From Henry Johnson 27 December [1880]1
Burnham | Somerset
Dec 27.
My dear Darwin
The Shrewsbury Newspaper of 2 or 3 days ago contained a Paragraph that destressed me very much. It said that you were very ill & I cannot help writing a line to ask you to be so kind as to let me know, some thing about yourself.2
I am here in such an out of the way place that I cannot learn anything about you except from your self or some of your family.
I trust in Goodness you will be able to send me more comforting news about yourself. I fear & have long feared that you were not careful enough of yourself. If one of your Family would write me a few lines I should be for ever obliged & thankful.
Believe me | dear Darwin your affectionate old Friend | Henry Johnson.
Mary3 is with me & quite participates in my anxiety for news.
Footnotes
Summary
Article in Shrewsbury newspaper makes him worry about CD’s health.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12943
- From
- Henry Johnson
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Burnham, Somerset
- Source of text
- DAR 168: 71
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12943,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12943.xml
