To S. J. O’H. Horsman 3 June 1868
My dear Sir
Under the present circumstances, & as your lodgings are so uncomfortable, I think you are right not to return to this Parish—1 If you will send to me receipts & all papers in connection with the Down nat School2 & your accounts & a cheque for the balance in to hand, I will pass them over to your successor for examination. I will myself send you an acknowledgement that I personally hold these documents. I shall not myself As it is a great evil to this Parish, not having a resident clergyman, I hope that you will soon communicate with Mr Brodie Innes & make some final & permanent arrangement.3
Believe me | Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
June 3d (68)
Rv. J. OHara Horsman
Footnotes
Bibliography
Clergy list: The clergy list … containing an alphabetical list of the clergy. London: C. Cox [and others]. 1841–89.
OED: The Oxford English dictionary. Being a corrected re-issue with an introduction, supplement and bibliography of a new English dictionary. Edited by James A. H. Murray, et al. 12 vols. and supplement. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1970. A supplement to the Oxford English dictionary. 4 vols. Edited by R. W. Burchfield. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1972–86. The Oxford English dictionary. 2d edition. 20 vols. Prepared by J. A. Simpson and E. S. C. Weiner. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1989. Oxford English dictionary additional series. 3 vols. Edited by John Simpson et al. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1993–7.
Summary
Thinks SJOH is right not to return to Down. Asks him to forward certain documents. Hopes final arrangements will soon be made for a resident clergyman in Down.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6225
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Samuel James O’Hara Horsman
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 96: 47
- Physical description
- ADraftS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6225,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6225.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16