine

Lenny

April 1870

Sunday, 3 April 1870

Monday, 4 April 1870

Horace came

All week cold –

Tuesday, 5 April 1870

Ellen T went

Wednesday, 6 April 1870

Amy Ruck

Thursday, 7 April 1870

Friday, 8 April 1870

Lucy –

Saturday, 9 April 1870

fine

April 1870

Sunday, 10 April 1870

Monday, 11 April 1870

fine

Tuesday, 12 April 1870

Do

Wednesday, 13 April 1870

Do

Amy & Lucy

Thursday, 14 April 1870

Amy & Lucy went

Friday, 15 April 1870

Saturday, 16 April 1870

April 1870

Sunday, 17 April 1870

Monday, 18 April 1870

Tuesday, 19 April 1870

Amy Crofton Ernest & Lawrence came

Bromley Ball

Wednesday, 20 April 1870

Thursday, 21 April 1870

beautiful weather

Lenny to Woolwich

Friday, 22 April 1870

Horace to L. H. P –

Saturday, 23 April 1870

Amy & Lawrence went

April 1870

Sunday, 24 April 1870

Mr Godfrey Lush.

Monday, 25 April 1870

Tuesday, 26 April 1870

Horace & Mr Parkin

Wednesday, 27 April 1870

v. cold

went

Thursday, 28 April 1870

Snow

Friday, 29 April 1870

Saturday, 30 April 1870

Hen. came home

May 1870

[1 May – 7 May 1870 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 8 May 1870

Monday, 9 May 1870

Pauline K -

Tuesday, 10 May 1870

P. F. came

Wednesday, 11 May 1870

Thursday, 12 May 1870

Pauline went

Friday, 13 May 1870

Saturday, 14 May 1870

May 1870

Sunday, 15 May 1870

Monday, 16 May 1870

Tuesday, 17 May 1870

Wednesday, 18 May 1870

Thursday, 19 May 1870

Friday, 20 May 1870

Came to Cam

lunch 5-

coffee 2

dinner 5-

tea 4-

Saturday, 21 May 1870

coffee & tea 5/-

dinner 6-

tea 4.

May 1870

Sunday, 22 May 1870

breakfast 2/- & cup tea

lunch 4-

afternoon tea 4

dinner & tea 6

G. came

Monday, 23 May 1870

break. 4-

Tuesday, 24 May 1870

Came home

Wednesday, 25 May 1870

Thursday, 26 May 1870

came to Lidwells

Friday, 27 May 1870

Saturday, 28 May 1870

Jenny Effie & Hensleighs

returned with Harry

June 1870

[29 May – 4 June 1870 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 5 June 1870

Monday, 6 June 1870

Langtons came

Tuesday, 7 June 1870

Wednesday, 8 June 1870

Harry & Jessie came

Thursday, 9 June 1870

Friday, 10 June 1870

Saturday, 11 June 1870

Langtons went

June 1870

Sunday, 12 June 1870

Monday, 13 June 1870

Harry & Jessie went

Tuesday, 14 June 1870

L. H. P came

Wednesday, 15 June 1870

Thursday, 16 June 1870

Friday, 17 June 1870

Saturday, 18 June 1870

C. Hawkshaws came

June 1870

Sunday, 19 June 1870

Monday, 20 June 1870

C & Len went

Clark Hawks went

beautiful weather

Tuesday, 21 June 1870

Sophy & Lucy went

They went to Swiss –

Wednesday, 22 June 1870

Thursday, 23 June 1870

Friday, 24 June 1870

Lucerne P.

Rain

came to London

Saturday, 25 June 1870

Do

June 1870

Sunday, 26 June 1870

axenstein

Brunnen

Lake Lucerne

Monday, 27 June 1870

Do

called on Cicely

Tuesday, 28 June 1870

Do

Ellas

Lyells –

Wednesday, 29 June 1870

Fluden P.

went out in afternoon

H Lubbocks

June – July 1870

Thursday, 30 June 1870

Amstaq P.

Canton Uri

drove about London w. Ch.

Friday, 1 July 1870

Do

Home

Bonham C's

Albert Dicey,

Shower

Saturday, 2 July 1870

Do

v. cold

called on Mrs Whitmore

July 1870

Sunday, 3 July 1870

Waser P

Cn Uri

Monday, 4 July 1870

Tuesday, 5 July 1870

Godmen P

Cn Berre

Wednesday, 6 July 1870

Engstlenalp P

Meyringen

Cn Bern

went to New Cross

Thursday, 7 July 1870

Do

wrote L

Glorious weather

Snow came

Keston fireworks

Friday, 8 July 1870

Do

wrote Lenny

Saturday, 9 July 1870

Reichenbach P.

Meyringen

Cn Bern

went Ravensb.

July 1870

Sunday, 10 July 1870

Do

Dr Farr came

Snow Do

!!

Monday, 11 July 1870

Grindelwald P.

Cn. Bern

Tuesday, 12 July 1870

Do

Wednesday, 13 July 1870

Do

Thursday, 14 July 1870

Do

Friday, 15 July 1870

Do

Thunder & some rain

Saturday, 16 July 1870

W. G. came

July 1870

Sunday, 17 July 1870

Monday, 18 July 1870

Tuesday, 19 July 1870

Wednesday, 20 July 1870

Thursday, 21 July 1870

Friday, 22 July 1870

Horace came

Saturday, 23 July 1870

Jessie & daughters

July 1870

Sunday, 24 July 1870

Monday, 25 July 1870

Tuesday, 26 July 1870

Wednesday, 27 July 1870

Thursday, 28 July 1870

Party from Swiss.

Friday, 29 July 1870

Saturday, 30 July 1870

July – August 1870

Sunday, 31 July 1870

Rain & thunder

Monday, 1 August 1870

Tuesday, 2 August 1870

Camilla came

Wednesday, 3 August 1870

Alice Hutchinson

187

Thursday, 4 August 1870

Friday, 5 August 1870

Saturday, 6 August 1870

Rose came

August 1870

Sunday, 7 August 1870

Monday, 8 August 1870

Tuesday, 9 August 1870

Wednesday, 10 August 1870

Horace went

Thursday, 11 August 1870

1-30 Woodhouse

Rose & B. to Addington

Camilla went

Friday, 12 August 1870

Bessy & Rose to N.W. & Barl.

fine

Saturday, 13 August 1870

came to Southampton

Lenny. Do

2 flys

August 1870

Sunday, 14 August 1870

walked 2.

Monday, 15 August 1870

wrote B.

fly 1 hour

Tuesday, 16 August 1870

Wednesday, 17 August 1870

fly in in town

Thursday, 18 August 1870

fly 2 hr & 1/2

Friday, 19 August 1870

Do

Saturday, 20 August 1870

thunder storm

fly Len.

August 1870

Sunday, 21 August 1870

fly Len. To Bishopstone

Monday, 22 August 1870

Tuesday, 23 August 1870

Wednesday, 24 August 1870

Thursday, 25 August 1870

fine

Friday, 26 August 1870

Came home

v. cold -

Saturday, 27 August 1870

came to

At Eliz & Co dined

August 1870

Sunday, 28 August 1870

showers & heavy rain in night

Monday, 29 August 1870

Bessy from Wales

Tuesday, 30 August 1870

Wednesday, 31 August 1870

September 1870

Thursday, 1 September 1870

Friday, 2 September 1870

Saturday, 3 September 1870

September 1870

Sunday, 4 September 1870

Monday, 5 September 1870

Tuesday, 6 September 1870

Rain

Wednesday, 7 September 1870

Thursday, 8 September 1870

Friday, 9 September 1870

Saturday, 10 September 1870

Mr & Mrs Hux & children

September 1870

Sunday, 11 September 1870

Monday, 12 September 1870

Tuesday, 13 September 1870

beautiful weather

Wednesday, 14 September 1870

beautiful weather

Thursday, 15 September 1870

Friday, 16 September 1870

Saturday, 17 September 1870

September 1870

[18 September – 24 September 1870 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 25 September 1870

Monday, 26 September 1870

children to High Elms

4 [crossed] 1 [crossed]

1 7.6   5.6   1 -13  50

7 – 10  11 - 6 8 – 1  6

Tuesday, 27 September 1870

Wednesday, 28 September 1870

Thursday, 29 September 1870

Huxleys over to tea

Friday, 30 September 1870

87   10   4

Saturday, 1 October 1870

Hen. Len & G. to the Mote

254   78   47   67

October 1870

Sunday, 2 October 1870

Monday, 3 October 1870

Hen. & F. for 2 days

beautiful weather

Tuesday, 4 October 1870

Hen from Mote

rather poorly

Wednesday, 5 October 1870

G. from the Mote

Thursday, 6 October 1870

Aunt F & Eliz went

Friday, 7 October 1870

Saturday, 8 October 1870

Horace came

October 1870

Sunday, 9 October 1870

heavy rain

Monday, 10 October 1870

Tuesday, 11 October 1870

Bessy poorly

Wednesday, 12 October 1870

Thursday, 13 October 1870

came to L. H P.

Arthur Wms

Friday, 14 October 1870

beaut

Saturday, 15 October 1870

!!

October 1870

Sunday, 16 October 1870

Rain

Monday, 17 October 1870

came to the Mote

rain

Tuesday, 18 October 1870

rain

in bed

Wednesday, 19 October 1870

Do

in bed

Thursday, 20 October 1870

home

Friday, 21 October 1870

Frank from Cam

Saturday, 22 October 1870

G. & L.

rain

October 1870

Sunday, 23 October 1870

Do

Monday, 24 October 1870

Tuesday, 25 October 1870

Ruxtons & S E W dined

Wednesday, 26 October 1870

G. from London

Thursday, 27 October 1870

J

Friday, 28 October 1870

Saturday, 29 October 1870

Hamper fe

Miss W.

October - November 1870

Sunday, 30 October 1870

Monday, 31 October 1870

Tuesday, 1 November 1870

Wednesday, 2 November 1870

Thursday, 3 November 1870

Friday, 4 November 1870

me cold

Saturday, 5 November 1870

L. Jocelyn & Dul

November 1870

Sunday, 6 November 1870

Monday, 7 November 1870

Girls to Oakley

wrote Fr W.

Tuesday, 8 November 1870

Wednesday, 9 November 1870

[10 November – 16 November 1870 excised]

Thursday, 17 November 1870

Friday, 18 November 1870

Saturday, 19 November 1870

Wm G. L. Clem & Ruck

December 1870

[20 November – 3 December 1870 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 4 December 1870

Wm Inne

Harry -

Monday, 5 December 1870

Tuesday, 6 December 1870

Wednesday, 7 December 1870

Thursday, 8 December 1870

came to Q. A.

Friday, 9 December 1870

Saturday, 10 December 1870

Lenny

Mabel to play

December 1870

Sunday, 11 December 1870

F. Hen. & Ernest

Monday, 12 December 1870

called on Hauseman

Effie & Hope

Tuesday, 13 December 1870

Wednesday, 14 December 1870

home

Horace came

Thursday, 15 December 1870

Mabel

Friday, 16 December 1870

Saturday, 17 December 1870

December 1870

Sunday, 18 December 1870

Mab. measles -

Monday, 19 December 1870

Tuesday, 20 December 1870

F. 3rd in 1st class

Wednesday, 21 December 1870

Thursday, 22 December 1870

Friday, 23 December 1870

Saturday, 24 December 1870

Amy came

[25 December – 31 December 1870 not microfilmed]

[Printed JANUARY, 1870]

Mr H 3/-

Child 1 –

drawers 7 –

Sk 2

K –

[not microfilmed]

[Printed AUGUST, 1870.]

Singleton 4 –

Watson 6 –

Norrards

[not microfilmed]

[Printed, 1870.]

179 [/] 340

14-11-

Alice Lee 18 –

[not microfilmed]

Hacklanders 2/-

Behind the Counter

The Princess [Lichokke] 2/ 

Autocrat of B. Wendell Holmes 1/

 

Silver Skates

Mrs Dodge

Stories of Gorilla

[illeg] du Ch. 6/

Essays by Montague 6/

Capt Hall's [illeg] 7/6

 

Stephen Holder

Groombridge

Orpington

 

Mr D   Mrs D

          11

11

          11 

[not microfilmed]

Life! we've been long together,

Through pleasant & thro' cloudy weather!

'Tis hard to part when friends are dear

Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh or tear.

Then choose thy time give little warning

Say not Good nights

But in some brighter clime

Bid me Good morning!

10 – 50 W. Croydon

17 Mincing Lane

Left off Martineau's Hist Vol. 2 p. 182


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