To G. V. Reed 26 September [1859]1
Down.
Sept. 26th
My dear Sir
I enclose a draft for £10s 100 due tomorrow (ie 27th) as I believe.—2 I return you my very sincere thanks for all your great kindness & assistance to my Boys. I cannot say how I regret for our own sake your projected African Expedition. I yet hope it may be deferred, at least till the Spring.3
My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin
P.S. | My servant will call after 12 oclock for the Arum plant for which I am much obliged.—4
Footnotes
Summary
Encloses draft in payment for tutoring of sons Francis and Leonard, with thanks for all GVR’s assistance.
Will send his servant for Arum plant.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2495
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Varenne Reed
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Buckinghamshire Record Office (D 22/39/3)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2495,” accessed on 4 October 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2495.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 7
