To Daniel Oliver 23 [October 1860]1
15 Marine Parade | Eastbourne
23d.
My dear Mr Oliver.
What wealth of knowledge you have!— But I have hardly read the extract about Drosera;2 as we are in much distress, my poor eldest daughter has had a relapse.3 We cannot return on 26th to Down.— Excuse me at present | Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Dated by the reference to Henrietta Emma Darwin’s relapse (see n. 3, below).
See preceding letter.
From entries in Emma Darwin’s diary, it appears that Henrietta Emma Darwin became ill with a stomach complaint late on Sunday night, 21 October 1860, and experienced intermittent attacks of vomiting for over a week.
Summary
Compliments DO on his wealth of information.
Henrietta’s relapse.
Thanks for extract on Drosera.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2959
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Daniel Oliver
- Sent from
- Eastbourne
- Source of text
- DAR 261.10: 21 (EH 88206005)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2959,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2959.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 8
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