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RECORD: Litchfield, Henrietta Emma. 1899.12.06. Letter to George Howard Darwin. CUL-DAR245.349. 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.

George Howard Darwin's wife, Maud du Puy. Married at Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, 22 July 1884. Their children were 1. Gwendolen Mary, 2. Charles Galton, 3. Margaret Elizabeth, 4. William Robert. Another son died in infancy.

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[Note added later:] Death of baby son born at Newnham Grange early Dec. Died of jaundice 2 or 3 days old

6 Dec. 99

My dear George,

I am so grieved at yours & Maud's loss – And its my loss in its degree. I had been looking forward so much to the happiness of baby life beginning again for me — It is so pathetic

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that the little life shall end before it has begun almost — I am sure Gwenny will feel it very much & the other children too.

Give dear old Gwenny my love.

And my dear dear

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love to Maud & truest sympathy. It will be bad for her progress —

Will Helen send me a bulletin tomorrow?

I shall want so much to know how she is.

My dear George

your ever affect

HEL

We have Elinor here on Friday, so you wd not have

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been alone with us. I am sure you won't want to leave Maud & am glad you can manage not to do so.

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)