To H. A. D. Seymour1 20 January 1881
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Jan 20th 1881
My dear Sir
I beg leave to inform you that the required address, is
“A. R. Wallace Esq
Pen-y-Bryn
St. Peters Road
Croydon.”
Your letter with its unexpected news about the date of the pension has given me much pleasure, for Mr Wallace will be able at once to rest from his miscellaneous literary work, & devote all his strength to natural science.2
I have the pleasure to remain | Yours faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin
P.S. The receipt of all letters has been delayed by snow-drifts
Footnotes
Summary
Sends address of A. R. Wallace. Comments on Wallace’s pension.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13018
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Horace Alfred Damer Seymour
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.579)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13018,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13018.xml
