RECORD: Emma Darwin's diary for: 1879. CUL-DAR242[.43]. 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. RN4

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:

The midlands experienced one of the coldest years in 1879. Mrs Darwin recorded days of hard frost, severe frost, bitter cold, deep snow and of course lots of rain. There was rain, steady rain, cold rain, furious rain and showers. The Darwins took a holiday in Coniston where they enjoyed boat rides but unfortunately the rain followed them.


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Harwood's Diamond Diary with An Almanack for 1879

H. R Jennings Esq

45 Gt Ormond St

January 1879

Wednesday, 1 January 1879

Thursday, 2 January 1879

Frost

Friday, 3 January 1879

M. D'arcy came

Saturday, 4 January 1879

headache

M. d'arcy & Sara went

January 1879

Sunday, 5 January 1879

Monday, 6 January 1879

Tuesday, 7 January 1879

Wednesday, 8 January 1879

G. went to Worthing

bitter wind

Thursday, 9 January 1879

Friday, 10 January 1879

Therm. 24

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Saturday, 11 January 1879

January 1879

Sunday, 12 January 1879

Monday, 13 January 1879

Tuesday, 14 January 1879

poorly w cold

Wednesday, 15 January 1879

Thursday, 16 January 1879

Friday, 17 January 1879

beaut day

Saturday, 18 January 1879

Dyers & Crawleys came

January 1879

Sunday, 19 January 1879

Monday, 20 January 1879

Tuesday, 21 January 1879

Temp.

lecture

Deep snow

Wednesday, 22 January 1879

B. went to Farrer's ball

Thursday, 23 January 1879

Frost & Cookson's play

Friday, 24 January 1879

Litches came

Saturday, 25 January 1879

January 1879

Sunday, 26 January 1879

Monday, 27 January 1879

Thermom 32

Geo. went

Tuesday, 28 January 1879

Litches went

Wednesday, 29 January 1879

no wind

January – February 1879

Thursday, 30 January 1879

just same weather

Friday, 31 January 1879

Bessy went to Southampton

Saturday, 1 February 1879

Thaw

Co

February 1879

Sunday, 2 February 1879

Monday, 3 February 1879

called at Holwood

Tuesday, 4 February 1879

Fr went to Algiers

Wednesday, 5 February 1879

went out

Thursday, 6 February 1879

Friday, 7 February 1879

Saturday, 8 February 1879

February 1879

Sunday, 9 February 1879

Monday, 10 February 1879

Tuesday, 11 February 1879

Wednesday, 12 February 1879

Thursday, 13 February 1879

Friday, 14 February 1879

Saturday, 15 February 1879

Farrers & Ida -

February 1879

Sunday, 16 February 1879

Monday, 17 February 1879

Tuesday, 18 February 1879

Wednesday, 19 February 1879

Thursday, 20 February 1879

Friday, 21 February 1879

Mabel & Rose

Saturday, 22 February 1879

arthur w -

February 1879

Sunday, 23 February 1879

Monday, 24 February 1879

Tuesday, 25 February 1879

Wednesday, 26 February 1879

February - March 1879

Thursday, 27 February 1879

Eliz illness

came to 6 Q. A.

B. stayed w R. & Mab -

Friday, 28 February 1879

v. bad day & night

Saturday, 1 March 1879

better

March 1879

Sunday, 2 March 1879

good night

Monday, 3 March 1879

Pearce £2

Tuesday, 4 March 1879

Mrs Miles £3 - 10

Wednesday, 5 March 1879

came home

Thursday, 6 March 1879

!!

Friday, 7 March 1879

!!

Saturday, 8 March 1879

Drove to R-bourne

Leo

March 1879

Sunday, 9 March 1879 

!!

Monday, 10 March 1879

Bernard went to Bry St

Tuesday, 11 March 1879

Wednesday, 12 March 1879

Thursday, 13 March 1879

Friday, 14 March 1879

Saturday, 15 March 1879

March 1879

Sunday, 16 March 1879 

Monday, 17 March 1879

Godfrey & Hope – came

Tuesday, 18 March 1879

!!!

Wednesday, 19 March 1879

beaut day

Thursday, 20 March 1879

went to 31 to see Eliz –

cold –

Godfrey & Hope went

Friday, 21 March 1879

Saturday, 22 March 1879

Litches came

bitter cold

March 1879

Sunday, 23 March 1879

cold N. E high wind

Monday, 24 March 1879

Tuesday, 25 March 1879

Wednesday, 26 March 1879

Thursday, 27 March 1879

Friday, 28 March 1879

Bessy & B. to Wales

Saturday, 29 March 1879

Litches

!!

March - April 1879

Sunday, 30 March 1879

Fine

Monday, 31 March 1879

Ls went

Tuesday, 1 April 1879

Wednesday, 2 April 1879

Eliz came

!!

Thursday, 3 April 1879

!

Friday, 4 April 1879

!!

Saturday, 5 April 1879

April 1879

Sunday, 6 April 1879

Monday, 7 April 1879

Tuesday, 8 April 1879

Wednesday, 9 April 1879

Thursday, 10 April 1879

Litches & Wms -

Friday, 11 April 1879

Snow all day & night

Saturday, 12 April 1879

Snow from 3

Bessy came from Wales

April 1879

Sunday, 13 April 1879

Fine P. M

went to church

Monday, 14 April 1879

Cold

Tuesday, 15 April 1879

cold

Wednesday, 16 April 1879

cold rain & sleet

Fr & B. came home

Thursday, 17 April 1879

G. went to Cam –

Litches went

Friday, 18 April 1879

Saturday, 19 April 1879

Litches & Snow

bit cold -

April 1879

Sunday, 20 April 1879

rain all day

Monday, 21 April 1879

bit cold – dry –

Snow & Litches went

Tuesday, 22 April 1879

Wednesday, 23 April 1879

Thursday, 24 April 1879

Friday, 25 April 1879

Saturday, 26 April 1879

Monteagles & Galtons

!

April 1879

Sunday, 27 April 1879

!!!

Monday, 28 April 1879

went

Tuesday, 29 April 1879

Mr Innes & son & Mr Hoole

called on Mrs Lovegrove

Wednesday, 30 April 1879

May 1879

Thursday, 1 May 1879

Friday, 2 May 1879

Saturday, 3 May 1879

Mr Innes to lunch

May 1879

Sunday, 4 May 1879

r fine but cold

Monday, 5 May 1879

Tuesday, 6 May 1879

went to Worthing

bitter cold

Wednesday, 7 May 1879

Do

lunched w. Mr Rich

Thursday, 8 May 1879

Do

came to Basset

Friday, 9 May 1879

Saturday, 10 May 1879

bright & sharp

walked to Mrs Bullou

May 1879

Sunday, 11 May 1879

cold rain

Monday, 12 May 1879

fine

Tuesday, 13 May 1879

cold rain

Wednesday, 14 May 1879

storm

Thursday, 15 May 1879

Friday, 16 May 1879

Saturday, 17 May 1879

Fine

Yonges called

May 1879

Sunday, 18 May 1879

Monday, 19 May 1879

rain

Tuesday, 20 May 1879

Beaut day –

W. & Sara went in yacht

Wednesday, 21 May 1879

to L. H. P.

Fine

Thursday, 22 May 1879

fine

Friday, 23 May 1879

rain cleared

Saturday, 24 May 1879

drove out w C.

Leo came

May 1879

Sunday, 25 May 1879

Fine

sat out

Monday, 26 May 1879

came home from L.HP.

v. cold

Tuesday, 27 May 1879

Wednesday, 28 May 1879

Thursday, 28 May 1879

Friday, 30 May 1879

Saturday, 31 May 1879

Hen. came

June 1879

Sunday, 1 June 1879

rain from 4 -

Monday, 2 June 1879

till

Tuesday, 3 June 1879

this morning

Wednesday, 4 June 1879

Thursday, 5 June 1879

Friday, 6 June 1879

rain once

day fine

another

Saturday, 7 June 1879

June 1879

Sunday, 8 June 1879

Monday, 9 June 1879

Tuesday, 10 June 1879

Wednesday, 11 June 1879

Thursday, 12 June 1879

Friday, 13 June 1879

Laura came

Saturday, 14 June 1879

beaut !!

June 1879

Sunday, 15 June 1879

rain

Monday, 16 June 1879

X

Tuesday, 17 June 1879

Bessy & M. Atkin went

X

Wednesday, 18 June 1879

Mr Rich_ [William Blake Richmond]

Mr Fisk

Rowland x

Caroline x

Thursday, 19 June 1879

rain furious showers

X

Friday, 20 June 1879

Laura came

dry -  [2 lines crossed]

Saturday, 21 June 1879

Caroline W. went

beaut [crossed]

rain about 8 hrs

Wm came

June 1879

Sunday, 22 June 1879

Fair. ! [crossed]

Monday, 23 June 1879

Laura joined !!

Tuesday, 24 June 1879

home furious rain

Wednesday, 25 June 1879

Thursday, 26 June 1879

came to London

Friday, 27 June 1879

Crystal P.

children

O

Saturday, 28 June 1879

wrote R from Laura's

!!

O

June – July 1879

Sunday, 29 June 1879

Fair

!!

Monday, 30 June 1879

!!!

O

Laura joined us at W H

Tuesday, 1 July 1879

came home

furious storm

X

Wednesday, 2 July 1879

cold

wrote B. to Termatt

Thursday, 3 July 1879

Steady rain

Friday, 4 July 1879

Saturday, 5 July 1879

July 1879

Sunday, 6 July 1879

went to church

rain all p.m

Monday, 7 July 1879

no rain!

Tuesday, 8 July 1879

Storm began in mg & lasted all day

Wednesday, 9 July 1879

wr B. Kandersteg

Thursday, 10 July 1879

fair cloudy

called on Mrs Forrest

Friday, 11 July 1879

Saturday, 12 July 1879

Beaut day

drove to Tarn hows

row on lake [3 lines crossed]

July 1879

Sunday, 13 July 1879

rain

Monday, 14 July 1879

rain

Tuesday, 15 July 1879

fair

Wednesday, 16 July 1879

fine

Thursday, 17 July 1879

fair

Friday, 18 July 1879

M. Atkin & B. came home [Mary Atkin, Bessy]

Saturday, 19 July 1879

Litches came

July 1879

Sunday, 20 July 1879

rain

Monday, 21 July 1879

rain

Litches M. Atkin & boys went

Tuesday, 22 July 1879

fair mg –

dark drizzle

Wednesday, 23 July 1879

fine

some sun

Thursday, 24 July 1879

Friday, 25 July 1879

Saturday, 26 July 1879

Headache

July 1879

Sunday, 27 July 1879

!!

Monday, 28 July 1879

Tuesday, 29 July 1879

!!

Wednesday, 30 July 1879

!!!

July – August 1879

Thursday, 31 July 1879

!!

Friday, 1 August 1879

went to No 6

Saturday, 2 August 1879

Fine – set out to Coniston

August 1879

Sunday, 3 August 1879

cloudy

Marshalls called

Monday, 4 August 1879

Do

fire

sun in p.m.

walked out

Fr. came

Tuesday, 5 August 1879

fire

Wednesday, 6 August 1879

Thursday, 7 August 1879

2 fires

drove & walked -

Friday, 8 August 1879

2 fires

went in boat

called on Miss Beavers

walk -

Saturday, 9 August 1879

one fire

fine –

walked up by torrent w F_

August 1879

Sunday, 10 August 1879

went in boat

one fire.

Monday, 11 August 1879

no fire

drove w. Ch.

view over Yewdale

G. came

Tuesday, 12 August 1879

no fire

lunch at Ruskins

Wednesday, 13 August 1879

Thursday, 14 August 1879

heard of Fanny's accident.

went to Grasmere

!!!

Friday, 15 August 1879

went in boat

Saturday, 16 August 1879

fire

Leo came

drove up to Tilberthwaite farm

August 1879

Sunday, 17 August 1879

rain.

fire

beaut row on lake to old Coniston Hall

Monday, 18 August 1879

drove to Skelwith Bridges

pretty lights [rainy]

Tuesday, 19 August 1879

drove by Hawkshead road & Marshalls grounds

Wednesday, 20 August 1879

Thursday, 21 August 1879

went to Furness

ugly day

Friday, 22 August 1879

stormy day

Saturday, 23 August 1879

Drove to How Tarn & row on Lake

!!!

August 1879

Sunday, 24 August 1879

drove out in p.m.

!!

Monday, 25 August 1879

Tuesday, 26 August 1879

Wednesday, 27 August 1879

Came home

rain all day

Thursday, 28 August 1879

Do

Friday, 29 August 1879

dry

Saturday, 30 August 1879

fine

August - September 1879

Sunday, 31 August 1879

!!

Monday, 1 September 1879

!!!

Tuesday, 2 September 1879

!!

Wednesday, 3 September 1879

!!

Thursday, 4 September 1879

Friday, 5 September 1879

Hacket came & R -

Saturday, 6 September 1879

Hacket & R. went

September 1879

Sunday, 7 September 1879

Monday, 8 September 1879

Tuesday, 9 September 1879

fine most of week

Wednesday, 10 September 1879

Thursday, 11 September 1879

Friday, 12 September 1879

Saturday, 13 September 1879

Horace came from Scotland -

September 1879

Sunday, 14 September 1879

!!

Monday, 15 September 1879

Fr W. [crossed]

rain

Horace went to Cam _

Tuesday, 16 September 1879

Geo cam

!!

Fr W. came

Wednesday, 17 September 1879

!!

Thursday, 18 September 1879

Friday, 19 September 1879

Saturday, 20 September 1879

Hookers & Miss M'gilvray

!!

Clarke Hawkes dined

September 1879

Sunday, 21 September 1879

!!

Monday, 22 September 1879

!!

Bessy to Sheerness

Tuesday, 23 September 1879

rain

Wednesday, 24 September 1879

rain

Hookers went

Thursday, 25 September 1879

Friday, 26 September 1879

Saturday, 27 September 1879

September – October 1879

Sunday, 28 September 1879

Monday, 29 September 1879

Tuesday, 30 September 1879

Bazaar

rain

Wednesday, 1 October 1879

Do

Thursday, 2 October 1879

Tom & Ida came

Friday, 3 October 1879

!!

Saturday, 4 October 1879

!!

Mrs Scott & Mrs Lucas & Jusie to S E W

October 1879

Sunday, 5 October 1879

church

Monday, 6 October 1879

!!!

Tuesday, 7 October 1879

!!

Wednesday, 8 October 1879

dull

Thursday, 9 October 1879

Friday, 10 October 1879

Saturday, 11 October 1879

October 1879

Sunday, 12 October 1879

Monday, 13 October 1879

Em Thorley came

Tuesday, 14 October 1879

Wednesday, 15 October 1879

Hen to London

returned Thursday

Thursday, 16 October 1879

Friday, 17 October 1879

Saturday, 18 October 1879

Emily Th went

Leo came

Bessy to Barl –

Fr to Paut – for little Root

October 1879

Sunday, 19 October 1879

Monday, 20 October 1879

Tuesday, 21 October 1879

Fr returned

Wednesday, 22 October 1879

Thursday, 23 October 1879

Friday, 24 October 1879

Saturday, 25 October 1879

October 1879

Sunday, 26 October 1879

Monday, 27 October 1879

Tuesday, 28 October 1879

Wednesday, 29 October 1879

Sara & Wm from Paris

October - November 1879

Thursday, 30 October 1879

B. home

Horace & Ida for 1 day -

Friday, 31 October 1879

Saturday, 1 November 1879

November 1879

Sunday, 2 November 1879

Monday, 3 November 1879

Wm went

Tuesday, 4 November 1879

Sara went

Wednesday, 5 November 1879

Thursday, 6 November 1879

Friday, 7 November 1879

Saturday, 8 November 1879

November 1879

Sunday, 9 November 1879

Monday, 10 November 1879

Tuesday, 11 November 1879

Fr & Bernard to Brighton

Wednesday, 12 November 1879

Thursday, 13 November 1879

Friday, 14 November 1879

Saturday, 15 November 1879

November 1879

Sunday, 16 November 1879

Monday, 17 November 1879

Fr from Brighton

Tuesday, 18 November 1879

Wednesday, 19 November 1879

went to Union

Thursday, 20 November 1879

B. to London

Snow

Friday, 21 November 1879

Snow

Saturday, 22 November 1879

Deep snow

Ogles came

November 1879

Sunday, 23 November 1879

fine day

frost

Monday, 24 November 1879

Tuesday, 25 November 1879

thaw

Snow again

Wednesday, 26 November 1879

Thursday, 27 November 1879

Friday, 28 November 1879

Saturday, 29 November 1879

Romanes

November - December 1879

Sunday, 30 November 1879

Monday, 1 December 1879

Tuesday, 2 December 1879

severe frost

Wednesday, 3 December 1879

came to London

Thursday, 4 December 1879

Friday, 5 December 1879

Saturday, 6 December 1879

December 1879

Sunday, 7 December 1879

went to Huxleys

Monday, 8 December 1879

slight thaw

moved to No 6 -

Tuesday, 9 December 1879

Wednesday, 10 December 1879

Thursday, 11 December 1879

came home

bitterly cold

Friday, 12 December 1879

slight thaw

Saturday, 13 December 1879

Bessy home from Thorleys

December 1879

Sunday, 14 December 1879

Monday, 15 December 1879

Tuesday, 16 December 1879

Eliz. came home

Wednesday, 17 December 1879

hard frost

Thursday, 18 December 1879

Slight thaw

Friday, 19 December 1879

Saturday, 20 December 1879

December 1879

Sunday, 21 December 1879

Monday, 22 December 1879

Tuesday, 23 December 1879

Sara came

R & Hen came

Wednesday, 24 December 1879

Sara came

Wm. came

Thursday, 25 December 1879

Friday, 26 December 1879

Saturday, 27 December 1879

December 1879

Sunday, 28 December 1879

Thaw -

Monday, 29 December 1879

Wm went

Tuesday, 30 December 1879

Wednesday, 31 December 1879

Sara - went

[Printed January, 1879]


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