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 21 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13799F.xml
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