To E. A. Wheler 31 March [1879]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
March 31st
My dear Cousin
I want to trouble you on one very little point. I looked on map to see how far it was from Derby to Margate & to my surprise found that Newmarket was quite out of the line. I suppose that you are sure that it was Margate where your Aunt was.— If indeed our grandfather went to Harwich & thence a short Voyage by sea to Margate, the route wd. be intelligible.2 But it seems odd that a Doctor shd have chosen even short sea transit before the time for steam-ships.
Owing to your most useful suggestion, I wrote to R. Darwin & have an extremely kind answer from him, & he will send the Journal with some letters.3 I am now trying to find out how far the Zoonomia influenced medical practice in England, but doubt whether I shall succeed.4
My dear Cousin | Yours sincerely obliged | Charles Darwin
P.S. I have got a photograph of Elston Hall,— but I think I mentioned this before.—5
I will post the life of Ch. Darwin tomorrow & will register it.6
Footnotes
Bibliography
Darwin, Erasmus. 1794–6. Zoonomia; or, the laws of organic life. 2 vols. London: J. Johnson.
Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879.
Summary
Requests information about a travel route used by their grandfather, Erasmus Darwin. Thanks FG for his help.
CD is "now trying to find out how far the Zoonomia influenced medical practice in England".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11963A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Elizabeth Anne Galton/Elizabeth Anne Wheler
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 185: 105
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11963A,” accessed on 23 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11963A.xml