From Reginald Darwin 4 August 1879
Fern | Buxton
Augst. 4 1879—
My dear Cousin
I have met with an old paper which I think may be of interest to you— It is, as you will see, an address of our Grandfather’s to a new Society which he formed in Derby— The Society continued in existence until within the last 20 or 30 years, when I believe its possessions, i.e. Books, passed to the Town Library— This address was printed as a sort of preface to the Rules & the Catalogue, but I did not know of the existence of the original until last week.1
I say “original” tho’ it is not in Dr Darwin’s hand writing, but is probably a “fair copy” made for him by some member of his family— the endorsement is in my Mother’s hand—2
With kindest regards | affectly Yours | Reginald Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Elliott, Paul A. 2009. The Derby philosophers: science and culture in British urban society, 1700–1850. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
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
Sends an address by Dr Erasmus Darwin [to the Derby Philosophical Society].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12180
- From
- Reginald Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Buxton
- Source of text
- DAR 99: 160–1
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12180,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12180.xml