From E. A. Darwin 11 October [1866]1
Q A.
Oct 11
Dear Charles
Caroline was going to have an examination of the Plate list as it almost seems as if there were 3 tureens or else Susan forgot all about the matter.2 She says that of course if it cannot be cleared up the Tureen belongs to you. The other matters I have attended to. £100 is left to each of your children except William & Henry will write to him about the Deeds of Claythorpe being sent to him.3
I took possession of all the letters & papers in the Bureau as I considered that they belonged to us as Exōrs & an immense big box they fill— Caroline wishes to have a letter or two of Dr D—4 I will keep them for a time for the chance of having energy to look at them & then you can have them— There is a pedigree among them, & there is also a pedigree among Susan’s papers which Caroline was going to copy & then send to George.5 There were in Susan’s desk a pair of scissors & smelling Bottle marked with the names of Henrietta & Lizzy which I pointed out to Charles.6
I never saw anything so miserably ill as Caroline is looking She is tired of her present doctor & I recommended Paget & she is going to consult him— She seems to suffer most severe pain—7
Yours affec.| E D
P.S.
I asked Henry to send you Richmonds pictures of self & Emma.8
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Lister, Raymond. 1981. George Richmond: a critical biography. London: Robin Garton.
Summary
Disposal of Susan’s effects. Legacies to CD’s children. EAD has taken the letters and papers and asked Henry [Parker] to forward the George Richmond pictures of CD and Emma.
Caroline looks "miserably ill".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5238
- From
- Erasmus Alvey Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Queen Anne St
- Source of text
- DAR 105: B48–51
- Physical description
- ALS 8pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5238,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5238.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14