To Wallis Nash 1 February 1880
Down,| Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Feb 1. 80
My dear Mr. Nash.
I thank you cordially for your long & very interesting letter.1 Your life sounds very prosperous & I am delighted to hear that you are all well & happy. We heard some time ago with much alarm of your illness, but I trust it was not as bad as it sounded.2 I can well understand your enjoying your new life, for in old days I well remember thinking that a colonist’s lot, with children, was a happy one. I remember especially this in regard to Tasmania.3
Frank will tell you what little news there is to be told about this quiet place.4 But I must send my own kindest remembrances to Mrs. Nash. You will both ever be a heavy loss here.5
Believe me my dear Mr. Nash
Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Nash, Wallis. 1882. Two years in Oregon. New York: D. Appleton and Company.
Smith, Kenneth G. V. and Dimick, R. E. 1976. Darwin’s ‘American’ neighbour. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 8 (1976–8): 78–82.
Summary
Can well understand WN’s new life. WN’s departure a heavy loss.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12446
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Wallis Nash
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- F. Louise Nash Barton (private collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12446,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12446.xml