To John Innes 15 December [1861]
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Dec. 15th
My dear Innes.
I have got to go out & do not wish to miss a Post, so write in great Hurry, to say that we shall be delighted to have Quiz, who shall be taken great care of, & never parted with & when old & infirm shall pass from this life easily.—1
Most truly yours | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1978. Charles Darwin: a companion. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
Moore, James Richard. 1985. Darwin of Down: the evolutionist as squarson-naturalist. In The Darwinian heritage, edited by David Kohn. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press in association with Nova Pacifica (Wellington, NZ).
Summary
Delighted to have Quiz [Johnny Innes’ dog].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3343
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Brodie Innes
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3343,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3343.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 9
