To Edward Cresy [20 July 1848]1
Down,
Thursday.
My dear Sir,
You have thanked me far too much for the trifling aid which I have given & which I assure you has given me pleasure. I will not fail to speak to Owen,2 Sir H. Delebeche & Hutton, whenever I see them. I have no doubt that you have judged wisely in not getting me to write to the others.
I believe I mentioned to you that I hoped to have had a party of Naturalists here & that I would ask you to meet them: but my health has been so very indifferent & from my wife soon expecting her confinement, I have not asked anyone here.
I shall be at all times very glad to see you & hope you all success in your present scheme.
Yours sincerely, | In Haste, | C. Darwin.
I leave home on Saturday for a week to the sea-side.3
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Will speak to Richard Owen, Henry De la Beche, and Robert Hutton concerning appointment for EC.
Leaving for sea-side on Saturday.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1192
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Edward Cresy, Jr
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 143: 308
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1192,” accessed on 5 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1192.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 4