To Michael Foster 23 April [1874]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. [2 Bryanston Street, London.]
April 23d
Dear Dr Foster
The proof reads very well. I hope to Heaven our scheme may be successful.2 I am sorry to say that I know nothing whatever of the D. of Devonshire3 & could not possibly write to him. Sir C. Lyell will subscribe & is puzzled what to give.—4 You have omitted my eldest son of W. E. Darwin who has promised 20£.5
Remember to send a copy (but not as from me) to T. H. Farrer Board of Trade Whitehall & to E. A. Darwin 6. Queen Anne St. W.6
I was at the R. Soc. for a short time last night & wish that I had heard that you were there.7 In Haste | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Approves of proof [of subscription appeal for Dohrn’s Naples station]. Suggests names.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9425
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Michael Foster
- Sent from
- London, Bryanston St, 2 Down letterhead
- Source of text
- Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 4: 69)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9425,” accessed on 2 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9425.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22