From B. W. Richardson 12 April 1879
9 Wellington Terrace | Sandgate
April 12th 1879
My dear Sir.
I am afraid I have nothing at all, in shape, respecting Erasmus Darwin that I can send you for Krause’s book.1 I have been so engaged in other matters I have not been able to keep at the work and for years past it has gone out of my mind. I am very sorry not to oblige you.
We are down here for a few days rest & like the place very much.2 At one of my lectures in Birmingham, to an immense audience, your name brought up a cheer I shall never forget. It was electrical bolt. I could not get on for some minutes.
Always yours | B W Richardson
C. Darwin Esq. F.R.S.
I think of going into Parliament next general election if I can get returned and am invited already by two barristers.3 Does it strike you that work there may be of use.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Craig, Frederick Walter Scott, ed. 1974. British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918. London and Basingstoke: Macmillan.
Craig, Frederick Walter Scott, ed. 1989. British parliamentary election results: 1832–1885. 2d edition. Aldershot, Hampshire: Parliamentary Research Services.
Summary
He has nothing at all to send in answer to CD’s questions respecting the book on Erasmus Darwin.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11989
- From
- Benjamin Ward Richardson
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Sandgate
- Source of text
- DAR 99: 196
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11989,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11989.xml
