From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Emma Sophia Galton
Date:
2 Apr [1879]
Source of text:
UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/3/3/4/3)
Summary:
Parcel of drawings and MS arrived safely.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Parcel of drawings and MS arrived safely.
Thanks ESG for list of errata in his part [of Erasmus Darwin].
Extends sympathy on death of Edward Wheler, E. S. G’s brother-in-law.
Notes and a copy of a letter written by ESG to John Dowson of Whitby. Expresses her opinion of the biographies of Erasmus Darwin written by Mrs Schimmelpenninck and Anna Seward.
Sends drawings of several of Dr Erasmus Darwin’s residences, together with suggestions of sources of other material.
Thanks CD on behalf of herself and sister [E. A. Wheler] for the gift of Erasmus Darwin. Comments to amplify parts of it.
Her brother-in-law, Edward Wheler, died on Sunday.
Sends some corrections for Erasmus Darwin.