To Caroline Wedgwood 20 September [1881]
The transcript of this letter is not yet available online.
Summary
Division of CW’s share [of E. A. Darwin’s estate]. Investment advice.
Recounts his memories of their mother and of her death. Remembers "her black velvet gown and her work table and the death scene", but cannot remember her face. Remembers that Caroline "always acted like a mother" to him and Catherine.
Summary
Division of CW’s share [of E. A. Darwin’s estate]. Investment advice.
Recounts his memories of their mother and of her death. Remembers "her black velvet gown and her work table and the death scene", but cannot remember her face. Remembers that Caroline "always acted like a mother" to him and Catherine.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13347
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin/Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 153: 5
- Physical description
- 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13347,” accessed on 27 February 2021, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-LETT-13347.xml
