RECORD: Emma Darwin's diary for: 1873. CUL-DAR242[.37]. 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. RN1
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:
1873 was a very busy year for the Darwins as they received many visitors throughout the year. Mrs Darwin noted the death of Brodie, their Scottish nurse. Although she left their service after Annie died in 1851, Mrs Darwin wrote to her often. Effie, Hensleigh's daughter married Thomas Farrer in May. A rather frightening condition affected Darwin. He had "partial loss of mem for 12 hrs" in late August.
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Harwood's Diamond Diary with An Almanack for 1873
Gade for purchase 540,93
Weber / Trio Op 63 2 fl
62 [*] 4 [=] 248 [divided by] [illeg] 2 [=] [illeg]
40 [*] 6 [=] 240 [divided by] [illeg] [=] [20]
4 wide & 3 narrow
January 1873
[1 January – 4 January 1873 not microfilmed]
Sunday, 5 January 1873
fine mg
Monday, 6 January 1873
Normans & Miss Bartlemas
Tuesday, 7 January 1873
fine
Wednesday, 8 January 1873
Normans went
walked Hangrove
fine
Thursday, 9 January 1873
Rain & wind
slight headache 1st time for a fortnight
Friday, 10 January 1873
G. v. poorly but he & Hor. went at night & slept at Folkestone
Saturday, 11 January 1873
girls called on Miss Halls
fine
January 1873
Sunday, 12 January 1873
beaut day
Monday, 13 January 1873
Tuesday, 14 January 1873
Wednesday, 15 January 1873
called at R.bourne
Thursday, 16 January 1873
Friday, 17 January 1873
fine
Snow & Alice called.
Saturday, 18 January 1873
Amanda Leo & Dickie
Storm of rain & wind
January 1873
Sunday, 19 January 1873
rain
Monday, 20 January 1873
Tuesday, 21 January 1873
Wednesday, 22 January 1873
Thursday, 23 January 1873
ball at High Elms
Friday, 24 January 1873
Moncure Conway
Hen & Richard came
Fanny
Alice dined
Saturday, 25 January 1873
Wm & Lenny
fine
January 1873
Sunday, 26 January 1873
fine
Monday, 27 January 1873
Hensleigh & F went
Amy went
fine frost
Dougall came [Francis Thomas McDougall]
Tuesday, 28 January 1873
called on Mrs Fry & Mrs Edwards
Wednesday, 29 January 1873
January – February 1873
Thursday, 30 January 1873
Friday, 31 January 1873
Saturday, 1 February 1873
Fr L. came
February 1873
Sunday, 2 February 1873
Snow
Monday, 3 February 1873
Ditto
bad headache
Tuesday, 4 February 1873
p. well
B. went to Bry.
Wednesday, 5 February 1873
baddish
Thursday, 6 February 1873
B. came home
Friday, 7 February 1873
Saturday, 8 February 1873
Eliz. Came
F. & L.
February 1873
[9 February – 15 February 1873 not microfilmed]
Sunday, 16 February 1873
Monday, 17 February 1873
Tuesday, 18 February 1873
Wednesday, 19 February 1873
Louisa & ch. came
Sno & Eliz dined
Thursday, 20 February 1873
Friday, 21 February 1873
Saturday, 22 February 1873
Wm. F. & L.
February 1873
Sunday, 23 February 1873
went to church
Monday, 24 February 1873
Louisa went to Eliz
Tuesday, 25 February 1873
Wednesday, 26 February 1873
headache & cold in bed
blue pill
February - March 1873
Thursday, 27 February 1873
came down in p.m
Friday, 28 February 1873
pretty well
Saturday, 1 March 1873
bad
F. Pryor & Moore - Litches
March 1873
Sunday, 2 March 1873
Monday, 3 March 1873
went
H E. L. stayed till P.m Tue_
Tuesday, 4 March 1873
Wednesday, 5 March 1873
got up
Thursday, 6 March 1873
got up
Friday, 7 March 1873
quite well
Alice & Miss Martin called _
Saturday, 8 March 1873
Litches Huxleys & Wm_
March 1873
Sunday, 9 March 1873
Godfrey dined
Monday, 10 March 1873
all went
Tuesday, 11 March 1873
Wednesday, 12 March 1873
Thursday, 13 March 1873
out
began arsenic
Friday, 14 March 1873
Sm. [enig] £1
Tickets 6/
out
Saturday, 15 March 1873
came to Mont St
March 1873
Sunday, 16 March 1873
Monday, 17 March 1873
v. well
drove out
Tuesday, 18 March 1873
Wednesday, 19 March 1873
Thursday, 20 March 1873
Friday, 21 March 1873
Saturday, 22 March 1873
March 1873
Sunday, 23 March 1873
f
Monday, 24 March 1873
fine
called Mrs Birk
Tuesday, 25 March 1873
F. F & Mrs Hawk called
Wednesday, 26 March 1873
Jossie dined
Thursday, 27 March 1873
Mrs Ruck_
Meta & Ellen lunch_
Friday, 28 March 1873
Mrs Hooker lunch
Saturday, 29 March 1873
March - April 1873
Sunday, 30 March 1873
Lushington lunch
B. & F. Huxleys
Monday, 31 March 1873
Thack. & Stephen
Tuesday, 1 April 1873
Mrs Ruck
Wednesday, 2 April 1873
Birkbeck
F Galton
Thursday, 3 April 1873
Friday, 4 April 1873
Busks
Mrs Lyells
Saturday, 5 April 1873
Left off arsenic
G. came
April 1873
Sunday, 6 April 1873
saw Ellen
Monday, 7 April 1873
Tuesday, 8 April 1873
meeting about Huxley
Mrs Croft
Wednesday, 9 April 1873
Stair 4/3
Dr H. & Swett. lunch
Thursday, 10 April 1873
came home
bitter cold
Friday, 11 April 1873
Browning 1. 2. 9
Saturday, 12 April 1873
April 1873
Sunday, 13 April 1873
Monday, 14 April 1873
Camilla from Anne's
Tuesday, 15 April 1873
F. kept well for 3 or 4 days & then v. languid for a week
Wednesday, 16 April 1873
Mr & Mrs Innes
beaut day
Thursday, 17 April 1873
Rose came
Camilla went
Friday, 18 April 1873
Mrs Hooker
Saturday, 19 April 1873
Dr H. & Brian
heart bad_
Swettenham
April 1873
Sunday, 20 April 1873
Monday, 21 April 1873
Tuesday, 22 April 1873
Horace went
bitter cold -
F. poorly
Wednesday, 23 April 1873
Thursday, 24 April 1873
All week
Friday, 25 April 1873
Mrs Hooker went
sharp frost
Saturday, 26 April 1873
G. went to London.
April 1873
Sunday, 27 April 1873
Monday, 28 April 1873
Tuesday, 29 April 1873
lunched Ravens
E. Carter
Wednesday, 30 April 1873
May 1873
Thursday, 1 May 1873
called at Mrs Hamilton & Mrs Farr_
Friday, 2 May 1873
Saturday, 3 May 1873
Litches & Wm
May 1873
Sunday, 4 May 1873
Monday, 5 May 1873
Alice & E. Carter came P.M.
Tuesday, 6 May 1873
Effie & Snow to S E W.
Wednesday, 7 May 1873
dined here
Thursday, 8 May 1873
Friday, 9 May 1873
Saturday, 10 May 1873
Pryor came
fine day.
May 1873
Sunday, 11 May 1873
wrote At F.
Lenny came
Monday, 12 May 1873
Alice & E. Carter came P.M.
G. went to London
Tuesday, 13 May 1873
B. & Litches to London
Wednesday, 14 May 1873
Union.
56 teas 13-short
Thursday, 15 May 1873
Friday, 16 May 1873
Saturday, 17 May 1873
Miss Busks
Shaen
cold
May 1873
Sunday, 18 May 1873
went to church
Litches came from Hayes
Monday, 19 May 1873
Party all went
Tuesday, 20 May 1873
Wednesday, 21 May 1873
wro. Wm
Thursday, 22 May 1873
wrote Fr. W_
Friday, 23 May 1873
fine – wind
B. to Cambridge
wr. Caroline
G. back from London
Saturday, 24 May 1873
v. fine
May 1873
Sunday, 25 May 1873
Monday, 26 May 1873
Tuesday, 27 May 1873
B. from Cam
Wednesday, 28 May 1873
Lucy came
Thursday, 29 May 1873
Friday, 30 May 1873
F. H. & Hope.
Effie's marriage
fine but cold
Saturday, 31 May 1873
Frank & Leo –
fine but cold
June 1873
Sunday, 1 June 1873
cold & wet
Wm. came
Monday, 2 June 1873
F & H. went to Eliz
Tuesday, 3 June 1873
B. & Lucy went to London
In hand 8:6
Wednesday, 4 June 1873
B. to Wales
C. & I to L. H. P.
Thursday, 5 June 1873
beaut hot day
C. v. well
Friday, 6 June 1873
bitter cold
Saturday, 7 June 1873
cold & fine
C. bad
Farrers came
June 1873
Sunday, 8 June 1873
Monday, 9 June 1873
G. came
v. well
Tuesday, 10 June 1873
Wednesday, 11 June 1873
C. bad since Sat_
Thursday, 12 June 1873
Came home
fine
Friday, 13 June 1873
fine
Saturday, 14 June 1873
Litches & Laura came
June 1873
Sunday, 15 June 1873
fine_
F. well since Thursday
Monday, 16 June 1873
Tuesday, 17 June 1873
Litches & Laura went
beaut. day.
Wednesday, 18 June 1873
Thursday, 19 June 1873
Friday, 20 June 1873
Saturday, 21 June 1873
Arthur Balfour
June 1873
Sunday, 22 June 1873
Cooksons & Ld Mont & Myers.
Monday, 23 June 1873
Tuesday, 24 June 1873
Wednesday, 25 June 1873
Thursday, 26 June 1873
Horace went to settle in London
Friday, 27 June 1873
Horace
Saturday, 28 June 1873
beaut
Langtons & Arthur Ruck [brother of Amy Ruck]
June – July 1873
Sunday, 29 June 1873
beaut. Elinor &c called
Thunder shower in P.M.
Monday, 30 June 1873
rain all day-
Tuesday, 1 July 1873
Litches went
Langtons to S E W
Wednesday, 2 July 1873
Be. From Wales
Thursday, 3 July 1873
Brodie's death
Friday, 4 July 1873
Dr & Mrs Sanderson
Saturday, 5 July 1873
Litches - & Crawley
July 1873
Sunday, 6 July 1873
W. M. C. party
beaut day -
Monday, 7 July 1873
Do -
Tuesday, 8 July 1873
Wednesday, 9 July 1873
Thursday, 10 July 1873
Friday, 11 July 1873
Saturday, 12 July 1873
Farrers & Hope
July 1873
Sunday, 13 July 1873
Steady rain
Monday, 14 July 1873
went –
headache
Tuesday, 15 July 1873
Wednesday, 16 July 1873
Amy came
Thursday, 17 July 1873
Miss Thorley
Geo. went to Scotland -
Friday, 18 July 1873
Saturday, 19 July 1873
beaut day
went
July 1873
Sunday, 20 July 1873
!!
Monday, 21 July 1873
!! 81
Litches & Snow came
Amy & B. to Eras
Tuesday, 22 July 1873
!! Do
Wednesday, 23 July 1873
went
Thursday, 24 July 1873
not hot but charming
Horace came home not v. well
Friday, 25 July 1873
Saturday, 26 July 1873
Eras.
July 1873
Sunday, 27 July 1873
Monday, 28 July 1873
Tuesday, 29 July 1873
Wednesday, 30 July 1873
July – August 1873
Thursday, 31 July 1873
Hensleigh
Friday, 1 August 1873
Wm from Scotland
Saturday, 2 August 1873
Litches
August 1873
Sunday, 3 August 1873
fine
Monday, 4 August 1873
Tuesday, 5 August 1873
came to Abinger
Wednesday, 6 August 1873
!!
Thursday, 7 August 1873
!!
drove to Pitland St
Friday, 8 August 1873
v. hot
Saturday, 9 August 1873
Came to S-ton
cool but fine
August 1873
Sunday, 10 August 1873
cold
walked on common
Monday, 11 August 1873
Tuesday, 12 August 1873
Mrs Yonge called.
Wednesday, 13 August 1873
drove to the site
Thursday, 14 August 1873
Yonges dined
called on Old Mrs S. 10/
Friday, 15 August 1873
Soft muggy
Saturday, 16 August 1873
August 1873
Sunday, 17 August 1873
Monday, 18 August 1873
headache.
heavy rain
Tuesday, 19 August 1873
H & B. to Lyndhurst
Wednesday, 20 August 1873
Thursday, 21 August 1873
came home
nice day
Geo. poorly_
Friday, 22 August 1873
Saturday, 23 August 1873
Dr H. & Gen Strachey
Geo. better
beaut day
August 1873
Sunday, 24 August 1873
!!
gt thunderstorm
Monday, 25 August 1873
Tuesday, 26 August 1873
Ch. v. unwell partial loss of mem for 12 hrs & numerous bad sinking fits
Wednesday, 27 August 1873
m. better
Thursday, 28 August 1873
v. bad in early mg-
shock in head
Friday, 29 August 1873
m. better
hardly any faint
Saturday, 30 August 1873
[Andrew Clark and Henry Willey]
C. m better
August - September 1873
Sunday, 31 August 1873
C. came down stairs
Monday, 1 September 1873
C. as well as usual
rain all day.
Tuesday, 2 September 1873
Fr. from Wales
Wednesday, 3 September 1873
Thursday, 4 September 1873
Friday, 5 September 1873
Bessy went w Lucy to L. H. P.
Dr Willy came
G. to Southampton
Saturday, 6 September 1873
F &
September 1873
Sunday, 7 September 1873
rain all p.m.
Monday, 8 September 1873
Horace from Barl.
Tuesday, 9 September 1873
rain almost all day
Wednesday, 10 September 1873
fine
Thursday, 11 September 1873
fine
Friday, 12 September 1873
G. to S-ton
Saturday, 13 September 1873
Fr & L. came
September 1873
Sunday, 14 September 1873
Monday, 15 September 1873
I bad in bed
Tuesday, 16 September 1873
Do.
F. baddish
got up in evg.
Wednesday, 17 September 1873
Thursday, 18 September 1873
Friday, 19 September 1873
Dr Willy
Saturday, 20 September 1873
fine
September 1873
Sunday, 21 September 1873
Monday, 22 September 1873
beaut day.
Tuesday, 23 September 1873
!!!
Wednesday, 24 September 1873
!!
Thursday, 25 September 1873
Litches came
!!!
Friday, 26 September 1873
Saturday, 27 September 1873
October 1873
[28 September – 4 October 1873 not microfilmed]
Sunday, 5 October 1873
went to church
Monday, 6 October 1873
Tuesday, 7 October 1873
Wednesday, 8 October 1873
went to see Dr Clark
Thursday, 9 October 1873
Friday, 10 October 1873
Saturday, 11 October 1873
October 1873
Sunday, 12 October 1873
rain all day
wrote Aunt F.
Monday, 13 October 1873
B. went to Bry.
rain
wrote Ellen
Tuesday, 14 October 1873
fine
cold
Wednesday, 15 October 1873
Thursday, 16 October 1873
Friday, 17 October 1873
Saturday, 18 October 1873
October 1873
Sunday, 19 October 1873
Monday, 20 October 1873
Tuesday, 21 October 1873
wrote W.
Emily T. went
Wednesday, 22 October 1873
Mrs Scott to Eliz
Litches to London
Thursday, 23 October 1873
Friday, 24 October 1873
Saturday, 25 October 1873
Mr Huxley came
Litches returned
October 1873
Sunday, 26 October 1873
Monday, 27 October 1873
B. to Barlaston
Frost & fine
Tuesday, 28 October 1873
Do -
Wednesday, 29 October 1873
I in bed with cold
Do!!
October - November 1873
Thursday, 30 October 1873
up & p. well
Litches went.
Friday, 31 October 1873
Saturday, 1 November 1873
November 1873
Sunday, 2 November 1873
Monday, 3 November 1873
Tuesday, 4 November 1873
Wednesday, 5 November 1873
Thursday, 6 November 1873
Friday, 7 November 1873
Saturday, 8 November 1873
came to London
called in Q. A
November 1873
Sunday, 9 November 1873
called on Harry
rain
Monday, 10 November 1873
headache
Sir C. Lyell called
Tuesday, 11 November 1873
Wednesday, 12 November 1873
Thursday, 13 November 1873
Friday, 14 November 1873
Saturday, 15 November 1873
Monday Pop.
Schumann Quintette
Von Bulow
November 1873
Sunday, 16 November 1873
F. Harrison lunched
Monday, 17 November 1873
Tuesday, 18 November 1873
came home from Bry St
in bed
Wednesday, 19 November 1873
Do
Thursday, 20 November 1873
up -
Friday, 21 November 1873
Saturday, 22 November 1873
L. H. P. came
fine till Thursday
Frank came
November 1873
Sunday, 23 November 1873
Monday, 24 November 1873
Tuesday, 25 November 1873
Wednesday, 26 November 1873
Thursday, 27 November 1873
rain
Eliz & Snow lunched
Friday, 28 November 1873
L. H. P went
Saturday, 29 November 1873
November - December 1873
Sunday, 30 November 1873
Monday, 1 December 1873
called on Normans Thompson & Reeds
Tuesday, 2 December 1873
Wednesday, 3 December 1873
Thursday, 4 December 1873
Friday, 5 December 1873
Effie came
went to R-bourne
Saturday, 6 December 1873
December 1873
Sunday, 7 December 1873
Monday, 8 December 1873
Went to Nashes
Tuesday, 9 December 1873
Hope came.
Wednesday, 10 December 1873
Thursday, 11 December 1873
Friday, 12 December 1873
Saturday, 13 December 1873
Hope went
December 1873
Sunday, 14 December 1873
Litches came
Monday, 15 December 1873
went
Tuesday, 16 December 1873
Wednesday, 17 December 1873
Thursday, 18 December 1873
Friday, 19 December 1873
Saturday, 20 December 1873
[21 December – 31 December 1873 not microfilmed]
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