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From Charles Mostyn Owen   [after 29 May 1881]1

Woodhouse Iffley Oxford—.

My dear Darwin

I was very sorry to hear that you were unwell   I hope you will derive much benefit from your outing & when you return quite recovered I will try to come & shake hands with again, after more than 40 years2

Yours Truly | C. Mostyn Owen

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Charles Mostyn Owen, 29 May 1881.
2
Mostyn Owen had hoped to visit CD on 1 June 1881 (see letter from Charles Mostyn Owen, 29 May 1881); a note in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) for 30 May 1881 indicated that CD was very unwell and feverish. No reply to that letter has been found. The Darwins visited Patterdale in the Lake District from 2 June to 5 July 1881 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13185,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13185