To G. E. Paget 1 August 1874
Bassett Southampton
Aug 1. 1874
My dear Sir
I answered your letter by telegraph this morning, & am sorry for the delay caused by my absence from home.1 My son is just married & has gone abroad; & on his return will be fully employed, so that he cannot accept the excellent offer which you have so kindly made him, & which would afford so fine a start in life for any young medical man.2 We have forwarded your letter to him, & copies of Lady Russell’s3 letters, & I am sure he will be as deeply gratified as I am.
Pray believe me | yours very faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Apologises for delay, but is away from home; has sent telegraph.
Francis Darwin is abroad on his honeymoon and unable to respond to GEP’s offer of a medical position.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9580F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Edward Paget
- Sent from
- Bassett, Southampton
- Source of text
- Cambridge University Library (Ms Add. 10379)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9580F,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9580F.xml
