From Robert Monsey Rolfe 28 December 1865
40, Upper Brook Street. | W.
28 Decr 1865
My dear Mr Darwin—
I was quite mortified to find from Mrs Darwins1 letter that I left Holwood2 in the Autumn without sending to the annual cheque of which you so kindly undertake the distribution—3 The fact is that it quite escaped my memory— I now enclose a cheque the rect of which you will perhaps acknowledge to me at Holwood where I hope to be this Evening—
I am afraid from your not writing yourself that you have not been very comfortable, But Mrs Darwin did not mention your health so we hope for the best—
With best wishes of the Season Believe me, | yours very truly | Cranworth
Footnotes
Bibliography
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1978. Charles Darwin: a companion. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
Moore, James Richard. 1985. Darwin of Down: the evolutionist as squarson-naturalist. In The Darwinian heritage, edited by David Kohn. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press in association with Nova Pacifica (Wellington, NZ).
Summary
Sending cheque for Down parish charities.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4958
- From
- Robert Monsey Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth of Cranworth
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Upper Brook St, 40
- Source of text
- DAR 161: 233
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4958,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4958.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13