RECORD: Emma Darwin's diary for: 1871. CUL-DAR242[.35]. 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. RN3

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:

Darwin suffered a bad bilious attack towards the end of May and remained unwell until August with faintings off and on and headaches. Henrietta, the third daughter of the Darwins married Richard Litchfield. Her two elder sisters, Mary and Annie, had died very young.


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[Printed Title] Harwood's Diamond Diary with An Almanack for 1871

Pork 11 – 9

Tunbridge Wells

[doodle] 7.25.

8 – 16 Chels

Oct 31 – Howick

Mar 16. Cowlard

Laura & [Lucy]

Faschingschwank aus Wien

Schlummer Leed Schu –

January 1871

Sunday, 1 January 1871

Monday, 2 January 1871

H. poorly

Tuesday, 3 January 1871

Wednesday, 4 January 1871

H E D measles

Thursday, 5 January 1871

G. came from abroad

Friday, 6 January 1871

Horace came

Saturday, 7 January 1871

Wm & Lenny came

January 1871

Sunday, 15 January 1871

F. home from Southampton

Monday, 16 January 1871

Tuesday, 17 January 1871

L. & B – up

to Lyells' ball

Wednesday, 18 January 1871

Thursday, 19 January 1871

Friday, 20 January 1871

Miss Rendle came

Saturday, 21 January 1871

Lucy came

January 1871

Sunday, 22 January 1871

headache

Monday, 23 January 1871

Amy Ruck came

Ch. taken with sickness at night

Tuesday, 24 January 1871

Wednesday, 25 January 1871

Hen came down

Thursday, 26 January 1871

Friday, 27 January 1871

L

Saturday, 28 January 1871

Mr Wilson dined

Lucy went

Dr Hooker Günther Swinhoe & W. Reade

January 1871

Sunday, 29 January 1871

Monday, 30 January 1871

Company went

Tuesday, 31 January 1871

Wednesday, 1 February 1871

Thursday, 2 February 1871

Friday, 3 February 1871

Saturday, 4 February 1871

Hen drove out

I called at Normans

B's lesson

February 1871

Sunday, 5 February 1871

Monday, 6 February 1871

Bessy & I paid calls

Ham. H Nor & De Zoete

Tuesday, 7 February 1871

Wednesday, 8 February 1871

Thursday, 9 February 1871

Friday, 10 February 1871

Lenny & H. to Tunbridge Wells

Therm 25

Saturday, 11 February 1871

Dicky & Amy R [brother of Amy Ruck]

February 1871

Sunday, 12 February 1871

horrid day

Monday, 13 February 1871

B & I called at Hamiltons

H Normans

de Zoete                 

Tuesday, 14 February 1871

[illeg] drove

went to Tun. Wells

Wednesday, 15 February 1871

I headache

Leo & B. to Barlaston

Thursday, 16 February 1871

Friday, 17 February 1871

Saturday, 18 February 1871

February 1871

Sunday, 19 February 1871

Monday, 20 February 1871

[doodle]

Tuesday, 21 February 1871

Wednesday, 22 February 1871

Thursday, 23 February 1871

came to London

B . from Barlaston

Friday, 24 February 1871

Saturday, 25 February 1871

Sat concert

Barcarole

February - March 1871

Sunday, 26 February 1871

sore throat

went to Cumb Place

Monday, 27 February 1871

Tuesday, 28 February 1871

Wednesday, 1 March 1871

went to pictures

Thursday, 2 March 1871

Came home

Friday, 3 March 1871

beautiful

Leo. came

Saturday, 4 March 1871

bad with windpipe

March 1871

Sunday, 5 March 1871

Leo. went to Chat

Monday, 6 March 1871

Tuesday, 7 March 1871   

Wednesday, 8 March 1871

Thursday, 9 March 1871

Friday, 10 March 1871

Saturday, 11 March 1871

March 1871

Sunday, 12 March 1871 

Monday, 13 March 1871

Lyells & Godfrey came

& Miss Buckley

Tuesday, 14 March 1871

Wednesday, 15 March 1871

Thursday, 16 March 1871

Snow –

went –

Lyells went

Friday, 17 March 1871

Louisa K

beautiful weather

Amy Crofton

Saturday, 18 March 1871

March 1871

Sunday, 19 March 1871 

Monday, 20 March 1871

Amy C - went

Tuesday, 21 March 1871

All week !!!

Wednesday, 22 March 1871

Thursday, 23 March 1871

Mrs H. L. & Akers lunched

Friday, 24 March 1871

Little Lubbocks

Saturday, 25 March 1871

W. & G –

March - April 1871

Sunday, 26 March 1871

Louisa to

Eli z

Monday, 27 March 1871

[doodle]

Tuesday, 28 March 1871

Horace came

Wednesday, 29 March 1871

Thursday, 30 March 1871

Friday, 31 March 1871

In hand 11. 6d

Miss Shores & Alice lunch

Saturday, 1 April 1871

Hensleighs dined

went to Q A.

April 1871

Sunday, 2 April 1871

Monday, 3 April 1871

Tuesday, 4 April 1871

cab 2/6

purse 3/-

[illeg] 1 – 1 –

dress 18.6

HED £5

1 – 8 [berthing]

Wednesday, 5 April 1871

came home

Thursday, 6 April 1871

Friday, 7 April 1871

Saturday, 8 April 1871

April 1871

Sunday, 9 April 1871

Monday, 10 April 1871

Tuesday, 11 April 1871

Wednesday, 12 April 1871

Thursday, 13 April 1871

Friday, 14 April 1871

Saturday, 15 April 1871

Moore

[Calaille]

April 1871

Sunday, 16 April 1871

Monday, 17 April 1871

Tuesday, 18 April 1871

Wednesday, 19 April 1871

Arthur came

Thursday, 20 April 1871

Rain

Friday, 21 April 1871

Rain

Saturday, 22 April 1871

went

April – May 1871

[23 April – 29 April 1871 not microfilmed]

Sunday, 30 April 1871

Monday, 1 May 1871

tol day

Ch. bad sinking

Tuesday, 2 May 1871

Wednesday, 3 May 1871

Thursday, 4 May 1871

Friday, 5 May 1871

Called on Mrs Brodhurst

beaut day

Holwd P.

Saturday, 6 May 1871

Cumb. Place came

May 1871

Sunday, 7 May 1871

Monday, 8 May 1871

girls went

Tuesday, 9 May 1871

F. & Hens. went

Wednesday, 10 May 1871

Thursday, 11 May 1871

In hand – 10 -18. 6

came to Southampton

C. m. better

Friday, 12 May 1871

Saturday, 13 May 1871

v. cold

May 1871

Sunday, 14 May 1871

Cat Jones called

drove out-

Monday, 15 May 1871

1.1

boots 6 – 9

Bessy – 2. 10. 6

1 – 1 – [illeg]

2 – 17  3

Tuesday, 16 May 1871

boot £1. 8-9

dresses & gloves 3.5.6

old Mrs S. 10/-2

Wednesday, 17 May 1871

W. H. & B – to Embley

I called on old Mrs Smith

cold

Thursday, 18 May 1871

returned from Embley –

bitter cold but bright

Friday, 19 May 1871

came home

warmer

Saturday, 20 May 1871

Mr Strutt Balfour

Sackville Cecil

M

Effie

fine

May 1871

Sunday, 21 May 1871

Vernon Lush.

beaut day –

headache

Monday, 22 May 1871

!!

much singing

fine

Tuesday, 23 May 1871

Lushes went

Wednesday, 24 May 1871

Thursday, 25 May 1871

rain first time for 3 weeks –

B. bilious attack

Friday, 26 May 1871

Saturday, 27 May 1871

May – June 1871

Sunday, 28 May 1871

Monday, 29 May 1871

Hen to Cambridge

Tuesday, 30 May 1871

rather nice

Godfrey & Amy dined

Miss T came

Wednesday, 31 May 1871

fine

Thursday, 1 June 1871

Horrid

went to Lennards

Friday, 2 June 1871

Miss Thorley went

Saturday, 3 June 1871

June 1871

Sunday, 4 June 1871

Monday, 5 June 1871

Tuesday, 6 June 1871

v cold

Wednesday, 7 June 1871

Bessy went to C.T

Thursday, 8 June 1871

Friday, 9 June 1871

Saturday, 10 June 1871

June 1871

Sunday, 11 June 1871

Monday, 12 June 1871

Tuesday, 13 June 1871

weather changed

soft & warm.

Wednesday, 14 June 1871

Thursday, 15 June 1871

Lady Lub - called

Friday, 16 June 1871

Mr Noel & Alice

Hope came lunch.

Mr Powell called

70°

Saturday, 17 June 1871

June 1871

Sunday, 18 June 1871

Sir I. Lady L-

Shaw Lefevre.

Busks called

Monday, 19 June 1871

Tuesday, 20 June 1871

Mrs Dowie Mrs Hamilton

32 [divided by] 6 [=] 5 -

Wednesday, 21 June 1871

Thursday, 22 June 1871

Friday, 23 June 1871

£2 James

Play –

In hand 15 – 12. 6

Saturday, 24 June 1871

Bessy shoes –

Physic 2.6

Internat 5 -0

June 1871

Sunday, 25 June 1871

Dr C. 1 – 1 –

Anne 5 – 0

headache.

Monday, 26 June 1871

Cav. H apron Um gloves 1-10

pett. 6 - 3

alpaca – 3 -8 - 0

Tuesday, 27 June 1871

well –

Wednesday, 28 June 1871

internat

June – July 1871

Thursday, 29 June 1871

Royal. acad

Friday, 30 June 1871

Came home

Saturday, 1 July 1871

beaut day –

Ef. Hope

July 1871

Sunday, 2 July 1871

rain

Ernest. Swettenham

headache

Monday, 3 July 1871

Tuesday, 4 July 1871

Mr Litch.

Wednesday, 5 July 1871

Mr Litch.

Thursday, 6 July 1871

went –

F & H.

cold & dull weather

Friday, 7 July 1871

Saturday, 8 July 1871

July 1871

Sunday, 9 July 1871

rain all day

Swettenham & boys [2 lines crossed]

Monday, 10 July 1871

Tuesday, 11 July 1871

Camilla

Ch – v. unwell w fainting & shocks.

Wednesday, 12 July 1871

Thursday, 13 July 1871

Effie & Hope went

Girls to Cat show

Crystal

Friday, 14 July 1871

headache

G. & F came

Mr L.

Saturday, 15 July 1871

better

fine day for 1st time

July 1871

Sunday, 16 July 1871

beaut day

well

Monday, 17 July 1871

Do Do

Horace came

Tuesday, 18 July 1871

Hen. to London

Vernon L –

Mr Pattrick.

Wednesday, 19 July 1871

went

Thursday, 20 July 1871

Friday, 21 July 1871

Camilla went

Saturday, 22 July 1871

July 1871

Sunday, 23 July 1871

Monday, 24 July 1871

F. W came

C. unwell

Tuesday, 25 July 1871

C. unwell but better

Wednesday, 26 July 1871

Thursday, 27 July 1871

Friday, 28 July 1871

Came to Haredene

fine

Saturday, 29 July 1871

rain !!

Lenny came

July – August 1871

Sunday, 30 July 1871

Storm in me

fine sunset.

Litch came

Monday, 31 July 1871

fine day – L. H. P came

H. E. D to London

w. Litch

Tuesday, 1 August 1871

beautiful weather

Wednesday, 2 August 1871

beautiful weather

Thursday, 3 August 1871

[sketch]

Friday, 4 August 1871

beautiful weather

Saturday, 5 August 1871

August 1871

Sunday, 6 August 1871

drove to Ewhurst

Monday, 7 August 1871

Sophy & Lucy came

Tuesday, 8 August 1871

walked down to Albury

Wednesday, 9 August 1871

drove to Newlands Corner

Thursday, 10 August 1871

v. hot

walked in wood

Friday, 11 August 1871

Hen. & Fanny drove thro Albury

walked in park

Saturday, 12 August 1871

headache

Wm came late

August 1871

Sunday, 13 August 1871

v. hot

C. v. unwell

Monday, 14 August 1871

walked w C. on common

Tuesday, 15 August 1871

drove to G [Austins]

Wednesday, 16 August 1871

Ch. bad attack of shocks

sickness

Thursday, 17 August 1871

C. better

Cloudy & cool

walked to Farley Green.

Friday, 18 August 1871

weather changed

rain

C. much rocking & discomfort all day -

Saturday, 19 August 1871

August 1871

Sunday, 20 August 1871

Monday, 21 August 1871

C. rather better

Tuesday, 22 August 1871

C. rather better

Wednesday, 23 August 1871

Thursday, 24 August 1871

Friday, 25 August 1871

Came home

Ch much better

Hen left us at Croydon to London

Saturday, 26 August 1871

Hen & R came

August 1871

Sunday, 27 August 1871

fine

Monday, 28 August 1871

fine

Tuesday, 29 August 1871

fine

X

Wednesday, 30 August 1871

August - September 1871

Thursday, 31 August 1871

marriage [Henrietta to Richard Buckley Litchfield]

fine

Friday, 1 September 1871

Saturday, 2 September 1871

change in weather

September 1871

Sunday, 3 September 1871

fine

went to church

Monday, 4 September 1871

rain

Tuesday, 5 September 1871

beaut day

servants to Gravesand

Hotel Bellevue

Neu chatel.

Wednesday, 6 September 1871

fine day

B. called on H Normans

Thursday, 7 September 1871

Poste Restante Selisberg. Lucerne

beautiful day

Langtons lunched

Friday, 8 September 1871

Grand Hotel Pallanza L. Mag. [Lake Maggiore]

Saturday, 9 September 1871

Rowlands came to lunch.

bad in evg w. indigestion

September 1871

Sunday, 10 September 1871

fine !! & hot

in bed -

Monday, 11 September 1871

Horace came

Union feast

Lena & Alice & Ed.

in bed -

Tuesday, 12 September 1871

Got up in day & well

Wednesday, 13 September 1871

Thursday, 14 September 1871

Cold & gloomy

Mrs Hamilton called

Friday, 15 September 1871

fine

Bessy went with Horace to Q. A.

Saturday, 16 September 1871

September 1871

Sunday, 17 September 1871

N. E wind

pleasant but cold

went to church.

Monday, 18 September 1871

fine but cold

Miss Isitt came [Virginia Lavinia Isitt came for interview as secretary to Darwin]

Tuesday, 19 September 1871

fine but cold

Wednesday, 20 September 1871

fine but cold

Miss I. went [Miss Isitt]

Thursday, 21 September 1871

Friday, 22 September 1871

wrote Hen & B.

Saturday, 23 September 1871

attack of sickness at night

September 1871

Sunday, 24 September 1871

wrote Hen –

rain all day

Monday, 25 September 1871

wrote Caroline & At F.

Lenny came

Tuesday, 26 September 1871

Wednesday, 27 September 1871

Headache in bed

Thursday, 28 September 1871

Well

wrote H.

Lenny came from Chat

Friday, 29 September 1871

wrote B - & At F.

Saturday, 30 September 1871

wrote Car.

October 1871

Sunday, 1 October 1871

Mr Aubertin came [John James Aubertin (1818-1900)]

wr. Jessie

Monday, 2 October 1871

pleasant day

w. Hen.

Tuesday, 3 October 1871

Dickie came

fine!

Wednesday, 4 October 1871

Mrs F

!!

Thursday, 5 October 1871

Friday, 6 October 1871

Saturday, 7 October 1871

Mrs F –

October 1871

Sunday, 8 October 1871

Mrs F. ill –

Monday, 9 October 1871

slight sore throat

Bessy came home

Tuesday, 10 October 1871

Mrs F. went

I went to bed in afternoon

Wednesday, 11 October 1871

windpipe & feverish

Horace to Chatham

Thursday, 12 October 1871

Do. v. uncomf

Friday, 13 October 1871

better

C. better all week

Saturday, 14 October 1871

got up in afternoon

October 1871

Sunday, 15 October 1871

downstairs

Kowalewsky came

Monday, 16 October 1871

H. & Jessie

Tuesday, 17 October 1871

Wednesday, 18 October 1871

Thursday, 19 October 1871

H & Jessie went to Eliz.

Litches came

Friday, 20 October 1871

Saturday, 21 October 1871

October 1871

Sunday, 22 October 1871

Monday, 23 October 1871

Tuesday, 24 October 1871

Wednesday, 25 October 1871

H. A W went

Thursday, 26 October 1871

Litches came

Geo & F. came

Friday, 27 October 1871

Geo

Saturday, 28 October 1871

October – November 1871

Sunday, 29 October 1871

Litch [crossed]

Monday, 30 October 1871

Litches went to Q. A

Tuesday, 31 October 1871

Wednesday, 1 November 1871

Thursday, 2 November 1871

Friday, 3 November 1871

came to L. H. P.

Saturday, 4 November 1871

party at W. M. C [Working Men's College]

November 1871

Sunday, 5 November 1871

Monday, 6 November 1871

bitter cold –

Tuesday, 7 November 1871

warm

Wednesday, 8 November 1871

Thursday, 9 November 1871

Friday, 10 November 1871

came home

frost

Saturday, 11 November 1871

poorly –

Mrs & Mrs Ffinden C.

Fr. came

November 1871

Sunday, 12 November 1871

sharp frost

Monday, 13 November 1871

Tuesday, 14 November 1871

went to London

Wednesday, 15 November 1871

Lady Derby called

Thursday, 16 November 1871

Friday, 17 November 1871

Saturday, 18 November 1871

Called on Lady Derby –

F & Crawley

Horace

November 1871

Sunday, 19 November 1871

Monday, 20 November 1871

Tuesday, 21 November 1871

Mrs Armstrong

Wednesday, 22 November 1871

went

Horace went

Thursday, 23 November 1871

Friday, 24 November 1871

Saturday, 25 November 1871

G. & F.

November 1871

Sunday, 26 November 1871

Monday, 27 November 1871

Tuesday, 28 November 1871

Wednesday, 29 November 1871

Thursday, 30 November 1871

Friday, 1 December 1871

Saturday, 2 December 1871

Ellen T.

Swettenham Ho

December 1871

Sunday, 3 December 1871

H E. L. bad

Monday, 4 December 1871

Tuesday, 5 December 1871

Wednesday, 6 December 1871

Thursday, 7 December 1871

went to London

Friday, 8 December 1871

Saturday, 9 December 1871

December 1871

Sunday, 10 December 1871

Monday, 11 December 1871

Tuesday, 12 December 1871

Wool at door

2/6

Clarke 2/6

G. Smith 7/6

Wednesday, 13 December 1871

Mrs D 11 1 1 1

Mr 11 1 1

Thursday, 14 December 1871

6 4 0

10 /24 0 [crossed]

came to London

Friday, 15 December 1871

H. rather better

Saturday, 16 December 1871

December 1871

Sunday, 17 December 1871

H walked out

Monday, 18 December 1871

better

Tuesday, 19 December 1871

Wednesday, 20 December 1871

I in bed

H shopped

H. in evg to Q A

Thursday, 21 December 1871

H. bad

H came in evg

Friday, 22 December 1871

6 ft by 5

Wm came

Saturday, 23 December 1871

December 1871

Sunday, 24 December 1871

Monday, 25 December 1871

Tuesday, 26 December 1871

Wednesday, 27 December 1871

4  - 12 – Miss Rendle

Thursday, 28 December 1871

Amanda & Amy R.

Friday, 29 December 1871

Mabel

Miss Akers

Saturday, 30 December 1871

December 1871

Sunday, 31 December 1871

[Printed January, February 1871 excised]

[Printed March, 1871]

Horace says it will be a hard winter

([viz] more than a week's skating)


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