To F. B. Goodacre 10 September [1879]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Sep 10th 7o 30′ a.m.
Dear Sir
I write one line to say that the old goose & gander has just been despatched to B. St for earliest train to London.2
We have done the best we cd to make them as little miserable as possible during the journey & I hope that they will arrive safely
With very many thanks | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from F. B. Goodacre, 8 September 1879.
See letter from F. B. Goodacre, 8 September 1879. Bromley was a train station near Down.
Summary
Has sent some geese.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12224
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Burges Goodacre
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Dr John Goodacre (private collection)
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12224,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 27
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