From Emma Darwin to Alfred Newton 4 November [1863]
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S. E.
Nov 4
Sir
Mr Darwin begs me to thank you for your note & Remarks on the partridge’s leg.1 He has been so ill as not to be able to attend to any thing & he still cannot even write a note,2 but he will send [for] the specimen as soon as he can & examine it with care. He begs to be very kindly remembered to you.
I am dear Sir | yours truly | Emma Darwin
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
CD thanks AN for the note and remarks on the partridge’s leg. CD is too ill to write a note, but will send [for] the specimen as soon as he can. [See 4326.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4330F
- From
- Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
- To
- Alfred Newton
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/65)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4330F,” accessed on 18 September 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4330F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11
