From Emma Darwin to John Scott 23 September [1863]1
Malvern Wells
Sep 23.
Sir
Mr C. Darwin requests me to thank you for your letter2 & to say that he is too unwell to write or even to read any thing.3 He begs you will not send the Primula Paper until after his return home when he will write himself—4
I am dear Sir | Yours truly | Emma Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the address; according to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), CD stayed at Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, from 3 September to 12 or 13 October 1863.
According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), CD was repeatedly sick in the period between 20 and 23 September 1863. See also letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863].
The reference is to the manuscript of Scott 1864a; see from John Scott, 21 September [1863].
Summary
CD too unwell to read. JS should not send Primula paper MS until CD returns home.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4302
- From
- Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin
- To
- John Scott
- Sent from
- Malvern
- Source of text
- DAR 93: B1–2
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4302,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11
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