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To John Tyndall   3 March [1878]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. [4 Bryanston Street, London.]

Mar 3

My dear Tyndall

I have signed the enclosed with much pleasure, & consider it an honour to have been permitted to do so.2 I had intended calling to see, for I am writing this in London; but I have been so unwell I have hardly been able to do any thing— And now that I have seen Dr Clark shall return home early on Tuesday mg.3

yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

The year is established by the reference to CD being in London and visiting Andrew Clark; see n. 3, below.
Tyndall had started a petition for a Civil List pension for James Prescott Joule (Cardwell 1989, p. 246).
CD was in London from Wednesday 27 February until Tuesday 5 March 1878 ‘on account of Giddiness’ (CD’s ‘Journal’, Correspondence vol. 26, Appendix II). He paid Andrew Clark £3 on 15 March (CD’s Account books–banking account (Down House MS)).

Bibliography

Cardwell, Donald Stephen Lowell. 1989. James Joule: a biography. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.

Summary

Sends W. K. Clifford subscription.

Has been unwell and hardly able to do anything. Has seen Andrew Clark.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-11912
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
John Tyndall
Sent from
London, Bryanston St, 4
Source of text
DAR 261.8: 29 (EH 88205967)
Physical description
LS 2pp

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11912,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11912.xml

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