RECORD: Darwin, Henrietta Emma. [1871.08]. Letter to George Howard Darwin. CUL-DAR245.299. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2023. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR245 contains correspondence and papers of Henrietta Emma Darwin, later Litchfield.
"Litchfield, Richard Buckley, 1832 Jan. 6-1903 Jan. 11. Scholar and philanthropist. Had 2 siblings. L worked on the legal side of the Ecclesiastical Commission. One of the founders of the Working Men's College (later Birkbeck College) London, where he became Bursar and Vice Principal….1871 Aug. 31 Married at Downe Church, Henrietta Emma Darwin d.s.p." (Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021.)
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[date added later:] '71
Dear George – I guess this will be my last letter as H.E.D. The marriage has advanced day by day – until it now stands for Aug 31st. Think of me then –
I haven't anything to say to you. I know you & Frank wish me every possible good wish.
My dear boys – you have been such a happiness to me both of you. It feels rather like dying, so I like to say this to you. I do care for you
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so much – I've got a heaps of faults, but I can care for people – if I'm married 100 times once you will always have my truest love thro all your lives.
Goodbye dear George & dear Frank – forgive me all the times I've been cross & selfish & bothering –
your ever loving H.E.D.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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