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RECORD: Litchfield, Henrietta Emma. [1885].12.30. Letter to George Howard Darwin. CUL-DAR245.331. 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.

"Emma Nora Darwin., 1885-1989, daughter of Sir Horace Darwin, married 1911 Sir James Alan Noel Barlow, Bart (1881-1968). 4 sons, 2 daughters. Gwendolen Mary, (1885-1957) daughter of Sir George Howard Darwin, married Jacques Pierre Paul Raverat (1885-1925), had two daughters." (Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin, A Companion, 2021.)

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[added later:] Nora's birth 1885

31 Kens Sq

Dec 30 [1885]

My dear George,

Thank you very much for asking us to Down & we should much like to come down for a night or two. I'm afraid our Jan Sundays are gone & next week

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is too full, so may I write later & make a proposition & you'll tell me if it suits.

I've been so delighted to hear of Maud's progress – I hope she won't over do-

They threatened me so much that the least fatigue wd bring it all on again.

I believe you're got the

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W.E.Ds this Sat wh. will be very nice – Sara seems quite spry –

Little Miss Gwen will have her nose quite put out of joint by not being the last comer. I wonder if they'll be great friends in after life – I shall like staying in the same house with

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Gwen now she is a responsive Human being. Mother seems to have been a very devoted admirer & to have grudged losing her.

Best love to Maud & Ella – your affect H.E.L.

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