To J. D. Hooker [4 October 1866]
Down
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.1
Yours affectionately | C. Darwin
Do not write.
Footnotes
Susan Elizabeth Darwin’s date of death is registered in Shrewsbury as 3 October 1866.
Summary
Susan Darwin is dead.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5228
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 115: 302
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5228,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5228.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14
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