From:
Susan Elizabeth Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. 24 Oct 1839]
Source of text:
DAR 261.11: 25 (on display at Down House in 1991)
Summary:
Gives some information on Darwin family history.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Gives some information on Darwin family history.
Hopes to publish volume on coral formations in a few months.
He and Emma live quietly, having given up parties.
Asks WDF if he remembers the Darwin family motto. He means to have a "seal solemnly engraved".