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Darwin Correspondence Project

To W. E. Darwin   [1850–4?]1

Down

Sunday Morning

[informing him that two letters had arrived for him and that: “Poor Joseph came back last night, having had teeth out,”]

Footnotes

The year range is conjectured from the fact that William went away to school in January 1850 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)), and Joseph Comfort was gardener and coachman at Down House until 1854. (Joseph Parslow, the butler, was always known as Parslow.)

Summary

Two letters have arrived for WED.

Joseph has had two teeth out.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-13799F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
William Erasmus Darwin
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Christie’s, London (dealers) (17 November 1995)
Physical description
ALS 2pp

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13799F,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13799F.xml

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