To Eliza Meteyard 16 November [1865]
Down Bromley | Kent
Nov. 16
My dear Madam
The Editor of the Autographic Mirror has applied to me for a specimen of the handwriting of Dr Erasmus Darwin & I shd be glad to oblige him.1 It ought to be a moderately long note signed with his name & if possible possessing some sort of interest or as little dull as possible.
Will you have the kindness to see if you can find such a note among the letters & send it me or even two or three to choose from, & they shall be returned to you if required.2
Hoping that you will excuse my giving you this trouble I beg leave to remain | My dear Madam | yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Meteyard, Eliza. 1865–6. The life of Josiah Wedgwood from his private correspondence and family papers … with an introductory sketch of the art of pottery in England. 2 vols. London: Hurst & Blackett.
Summary
Asks her to send some specimens of Dr Erasmus Darwin’s handwriting for the Autographic Mirror.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4936
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Eliza Meteyard
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- NO 16 65
- Source of text
- Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (GEN/D/DARWIN (C)/7
- Physical description
- LS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4936,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4936.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13