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.
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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
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[Printed Title] Harwood's Diamond Diary with An Almanack for 1872
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1 - 10 –
3 – 3 -6
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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
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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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