To John Murray 18 May [1859]1
[Down]
May 18th
My dear Sir
My health has suddenly quite failed. I leave home tomorrow for one weeks rest.2 I have written to Mr Clowes to say that I shall be ready to begin correcting on 27th.—3
Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin Down Bromley Kent
Footnotes
Dated by the relationship to the letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 [May 1859].
See letter to J. D. Hooker 18 [May 1859]. CD visited Moor Park hydropathic establishment from 21 to 28 May 1859 (‘Journal’; Appendix II).
William Clowes was Murray’s usual printer. CD began reading proof-sheets on 25 May (‘Journal’; Appendix II).
Summary
His health has suddenly failed. He is leaving home for one week’s rest.
Has informed William Clowes that he will begin correcting on the 27th.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2463A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- John Wilson (dealer) (no date)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2463A,” accessed on 19 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2463A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 7
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