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Darwin Correspondence Project

To John Murray   18 May [1859]1

[Down]

May 18th

My dear Sir

My health has suddenly quite failed. I leave home tomorrow for one weeks rest.2 I have written to Mr Clowes to say that I shall be ready to begin correcting on 27th.—3

Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin Down Bromley Kent

Footnotes

Dated by the relationship to the letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 [May 1859].
See letter to J. D. Hooker   18 [May 1859]. CD visited Moor Park hydropathic establishment from 21 to 28 May 1859 (‘Journal’; Appendix II).
William Clowes was Murray’s usual printer. CD began reading proof-sheets on 25 May (‘Journal’; Appendix II).

Summary

His health has suddenly failed. He is leaving home for one week’s rest.

Has informed William Clowes that he will begin correcting on the 27th.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-2463A
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
John Murray
Sent from
Down
Source of text
John Wilson (dealer) (no date)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2463A,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2463A.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 7

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