RECORD: Emma Darwin's diary for: 1872. CUL-DAR242[.36]. 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:

Throughout the year, Darwin suffered periodic headaches and had attacks of sickness towards the end of the year. The long-time family friend Georgina Tollet died in September. Jessie Wedgwood, a close cousin died too. Even though Henrietta had married, she visited her parents nearly every week, sometimes twice in a week. Mrs Darwin wrote regularly to all her children.


[not microfilmed]

2 yds lace

Flower for [lent]

Sleeves & collar

crinoline

Silk dresses.

Coloured shawls

Britannia Works

45 or 46 [line crossed]

Hatton Garden

63

Australian Parsonage

Millett

Essays on Ireland

Lecky

D. of Somerset

Dissent & Church

81

1-13.4 [*] 2 [=] 3-6-8 [+] 7-8 [=] 3-14-4 [+] 1-2-1 [=] 4-16-5 13 6

7-8  9  3 – 9

[title page]

[Printed Title] Harwood's Diamond Diary with An Almanack for 1872

1 – 13 – 6 

1 - 10 – 

3 – 3 -6

45 171 169

42

Mrs Mantle

Eynsford Dartford

28 Eccleston Sq

Miss Normans

74

January 1872

Monday, 1 January 1872

Lucy came

Tuesday, 2 January 1872

Lizzy Turnbull dined

Wednesday, 3 January 1872

went to New Cross

Thursday, 4 January 1872

Friday, 5 January 1872

Lucy & Mabel to L. H. P. 

Saturday, 6 January 1872

Mr & Mrs Ffinden dined

January 1872

Sunday, 7 January 1872

Monday, 8 January 1872

Amy Ruck & Lenny went

Tuesday, 9 January 1872

called on Mrs Brodhurst & Mrs B. C.

Wednesday, 10 January 1872

called on Mrs Whitmore & Fry

Thursday, 11 January 1872

Friday, 12 January 1872

Saturday, 13 January 1872

January 1872

Sunday, 14 January 1872

Monday, 15 January 1872

Tuesday, 16 January 1872

Hen came

feverish at night

Wednesday, 17 January 1872

fell sick

Thursday, 18 January 1872

Friday, 19 January 1872

Saturday, 20 January 1872

January 1872

Sunday, 21 January 1872

Monday, 22 January 1872

Tuesday, 23 January 1872

Wednesday, 24 January 1872

Thursday, 25 January 1872

Bessy went to B.mouth

Friday, 26 January 1872

Saturday, 27 January 1872

January 1872

Sunday, 28 January 1872

H. m. better

Monday, 29 January 1872

came down

Tuesday, 30 January 1872

Wednesday, 31 January 1872

Hen went

February 1872

Thursday, 1 February 1872

Friday, 2 February 1872

Saturday, 3 February 1872

Dr Hooker came

February 1872

Sunday, 4 February 1872

Monday, 5 February 1872

Tuesday, 6 February 1872

Wednesday, 7 February 1872

L. H. P came

G. came

Thursday, 8 February 1872

fine all week

Friday, 9 February 1872

Lenny

Saturday, 10 February 1872

February 1872

Sunday, 11 February 1872

went to church

Monday, 12 February 1872

one day in bed

Tuesday, 13 February 1872

L. H. P. went

Wednesday, 14 February 1872

Thursday, 15 February 1872

Friday, 16 February 1872

came up to London

in hand £18–10 –

Saturday, 17 February 1872

W

February 1872

Sunday, 18 February 1872

Monday, 19 February 1872

Tuesday, 20 February 1872

Wednesday, 21 February 1872

Thursday, 22 February 1872

Friday, 23 February 1872

Saturday, 24 February 1872

Concert

Quint Mendel

February 1872

Sunday, 25 February 1872

heard Lowell

Fr. Rose & Mab. lunch

Monday, 26 February 1872

Tuesday, 27 February 1872

walked out to see procession

Sophy dined.

Wednesday, 28 February 1872

Mr Farrer called

Miss Th. lunch

February - March 1872

Thursday, 29 February 1872

called on Mrs Cressy

Friday, 1 March 1872

Fanny & Hope dined

Saturday, 2 March 1872

March 1872

Sunday, 3 March 1872

went to [Marlneau] & Cath. Chapel in Farm St

Monday, 4 March 1872

stayed in for cold

Tuesday, 5 March 1872 

stayed in for cold

H. Parker & Maclellan dine

Wednesday, 6 March 1872

stayed in for cold

Busks lunch

Lady L. Mr Hughes

Thursday, 7 March 1872

called on Mrs M. Caldwell

Friday, 8 March 1872

In bed

Saturday, 9 March 1872

Allmans lunch

Do

March 1872

Sunday, 10 March 1872 

Sir C. Lyell

Miss Buckley

Monday, 11 March 1872

Tuesday, 12 March 1872

Wednesday, 13 March 1872

wax work –

went out

Thursday, 14 March 1872

went to sewing machine

Friday, 15 March 1872

Crystal P -

Saturday, 16 March 1872

Sat Concert

March 1872

Sunday, 17 March 1872 

bad again

Monday, 18 March 1872

Do till evg

H & F dined

Tuesday, 19 March 1872

called on Mrs Lush & Mrs Birkbeck

Wednesday, 20 March 1872

lent. H. £1

Thursday, 21 March 1872

came home

deep snow

Friday, 22 March 1872

Frost

Saturday, 23 March 1872

Snow

March 1872

Sunday, 24 March 1872

Horace & Balfour came

Monday, 25 March 1872

Tuesday, 26 March 1872

Wednesday, 27 March 1872

Thursday, 28 March 1872

Wm came

furious rain & storm –

Friday, 29 March 1872

rain almost all day -

Saturday, 30 March 1872

March - April 1872

Sunday, 31 March 1872

pretty well –

Monday, 1 April 1872

cold all week

Tuesday, 2 April 1872

cold all week

Wednesday, 3 April 1872

went out

Thursday, 4 April 1872

poorly all day –

Friday, 5 April 1872

Do

Saturday, 6 April 1872

Dickie came

well

kept in

April 1872

Sunday, 7 April 1872

headache

G. Allen lunch

Monday, 8 April 1872

soft & windy

went out

Tuesday, 9 April 1872

pleasant weather

well all week

Wednesday, 10 April 1872

Thursday, 11 April 1872

Friday, 12 April 1872

Saturday, 13 April 1872

Bennett & Crawley

April 1872

Sunday, 14 April 1872

went to church

lovely day

Monday, 15 April 1872

Tuesday, 16 April 1872

Wednesday, 17 April 1872

B. to Roch

Drs Lewin & Maudsley

N. E.

Thursday, 18 April 1872

bitter wind

Friday, 19 April 1872

G. Normans

Elinor & Julia Smith

Huxleys came

Saturday, 20 April 1872

went

April 1872

Sunday, 21 April 1872

Monday, 22 April 1872

called at Reed's

Tuesday, 23 April 1872

Wednesday, 24 April 1872

Bessy home

Thursday, 25 April 1872

Amy came

Friday, 26 April 1872

Litches came

Saturday, 27 April 1872

Soft night

nightingales

April – May 1872

Sunday, 28 April 1872

Monday, 29 April 1872

Tuesday, 30 April 1872

ca

Wednesday, 1 May 1872

!!

Thursday, 2 May 1872

lovely weather

Friday, 3 May 1872

cold

Saturday, 4 May 1872

high wind

Fanny & H. Litches

Amy went

May 1872

Sunday, 5 May 1872

Lushingtons & party from Ravens –

Monday, 6 May 1872

Tuesday, 7 May 1872

Wednesday, 8 May 1872

Thursday, 9 May 1872

Friday, 10 May 1872

Bitter cold

W

Lenny came

Saturday, 11 May 1872

Do –

Wim came

May 1872

Sunday, 12 May 1872

began cold

Monday, 13 May 1872

tol

Tuesday, 14 May 1872

poorly

Wednesday, 15 May 1872

in bed

headache

Thursday, 16 May 1872

fine day

came down

pretty well

Friday, 17 May 1872

rain all day

Eliz & Miss Tollet

Saturday, 18 May 1872

rain

Hen & boys

May 1872

Sunday, 19 May 1872

Woolners & Mr Butler

Monday, 20 May 1872

bad headach.

Tuesday, 21 May 1872

p. well

Bessy to L.H.P.

Club day

fine

Wednesday, 22 May 1872

v. fine !!

Thursday, 23 May 1872

drove to Holwood

Friday, 24 May 1872

Saturday, 25 May 1872

May 1872

Sunday, 26 May 1872

Hen. mid day

Monday, 27 May 1872

B. from L.H.P

fine

Tuesday, 28 May 1872

!

Wednesday, 29 May 1872

Alice Carter lunched

!

May - June 1872

Thursday, 30 May 1872

!!

Friday, 31 May 1872

Saturday, 1 June 1872

cold but fine

June 1872

Sunday, 2 June 1872

rain & cold

Monday, 3 June 1872

Litches went

Tuesday, 4 June 1872

wet all week

Wednesday, 5 June 1872

Bessy went to Bryan –

Thursday, 6 June 1872

Mr Tylor & Frank

Friday, 7 June 1872

rain all day

Saturday, 8 June 1872

B. went to Wales

came to Bassett

storm all day

Leo. with us

June 1872

Sunday, 9 June 1872

cold wind & storms

Monday, 10 June 1872

Fine

Tuesday, 11 June 1872

drizzle almost all day –

drove into S.

Wednesday, 12 June 1872

no rain

cloudy –

headache

Thursday, 13 June 1872

Dr de Chaumont

Saunders

!!!

wrote Bessy & Horace

Friday, 14 June 1872

wrote Hen. & Eliz –

!!!

Leo. came

Saturday, 15 June 1872

wrote G.

June 1872

Sunday, 16 June 1872

walked on common

17.6. Leo.

F. £1

F. pd £1. g

Monday, 17 June 1872

Tuesday, 18 June 1872

drove out w. F –

Wednesday, 19 June 1872

called on old Mrs Smith 10/

Thursday, 20 June 1872

came home

!!

Friday, 21 June 1872

!!

Saturday, 22 June 1872

L's came

!!

June 1872

Sunday, 23 June 1872

Wm & Fr.

!!!

Monday, 24 June 1872

Thunder showers

Tuesday, 25 June 1872

wind & some rain

Hen. went

Marshall came

Wednesday, 26 June 1872

Fr came

Thursday, 27 June 1872

Friday, 28 June 1872

!!

Litches

Saturday, 29 June 1872

!!!

Mr Rosengarten

F. & L.

June – July 1872

Sunday, 30 June 1872

!!!

W. M. C party went

Horace & Marshall

Monday, 1 July 1872

!

Tuesday, 2 July 1872

shower but !!

Litches went

Wednesday, 3 July 1872

Thursday, 4 July 1872

Friday, 5 July 1872

Saturday, 6 July 1872

L's & Eras !!

July 1872

Sunday, 7 July 1872

!!!

Monday, 8 July 1872

weather changed

L's went

called at Ravensb.

Tuesday, 9 July 1872

cold

Fr came

Eras went

Wednesday, 10 July 1872

!!

L. Croft

Thursday, 11 July 1872

L. Croft came

Mr & Mrs Brace

Em Thorley & Bessy –

Friday, 12 July 1872

Headache

Clarke & Cicely dined

Saturday, 13 July 1872

Thunder storm

L. Croft went

July 1872

Sunday, 14 July 1872

Monday, 15 July 1872

Tuesday, 16 July 1872

Wednesday, 17 July 1872

Hen & R came

Thursday, 18 July 1872

Litches went w. Em T.

Friday, 19 July 1872

Saturday, 20 July 1872

fine

Lenny

July 1872

Sunday, 21 July 1872

v fine & hot.

Monday, 22 July 1872

hot

Thunder

Tuesday, 23 July 1872

Ditto

Wednesday, 24 July 1872

Thursday, 25 July 1872

Therm_ 82 –

bad all day_

thunder

Friday, 26 July 1872

not so hot

F. & H. to luncheon

Thunder

Saturday, 27 July 1872

72

beaut day

July 1872

Sunday, 28 July 1872

72.

!!!

Monday, 29 July 1872

Fanny & H came

Camilla came

Tuesday, 30 July 1872

dull rainy

Wednesday, 31 July 1872

Snow came

F & H. went

August 1872

Thursday, 1 August 1872

Friday, 2 August 1872

Horace from Ireland

rain

Mr Gulick.

Alice

Eupha came

Saturday, 3 August 1872

fine

Litches

August 1872

Sunday, 4 August 1872

Monday, 5 August 1872

Tuesday, 6 August 1872

G. came from Switz

Wednesday, 7 August 1872

Thursday, 8 August 1872

Friday, 9 August 1872

Litches came –

Saturday, 10 August 1872

Camilla went to Anne's

rain

August 1872

Sunday, 11 August 1872

Monday, 12 August 1872

weather changed

Hen. went to London

Tuesday, 13 August 1872

came to L. H. P

!!

Wednesday, 14 August 1872

!!!

Thursday, 15 August 1872

Friday, 16 August 1872

Saturday, 17 August 1872

Horn

August 1872

Sunday, 18 August 1872

Gr. Hotel du Parle –

Boul. du I. Madeline

headache

Monday, 19 August 1872

Sir B. Brodie

Tuesday, 20 August 1872

drove on common

!!

Wednesday, 21 August 1872

P.R. Neuchatel Sw –

!!

Aiger [Vallari]

came home

found Frank come

Thursday, 22 August 1872

!!

Friday, 23 August 1872

Saturday, 24 August 1872

August 1872

Sunday, 25 August 1872

headache

Monday, 26 August 1872

Tuesday, 27 August 1872

Wednesday, 28 August 1872

Thursday, 29 August 1872

Lady Lub - & Prof Semper –

called on Dowager

Friday, 30 August 1872

Lady [crossed]

Saturday, 31 August 1872

Ernest came

El. wedding.

Mrs Whitmore called

September 1872

Sunday, 1 September 1872

rain all pm.

Monday, 2 September 1872

Fine

Tuesday, 3 September 1872

Mrs Cameron & Mary Norman

Wednesday, 4 September 1872

Mr Chauncey. Wright

Thursday, 5 September 1872

Mr Bradshaw

Georgina death

Friday, 6 September 1872

wrote H. E L & At Fanny –

William came

Saturday, 7 September 1872

Hookers came

September 1872

Sunday, 8 September 1872

fine

Monday, 9 September 1872

wrote Jessie & Ellen

Tuesday, 10 September 1872

called at Ravens

Wednesday, 11 September 1872

Hookers went

Thursday, 12 September 1872

poorly

in bed

Friday, 13 September 1872

headache

Saturday, 14 September 1872

got up

September 1872

Sunday, 15 September 1872

Tol.

Monday, 16 September 1872

Reeds & Ffindens dined

Tuesday, 17 September 1872

Tol.

Langtons came

Wednesday, 18 September 1872

Fr W came

Thursday, 19 September 1872

Friday, 20 September 1872

wrote Hen. & Frank

Saturday, 21 September 1872

wrote W.

September 1872

Sunday, 22 September 1872

went to church

Kowalewsky came

Monday, 23 September 1872

v. cold

Fr W & Langtons went to Eliz

Tuesday, 24 September 1872

rain & cold

Wednesday, 25 September 1872

Thursday, 26 September 1872

Friday, 27 September 1872

Storm

Litches came

Saturday, 28 September 1872

September – October 1872

Sunday, 29 September 1872

fine day

wrote Jessie

went to ch.

Langtons & F. W. dined

Monday, 30 September 1872

Tuesday, 1 October 1872

slight headache

Mr Hubert Airy

Wednesday, 2 October 1872

headache

Thursday, 3 October 1872

Friday, 4 October 1872

F came

Saturday, 5 October 1872

came to 7 Oaks

G. F. L. & H –

October 1872

Sunday, 6 October 1872

v. fine

walked in Park

Monday, 7 October 1872

fair [crossed] fine

long walk w B –

Tuesday, 8 October 1872

machine came

wr. [crossed]

rainy

H. went long walk.

Wednesday, 9 October 1872

Wm came

rain almost all day

Geo went

Thursday, 10 October 1872

fine m. walk in Pk

rain all P.M_

Friday, 11 October 1872

Wm went

Saturday, 12 October 1872

October 1872

Sunday, 13 October 1872

fine!! nice walk

Monday, 14 October 1872

beaut – drive

Litches came

Tuesday, 15 October 1872

Wednesday, 16 October 1872

Hen poorly

drove into 7 oaks

Thursday, 17 October 1872

Litches went

Friday, 18 October 1872

Head ache

Saturday, 19 October 1872

Do

G. F. & L came

October 1872

Sunday, 20 October 1872

rain all day

got up.

Monday, 21 October 1872

rain

Eliz came

Tuesday, 22 October 1872

walked in Pk

no sun

Wednesday, 23 October 1872

fine

drove w. F. to Park & Fawke C.

Thursday, 24 October 1872

rain

Friday, 25 October 1872

poorly

fish 7 –

bill 15-5

rain

Saturday, 26 October 1872

came home

Boys came

rain all day

October 1872

Sunday, 27 October 1872

went to church

Monday, 28 October 1872

Tuesday, 29 October 1872

wrote Jessie

Frank came & Fr W

poorly

called on Mrs Lovegrove

Wednesday, 30 October 1872

rain all day

October - November 1872

Thursday, 31 October 1872

wr. Eliz

nearly Do

G. came

Friday, 1 November 1872

wrote At F

Fine

Rain P M.

G. gave [Station master 10].

Saturday, 2 November 1872

Mr Butler came

November 1872

Sunday, 3 November 1872

Monday, 4 November 1872

Tuesday, 5 November 1872

Wednesday, 6 November 1872

Thursday, 7 November 1872

Friday, 8 November 1872

William came

Saturday, 9 November 1872

W

called at Fairchilds

November 1872

Sunday, 10 November 1872

Monday, 11 November 1872

Tuesday, 12 November 1872

Frank came

horrid weather

Wednesday, 13 November 1872

called on Mrs Ffinden

Thursday, 14 November 1872

Bessy went to London

N. E wind

stormy

Friday, 15 November 1872

Saturday, 16 November 1872

November 1872

Sunday, 17 November 1872

Monday, 18 November 1872

Tuesday, 19 November 1872

Wednesday, 20 November 1872

Thursday, 21 November 1872

Friday, 22 November 1872

Saturday, 23 November 1872

L. H P came

November 1872

Sunday, 24 November 1872

Monday, 25 November 1872

Tuesday, 26 November 1872

Wednesday, 27 November 1872

Jessie's death

Thursday, 28 November 1872

Friday, 29 November 1872

L. H. P went

attack of sickness

Saturday, 30 November 1872

head ache

December 1872

Sunday, 1 December 1872

in bed

better

Monday, 2 December 1872

up

Tuesday, 3 December 1872

rain all day

Wednesday, 4 December 1872

fine

Thursday, 5 December 1872

went out

Friday, 6 December 1872

went out

Saturday, 7 December 1872

L's came

December 1872

Sunday, 8 December 1872

went out

cold came on

storm at night

Monday, 9 December 1872

L's went

in bed most of day

Tuesday, 10 December 1872

up in mg.

p well

Wm came

Wednesday, 11 December 1872

up –

worse at night

Thursday, 12 December 1872

bad

in bed with throat

C.'s cough & cold v. bad

Friday, 13 December 1872

up –

Saturday, 14 December 1872

December 1872

Sunday, 15 December 1872

Lenny came

Ch. v. unwell went to bed again

Me well

Monday, 16 December 1872

Do

Tuesday, 17 December 1872

In han 15/17

came up to Q.A

Wednesday, 18 December 1872

Ch. chest bad

B. & Amy from Down

feverish night

Thursday, 19 December 1872

C. in bed

Friday, 20 December 1872

eczema

Saturday, 21 December 1872

December 1872

Sunday, 22 December 1872

came home

Monday, 23 December 1872

Tuesday, 24 December 1872

Litches came

Wednesday, 25 December 1872

fine

Thursday, 26 December 1872

attack of sickness

fine

Friday, 27 December 1872

came down

F. Balfour

Saturday, 28 December 1872

fine

went out

Blue pill

December 1872

Sunday, 29 December 1872

fine

went out

Monday, 30 December 1872

Tuesday, 31 December 1872

rain

[Printed January, February 1872 excised]

[Printed March, 1872]

Cupressas Lawsonia

Youthful days

Kullak. 81

Concerto Handel G. minor

Gade Arabesk

19,543

[not microfilmed]

absurd

Elanor

Edward –

Modern [illeg]

Mem. of Quiet Life

Aug. Hare

Enigma of Life WR.G

Nortons

33 or 55

Cleveland Sq=

[Printed May, 1872]

Harry & Archie

2nd Part

Helpful Sam

Ben Syl

Xmas Mammers

 

Curates' Budget

Effie's Friends

[not microfilmed]

[Printed June, 1872]

Herman Aga

Their wedding tour

Freedom in Ch. of E

Stoffford Brooke

Sermons Do

[Printed July, 1872]

Skandinavian

Folk sange gade

19548

Compère du Roi

Amateur [illeg]

Travel 41 & 42


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