To John Price 27 December 1881
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Dec. 27. 1881
My dear Price
I heartily congratulate you on the marriage of your daughter.1 As one grows old one’s chief interest is in the happiness of our children, & I am sure that you require & deserve all consolations with your suffering health.
The death of Mrs Smith has been a severe loss to many persons, including yourself. I never saw her but once at Patterdale, & then she seemed to me a very pleasing & loveable woman.2
I was thinking about a week ago that I shd. much like to give you a Christmas present, as old friends may do; but I racked my brains in vain, & I hope therefore you will accept the enclosed in the same spirit as I send it.3
I trust that you may be spared much suffering & remain, my dear Price | Yours sincerely | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Congratulates JP on marriage of daughter.
Consoles him on his poor health.
Death of Mrs Smith a severe loss.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13581
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Price
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library (BANC MSS 74/78 z)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13581,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13581.xml
