From Reginald Darwin 17 November 1879
Fern | Buxton
Nov 17 | 1879.
My dear Cousin
Noticing your allusion to our Grandfather’s short hand writing, I send you a Book on the subject which may interest you, as tho’ it bears the date 1776, a portion of it had then been written “long ago”—1
I have also found a curious paper, tho’ without date called “a Moral & Physical Thermometer” bearing on the subject of Temperance— In all probability he was the author— If you will do me the favour to accept the Book & the paper You will much oblige me—2
With best regards | Affectly yours | Reginald Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Gurney, Thomas. 1750. Brachygraphy, or short writing. Made easy to the meanest capacity. [London: n.p.]
Lettsom, John Coakley. 1798. Hints respecting the effects of hard drinking. London: C. Dilly.
Rush, Benjamin. 1790. An inquiry into the effects of spirituous liquours on the human body. To which is added, a moral and physical thermometer. Boston: Thomas and Andrews.
Summary
Sends a book on shorthand
and a paper, probably by Erasmus Darwin, entitled "Moral and physical hermeneutics", on the subject of temperance.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12323
- From
- Reginald Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Buxton
- Source of text
- DAR 99: 164–5
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12323,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12323.xml