RECORD: Darwin, Ida. 1909.06.29. Letter to J. C. Simpson. McGill-CA-OSLER0-P110[.134]. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2023. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. See the Introduction and catalogue to the J.C. Simpson collection by John van Wyhe.

Darwin, Emma Cecilia (Ida) née Farrer (1854-1946). Only daughter of Sir Thomas H. F. Married Horace Darwin in 1880. They have 1 son and 2 daughters: Erasmus [III], Ruth Frances and Emma Nora. In 1881, Horace built The Orchard on land to the east of The Grove, Cambridge. Spalding, Gwen Raverat: Friends, family and affections, 2001, p. 30.


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Telephone. 17 Cambridge.

The Orchard,

Huntingdon Road,

Cambridge.

June 29-1909

Dear Mr. Simpson,

I find I must go out tomorrow afternoon, but my daughter will be at home & will know where the pictures belong if they arrive before I come in.

Yours sincerely

I. Darwin


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