To Thomas Gold Appleton 31 March [1846]1
Down Bromley Kent
March 31
Dear Mr. Appleton
I was much surprised a few days since by receiving your kind present of Fremont’s Expedition,2—a work of which I had seen extracts & had been for some time wishing to read—so that it is a most desirable present in itself & I feel very much gratified at your kind remembrance of us.— Mrs. Darwin & the children are all very well & we are leading our usual quiet life in our quiet village of Down.— Some not long time since we had a visit from Mrs. Mackintosh & Robert, with only the Baby, as the other children were a little unwell.3 Your sister looked decidedly better than when I last saw her before, but yet sadly delicate— I hope to hear of her paying you a visit at Boston this summer.— Robert has at last finished his collected works of Sir James, & I am delighted to hear that they are likely to sell well; it always has appeared to me rather a hazardous undertaking in a money point of view.4
With Emma’s kind remembrances pray believe me, with thanks | yours very sincerely | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Frémont, John Charles. 1845. Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843–’44. Washington: United States Senate.
Mackintosh, James. 1846. The miscellaneous works of Sir James Mackintosh. Edited by R. J. Mackintosh. 3 vols. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.
Summary
Thanks for the gift of Frémont 1845. Has had a visit from R. J. Mackintosh and his wife Mary, Appleton’s sister.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-968F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Gold Appleton
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Private collection
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 968F,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-968F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18 (Supplement)