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Darwin Correspondence Project

From Emily Beke   16 October 1879

Maison Colbert | Pau

16: Oct: 79

Dear Sir,

I beg to thank you most gratefully for your very very kind response to my letter, and to assure you that I shall never cease to appreciate your great kindness, though I deeply regret that there should be such real necessity for it. However, I have got over my worst difficulties, I trust, owing to the generous & continued help of my friends—1

Thanking you for your good wishes for my health & success—2

I remain | Sir | Yours sincerely & obliged | Emily Beke

Charles Darwin Esq

Footnotes

On 14 October 1877, CD recorded a charitable donation of £5 to Beke in his Classed account books (Down House MS). He had also sent her a gift in 1877 (Correspondence vol. 25, letter to [Agnes Taylor?], 22 October [1877]). Beke’s previous letter has not been found.
CD’s letter to Beke has not been found.

Summary

Thanks for CD’s reply to her letter and his kindness. She is getting over her difficulties.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-12260
From
Emily Alston/Emily Beke
To
Charles Robert Darwin
Sent from
Pau
Source of text
DAR 160: 125
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12260,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12260.xml

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