To John Scott   8 January [1864]1

Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.

Jan 8th

Dear Sir

I am obliged for your two notes2 & am glad to hear that your paper went off successfully without bitter opposition.—3 I am hardly ever able to go out anywhere.— Pray excuse brevity, as I am far from well today & overwhelmed with things which must be done.4

Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

1
The recipient and the year are established by the relationship of this letter to the letters from John Scott, 7 January [1864] and [13 January 1864].
2
With his letter of 7 January [1864], Scott included a note about a point discussed in the manuscript of Scott 1864a (see letter from John Scott, 7 January [1864] and enclosure 1).
4
Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) for 8 January 1864 recorded ‘4. am–’ and ‘8– am.’, the times at which CD was ill.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13882,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13882