From John Brodie Innes1 2 January [1862]2
2 Coley Hill | Reading
2nd. Janry.
Dear Darwin,
I hope before this reaches you, you will have received Quiz. He left here at 10 oClock. Johnny and I saw him off, and s⟨aid⟩ ⟨go⟩od-bye very affe⟨ctionately⟩3 ⟨ ⟩ has been used ⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩m wat⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩
⟨ ⟩ all parties comforted.
We are preparing for our start on Monday. I wish the journey was either over, or not coming, but it is too late to shirk now—4
With every good wish for a happy new year for you ⟨all⟩ (The prospects across ⟨the At⟩lantic look a little ⟨ ⟩ today than yesterd⟨ay.⟩5
⟨Ev⟩er Yrs | ⟨My dear⟩ Dar⟨win⟩ | ⟨ ⟩ ⟨Innes⟩
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
County families: The county families of the United Kingdom; or, royal manual of the titled & untitled aristocracy of Great Britain & Ireland. By Edward Walford. London: Robert Hardwicke; Chatto & Windus. 1860–93. Walford’s county families of the United Kingdom or royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. London: Chatto & Windus; Spottiswoode & Co. 1894–1920.
Ferris, Norman B. 1977. The Trent affair: a diplomatic crisis. Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press. [Vols. 9,10,11]
Summary
Quiz has been sent off to Down.
JBI will leave for Scotland on Monday.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3370
- From
- John Brodie Innes
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Reading
- Source of text
- DAR 167.1: 7
- Physical description
- damaged
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3370,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3370.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 10
