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Susan Darwin is dead.

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Thursday Evening

My dear Hooker

We have just heard that my poor sister is at rest & thank God has had no more suffering, having been tranquil & half unconscious for many days.f1

Yours affectionately | C. Darwin

Do not write.

Endorsement: Endorsement: `Oct. 4th/66′

Footnotes

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Susan Elizabeth Darwin’s date of death is registered in Shrewsbury as 3 October 1866.

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