From G. H. Darwin [after 15 October 1881]1
Dear Father
If you approve of the (sent by post) inscrip. will you send it over to Ffinden with the accompanying note & then forward it to W. E. D at Southampton.2 Ffinden’s answer had better be sent on to Wm..— My work really begins on Thursday morning.3
yours affec | G. H. Darwin
Footnotes
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 15 October 1881.
See letter from G. H. Darwin, 15 October 1881. The inscription was for the gravestone of Erasmus Alvey Darwin, who was buried in the churchyard in Downe; George Sketchley Ffinden was vicar of the parish. George and William Erasmus Darwin were the executors of Erasmus’s will.
George had been appointed an additional examiner for the mathematical tripos in the University of Cambridge (Cambridge University Reporter, 24 May 1881, p. 589).
Summary
Has sent the inscription [for E. A. Darwin’s gravestone]. If CD approves, will he forward it to G. S. ffinden [Vicar of Downe Parish] and William [Darwin].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13404
- From
- George Howard Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 210.2: 96
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13404,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13404.xml
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