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From B. W. Richardson   12 April 1879

9 Wellington Terrace | Sandgate

April 12th 1879

My dear Sir.

I am afraid I have nothing at all, in shape, respecting Erasmus Darwin that I can send you for Krause’s book.1 I have been so engaged in other matters I have not been able to keep at the work and for years past it has gone out of my mind. I am very sorry not to oblige you.

We are down here for a few days rest & like the place very much.2 At one of my lectures in Birmingham, to an immense audience, your name brought up a cheer I shall never forget. It was electrical bolt. I could not get on for some minutes.

Always yours | B W Richardson

C. Darwin Esq. F.R.S.

I think of going into Parliament next general election if I can get returned and am invited already by two barristers.3 Does it strike you that work there may be of use.

2
A railway to Sandgate on the Kent coast had opened in 1874; Wellington Terrace was on the esplanade.
3
A general election was called in 1880, but Richardson did not stand; he stood as the Liberal candidate for Walton, Liverpool, in 1892, but lost the election to the Conservative candidate (Craig ed. 1974 and Craig ed. 1989).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11989,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11989