RECORD: Emma Darwin's diary for: 1882. CUL-DAR242[.46]. Transcribed by Christine Chua and John van Wyhe, 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:

Just a day before Darwin died, Mrs Darwin recorded him having a "good day a little work out in orch. twice". The next day was the brief entry "fatal attack at 12''. Darwin died on 19 April 1882 with Mrs Darwin part of his family by his side.


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Carbolic acid

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Vote for Miss Thomas if not promised to Mrs Ffinden

(Mr Swift)

Stantin 67111

[title page]

Harwood's Diamond Diary with An Almanack for 1882

[on reverse:]

Hugh Cam

Mr Ashcroft

Write to G –

Passenger on the Parā about ap 10 –

to the care of the Royal Mail agent Plymouth

January 1882

Sunday, 1 January 1882

Monday, 2 January 1882

Tuesday, 3 January 1882

arthur w. came

!!

Wednesday, 4 January 1882

!!!

Thursday, 5 January 1882

Friday, 6 January 1882

Saturday, 7 January 1882

Dyers & B Marshall

January 1882

Sunday, 8 January 1882

Sunday Tramps

rain

Monday, 9 January 1882

Dyers went

Geo. went

Tuesday, 10 January 1882

wr Mrs Ruck

Wednesday, 11 January 1882

wr Hor. H E. L.

Thursday, 12 January 1882

Friday, 13 January 1882

Saturday, 14 January 1882

Litches came

called on Mrs Smith

January 1882

Sunday, 15 January 1882

Monday, 16 January 1882

Litches went

Tuesday, 17 January 1882

Bessy came from Cam. w. Horace

Wednesday, 18 January 1882

Thursday, 19 January 1882

wrote Caroline

Friday, 20 January 1882

Saturday, 21 January 1882

Mr & Mrs Ritchie

January 1882

Sunday, 22 January 1882

Mr Bryce & Dicey to luncheon -

Monday, 23 January 1882

Ritchies went

F. partic well

Tuesday, 24 January 1882

Clement & Emily came

Wednesday, 25 January 1882

Thursday, 26 January 1882

went

Friday, 27 January 1882

F. v. unwell with cold

Saturday, 28 January 1882

Diceys & Em. Loch

January – February 1882

Sunday, 29 January 1882

F. v. unwell

Monday, 30 January 1882

Diceys went

Tuesday, 31 January 1882

Em. Loch went

Wednesday, 1 February 1882

George went to Jamaica

Thursday, 2 February 1882

Friday, 3 February 1882

Beaut mg –

went to Lubbock wed

thick fog

Saturday, 4 February 1882

February 1882

Sunday, 5 February 1882

Monday, 6 February 1882

B. went to Kew

Tuesday, 7 February 1882

wr. Caroline

Wednesday, 8 February 1882

B. returned

Horaces came

Thursday, 9 February 1882

Friday, 10 February 1882

Hen came

Saturday, 11 February 1882

!!

Lu [crossed]

February 1882

Sunday, 12 February 1882

Monday, 13 February 1882

Tuesday, 14 February 1882

Wednesday, 15 February 1882

Thursday, 16 February 1882

Friday, 17 February 1882

W. & Sara

Saturday, 18 February 1882

F. v. unwell with sickness

Litches came

February 1882

Sunday, 19 February 1882

Monday, 20 February 1882

wro Geo.

W. & Sara went -

Tuesday, 21 February 1882

Horaces' went

Wednesday, 22 February 1882

B. to Mabels

!!!

Thursday, 23 February 1882

Bernard to Bry St

Friday, 24 February 1882

Saturday, 25 February 1882

wrote Caroline

February - March 1882

Sunday, 26 February 1882

Monday, 27 February 1882

Tuesday, 28 February 1882

wrote George.

Wednesday, 1 March 1882

Thursday, 2 March 1882

Laur [crossed]

Friday, 3 March 1882

wrote Caroline

Laura & Hen - came

!!

Saturday, 4 March 1882

!!

March 1882

Sunday, 5 March 1882

Max Müller

Monday, 6 March 1882

C. walking out short distances

& returning home

Tuesday, 7 March 1882   

Wednesday, 8 March 1882

Thursday, 9 March 1882

Ch. languid & poorly all week

Friday, 10 March 1882

Dr Clark came

Saturday, 11 March 1882

!!!

v. bad day

Wm & Leo

March 1882

Sunday, 12 March 1882 

!!!

r. better

Dr I

Monday, 13 March 1882

looked out of window

Tuesday, 14 March 1882

wr. George !!

r better

Wednesday, 15 March 1882

Thursday, 16 March 1882

Friday, 17 March 1882

Saturday, 18 March 1882

March 1882

Sunday, 19 March 1882

Dr Moore -

Monday, 20 March 1882

Ch. better

exquisite weather since Mar 5.

Tuesday, 21 March 1882

Wednesday, 22 March 1882

odious storm

Thursday, 23 March 1882

cold but tol –

Ch. out a good deal -

Friday, 24 March 1882

Saturday, 25 March 1882

Mr Fraser & B. & Leo -

March 1882

Sunday, 26 March 1882

F pretty well

Monday, 27 March 1882

Leo & B. went

Tuesday, 28 March 1882

Wednesday, 29 March 1882

pretty well

March - April 1882

Thursday, 30 March 1882

Friday, 31 March 1882

Bessy to Kew.

Saturday, 1 April 1882

Mr Fraser & B. & Leo

April 1882

Sunday, 2 April 1882

!!

Monday, 3 April 1882

cold N.E wind

good night

Tuesday, 4 April 1882

Pain in mg.

Laura & Hen went

sharp pain on going up stairs

pain in night at 12.

Wednesday, 5 April 1882

Thursday, 6 April 1882

N. E. wind

bright sun

Friday, 7 April 1882

Ditto

Saturday, 8 April 1882

Ditto

Leonora & Leo

April 1882

Sunday, 9 April 1882

fine

Monday, 10 April 1882

Tuesday, 11 April 1882

Geo. came home

Talked w him but soon tired.

Wednesday, 12 April 1882

Drs Moore & Allfrey

rain

Thursday, 13 April 1882

v. bad day

went to bed

Friday, 14 April 1882

better

Saturday, 15 April 1882

Litches came late

faint at dinner

April 1882

Sunday, 16 April 1882

Monday, 17 April 1882

good day a little work –

out in orch. twice

Tuesday, 18 April 1882

Ditto

fatal attack at 12

Wednesday, 19 April 1882

3 1/2 –

All the sons arrived

Thursday, 20 April 1882

Polly died

all the sons arrived

Friday, 21 April 1882

Saturday, 22 April 1882

summer house

Great storm

blown down. [3 lines crossed]

April 1882

Sunday, 23 April 1882

summer house blown down

Monday, 24 April 1882

Tuesday, 25 April 1882

Wednesday, 26 April 1882

Thursday, 27 April 1882

Friday, 28 April 1882

Saturday, 29 April 1882

Mrs Ruck

great storm

April – May 1882

Sunday, 30 April 1882

summer house blown down

Monday, 1 May 1882

Mrs Ruck went

Tuesday, 2 May 1882

Wednesday, 3 May 1882

beaut warm day

Thursday, 4 May 1882

rain all mg.

Friday, 5 May 1882

Saturday, 6 May 1882

May 1882

Sunday, 7 May 1882

went to sand walk

in Bath chair [illeg]

Monday, 8 May 1882

walked to sandwalk w. Horace

Tuesday, 9 May 1882

Wednesday, 10 May 1882

went to Green Hill w Ida Hen & B.

wr. Wm & Harry

!!

Thursday, 11 May 1882

Beeches full out –

Litches went

headache

!!!

Friday, 12 May 1882

!!!

Geo came

Saturday, 13 May 1882

!!!

Wm came

May 1882

Sunday, 14 May 1882

cold wind

!!

Monday, 15 May 1882

H. & Ida went to W. Hackhurst

!!

Tuesday, 16 May 1882

Leo. came over

!!

cold

Wednesday, 17 May 1882

wr. Caroline

!!

cold

Thursday, 18 May 1882

Leo came

beaut all week

Friday, 19 May 1882

Saturday, 20 May 1882

Leonora

May 1882

Sunday, 21 May 1882

Litches came

!!!

Monday, 22 May 1882

!!!

Tuesday, 23 May 1882

weather gloomy

wrote Caroline

B. to Lauras

Wednesday, 24 May 1882

wr Fr W & Ellen

Thursday, 25 May 1882

!!

blistering & wet

Friday, 26 May 1882

B. returned

Saturday, 27 May 1882

Litches went to Cam –

!!

May 1882

Sunday, 28 May 1882

!!!

wr. H A W.

Monday, 29 May 1882

wr. Mrs Haliburton & Ellen -

!!!!

Tuesday, 30 May 1882

Wednesday, 31 May 1882

wr. Ida

!!

June 1882

Thursday, 1 June 1882

Friday, 2 June 1882

Saturday, 3 June 1882

Sara came -

June 1882

Sunday, 4 June 1882

Monday, 5 June 1882

Fanny came from Abinger

Tuesday, 6 June 1882

Litches went

Wednesday, 7 June 1882

Thursday, 8 June 1882

drove out Keston Commons

Friday, 9 June 1882

storm

Saturday, 10 June 1882

wr Mrs Nash

Fanny & H. went

June 1882

Sunday, 11 June 1882

Monday, 12 June 1882

Sara went

came to L. H. P

Tuesday, 13 June 1882

Bitter cold

went in wood

Wednesday, 14 June 1882

High wind

Sat in K. garden

Thursday, 15 June 1882

sat in wood

beaut. lights

Friday, 16 June 1882

Saturday, 17 June 1882

June 1882

Sunday, 18 June 1882

stormy

kitch garden

Monday, 19 June 1882

came to W. Hack

stormy

Tuesday, 20 June 1882

drove by [Shrine] & Albury Heath

Wednesday, 21 June 1882

Headache

Thursday, 22 June 1882

went on rough in chair

Friday, 23 June 1882

drove to Tilling bourne

Saturday, 24 June 1882

drove to Combe Bottom

June 1882

Sunday, 25 June 1882

Sat out !!!

Monday, 26 June 1882

came home

fine mg

Tuesday, 27 June 1882

Ho. & Ida -

Wednesday, 28 June 1882

June – July 1882

Thursday, 29 June 1882

Friday, 30 June 1882

Saturday, 1 July 1882

!!!

July 1882

Sunday, 2 July 1882

out of doors

!!

Monday, 3 July 1882

G. left

came to Heathbourne

Tuesday, 4 July 1882

Wednesday, 5 July 1882

Thursday, 6 July 1882

Friday, 7 July 1882

Saturday, 8 July 1882

5/. Fly

Litches came

drove to meet them

showers

July 1882

Sunday, 9 July 1882

Monday, 10 July 1882

came home

Tuesday, 11 July 1882

Wednesday, 12 July 1882

Thursday, 13 July 1882

Hen & R. came

Friday, 14 July 1882

Horace & Ida went

fine p.m.

carried hay

called on Mrs Tomkins

Saturday, 15 July 1882

July 1882

Sunday, 16 July 1882

Monday, 17 July 1882

Sara came

Tuesday, 18 July 1882

Wednesday, 19 July 1882

Thursday, 20 July 1882

!!

Friday, 21 July 1882

!!

Saturday, 22 July 1882

W. E. D came

July 1882

Sunday, 23 July 1882

fine P.M.

Monday, 24 July 1882

Litches & Wms went

Tuesday, 25 July 1882

Wednesday, 26 July 1882

Thursday, 27 July 1882

Friday, 28 July 1882

Saturday, 29 July 1882

came to Cam. w. H. E L –

R. B. L joined us

went to Grove

July – August 1882

Sunday, 30 July 1882

went to Trin Chapel -

Monday, 31 July 1882

Tuesday, 1 August 1882

went on river

Wednesday, 2 August 1882

came from Cam to Bry St

Thursday, 3 August 1882

came home

!!

In hand 15 – 12.6

Friday, 4 August 1882

!!

Saturday, 5 August 1882

Came to Basset w. B. & Bern.

journey 3-10-

August 1882

Sunday, 6 August 1882

!!!

Monday, 7 August 1882

Fr came from Down

!!!

Tuesday, 8 August 1882

!!!

Wednesday, 9 August 1882

!!!

Thursday, 10 August 1882

Friday, 11 August 1882

!!!

Saturday, 12 August 1882

!!!

flys W. ED 7/

Fr. went to Dr Moore's Wimbledon

walked in Mrs Bullars

August 1882

Sunday, 13 August 1882

!!

walked across the valley w. Wm.

Monday, 14 August 1882

Wm horses & fly 18/

Thunder

Tuesday, 15 August 1882

maid 17/

went home

rain

stormy

Litches came

Wednesday, 16 August 1882

rain

Leo & B. came

Horace & I.

Thursday, 17 August 1882

Friday, 18 August 1882

blistering ugly weather

Saturday, 19 August 1882

Wm came -

August 1882

Sunday, 20 August 1882

much lawn tennis

W. E. D. went

!

Monday, 21 August 1882

Storm [crossed]

Tuesday, 22 August 1882

Ditto [crossed]

Storm

Leo & B.

Wednesday, 23 August 1882

Ditto

Leo & B. went

Litches went to W. Hackhurst

Thursday, 24 August 1882

Friday, 25 August 1882

showers & wind all week

Saturday, 26 August 1882

Snow came

August 1882

Sunday, 27 August 1882

went to church.

Monday, 28 August 1882

Rose & F. came

rain in p.m.

Tuesday, 29 August 1882

rain -

left off. pm.

Wednesday, 30 August 1882

!!!

August - September 1882

Thursday, 31 August 1882

rain at 1. pm.

Friday, 1 September 1882

dreadful day

Snow went –

Geo. to Ireland

storm all night

Saturday, 2 September 1882

Frankes went

Showers all day –

Laura came

September 1882

Sunday, 3 September 1882

!!!

Monday, 4 September 1882

w. C. W

drove out

!!

Tuesday, 5 September 1882

wr. Leo

Wednesday, 6 September 1882

Thursday, 7 September 1882

called on Mrs Smith

Friday, 8 September 1882

unwell w. sore throat

Geo went to Ireland

Storm all day & night

Snow went [3 lines crossed]

Saturday, 9 September 1882

Kempsons came

September 1882

Sunday, 10 September 1882

In bed

Monday, 11 September 1882

got up feeling v. well

Tuesday, 12 September 1882

poorly -

Wednesday, 13 September 1882

Johnny went 10/

v. uncomf

throat worse

Thursday, 14 September 1882

Hen went

Minnie went 5/

Friday, 15 September 1882

!!!

Kempsons & W. Harry went.

Saturday, 16 September 1882

September 1882

Sunday, 17 September 1882

Monday, 18 September 1882

!!

Tuesday, 19 September 1882

Poorly all week

Wednesday, 20 September 1882

Thursday, 21 September 1882

Friday, 22 September 1882

Fr. W came

Saturday, 23 September 1882

September 1882

Sunday, 24 September 1882

Monday, 25 September 1882

!!!

Tuesday, 26 September 1882

!!

came to Eastbourne

£1 - 2

Wednesday, 27 September 1882

!!

Hotel bill 3.3

flys &c [illeg]

Thursday, 28 September 1882

In hand £18 - 11

stamps 6/6

drove to Old E.bourne

fly 3/6

Hen went to London

Friday, 29 September 1882

&c by B. 8/

Saturday, 30 September 1882

£1 Mrs Mitchinon

!!!

H. & R. came -

October 1882

Sunday, 1 October 1882

ex by Dickson 12/7

!!!

Monday, 2 October 1882

Tuesday, 3 October 1882

Wednesday, 4 October 1882

weather changed

Thursday, 5 October 1882

came home

Friday, 6 October 1882

Saturday, 7 October 1882

Hen & R –

!!!

October 1882

Sunday, 8 October 1882

!!!

Monday, 9 October 1882

!!

Litches went

wr. Caroline

Snow came

Tuesday, 10 October 1882

wr. Harry

!!

Snow [crossed]

Hens. & Fanny came

Wednesday, 11 October 1882

Thursday, 12 October 1882

!!

Friday, 13 October 1882

!!

Saturday, 14 October 1882

No 31 went

October 1882

Sunday, 15 October 1882

wr Sara

Mr Huxley & Sir John called

Monday, 16 October 1882

wro Leo

rain

Mrs Huxley & Rachel called

Tuesday, 17 October 1882

rain

B lunch. H. Elms dined

R.bourne

Hen went

Wednesday, 18 October 1882

wr Leo

Thursday, 19 October 1882

M. H. £5

widow 5/-

Mackay 4 –

returned £1 – 10 - ?

Friday, 20 October 1882

storm

Saturday, 21 October 1882

Hen came

October 1882

Sunday, 22 October 1882

Monday, 23 October 1882

Hookers came

Tuesday, 24 October 1882

gt storm

Isabel A -

Wednesday, 25 October 1882

Hookers went

L. H. P _ at C. & Sophy

!!

Thursday, 26 October 1882

!!

Friday, 27 October 1882

Saturday, 28 October 1882

Horrid day

L. H. P. went

began cold

October - November 1882

Sunday, 29 October 1882

better

Monday, 30 October 1882

windpipe

Dr Allfrey

Tuesday, 31 October 1882

Hen & R came

Wednesday, 1 November 1882

Storm

£5 M.H.

5/ Mrs Jackson

Mrs Aml. W. for boy 20 wks £1     

Thursday, 2 November 1882

Friday, 3 November 1882

Downstairs

Saturday, 4 November 1882

£10 cow

butter 1.7 - 6

November 1882

Sunday, 5 November 1882

£10 Parslow

10 Mrs Ev.

Monday, 6 November 1882

came to Cam.

Tuesday, 7 November 1882

Wednesday, 8 November 1882

Thursday, 9 November 1882

Friday, 10 November 1882

came to Springfield

Saturday, 11 November 1882

November 1882

Sunday, 12 November 1882

Monday, 13 November 1882

Tuesday, 14 November 1882

Emily Loch

Wednesday, 15 November 1882

Thursday, 16 November 1882

Friday, 17 November 1882

Saturday, 18 November 1882

Sharp frost

Arthur came

November 1882

Sunday, 19 November 1882

Monday, 20 November 1882

Em Loch & Arthur W went

Tuesday, 21 November 1882

Wednesday, 22 November 1882

Thursday, 23 November 1882

Friday, 24 November 1882

Saturday, 25 November 1882

drove out

uncomf - heart

November 1882

Sunday, 26 November 1882

Do

Monday, 27 November 1882

Do

Mrs Bromswich came

Miss Clarke's 1s lesson

Tuesday, 28 November 1882

Do

wr. Caroline

Wednesday, 29 November 1882

well

Litches came

wr. Leo

saw Dr Paget

November - December 1882

Thursday, 30 November 1882

Friday, 1 December 1882

Saturday, 2 December 1882

December 1882

Sunday, 3 December 1882

Monday, 4 December 1882

Tuesday, 5 December 1882

Wednesday, 6 December 1882

Thursday, 7 December 1882

Friday, 8 December 1882

Litches went

heard of Geoffreys death

Saturday, 9 December 1882

December 1882

Sunday, 10 December 1882

Monday, 11 December 1882

Tuesday, 12 December 1882

Wednesday, 13 December 1882

went out

Thursday, 14 December 1882

B. went to Lochs

dined at 66

Friday, 15 December 1882

bad

Saturday, 16 December 1882

bad

December 1882

Sunday, 17 December 1882

r better

went to 66

Monday, 18 December 1882

Tuesday, 19 December 1882

Wednesday, 20 December 1882

came back

m. better

Thursday, 21 December 1882

went out in

Bath ch. v. uncomf

Friday, 22 December 1882

Ditto

Saturday, 23 December 1882

Ditto

Wm & Sara came

December 1882

Sunday, 24 December 1882

Monday, 25 December 1882

r. better

Tuesday, 26 December 1882

m better

began Iron & Q.

Wednesday, 27 December 1882

walked out a little

wm went

Thursday, 28 December 1882

better

Friday, 29 December 1882

D.

Saturday, 30 December 1882

Sunday, 31 December 1882

Do

wrote to F E W

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17 Queen Anne St

Shelton

Stoke on Trent

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To fear is harder than to weep,

To watch than to endure;

The hardest of all griefs to bear

Is a grief that is not sure

Faber

 

Mrs Brown

5 Bay Terrace

Kingston St

Cambridge

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Ceanothus Gloire de Versailles

Creeper

Eryngium –

Amethystimum

Euonymus

 

Tagetes Pumila

Slatice –

Coreopsis Amanda

Till Oct. 24

Transit of V. Exped

Brisbane Australia

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