To W. E. Darwin [9 November 1860]
15 Marine P.
Friday night
My dear William
I write a line to say that Etty has been going on very well, but the Doctors, I can see still think her health very precarious. However we have taken a Bed-carriage & fully expect to be at Down by 4 oclock tomorrow.1 We shall be a grand procession through the village,—six horses altogether including a cart.—. We all so long to be at home— this place with its miserable associations has been most dreary.
Farewell my dear old man. When shall you come to Down?2
Your affect Father | C. Darwin
How does your money hold out? Be sure tell me if you get too poor.—
Farewell my dear William.—
Footnotes
Summary
Discusses Henrietta’s illness and their plans to return to Down.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2978
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Erasmus Darwin
- Sent from
- Eastbourne
- Postmark
- NO 10 1860
- Source of text
- DAR 210.6: 59
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2978,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2978.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 8
