To Leonard Horner 13 June [1862]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
June 13th
My dear Mr. Horner
I hope that you will forgive me troubling you with this note, but I wish to say how sincerely sorry we are at your great loss & at all the grief which you must have suffered.2 This event has recalled vividly to my mind the great kindness which I received, & the many pleasant hours which I have spent, in old days in Bedford Place.3 Emma desires me to thank you for having remembered us and sent her the Memorial paper; she feels that she has lost a most kind friend; and she most sincerely joins me in sympathising with you & all your family.
Pray believe me my dear M[r] Horner | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
Summary
Sends condolences on death of LH’s wife. Recalls many pleasant hours in Bedford Place. He and Emma thank LH for sending the memorial paper.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3599
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Leonard Horner
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (MS.2216:167)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3599,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3599.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 10
