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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