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To W. E. Darwin   [before 29 October 1857]1

[Down]

We have just begun the horrid mess of plaistering all the new rooms;2 for all the outside plaister had to be stripped off. Lewis found the floor-boards so damp, that he could not lay down the floor in any of the rooms; & the ceilings are so damp, that they cannot be white-washed.—

My dear William | Your affect. Father | C. Darwin

1
The date is suggested by the reported progress of the plastering of new rooms being added to Down House (see n. 2, below). The information appears to precede that included in the letter to William Darwin, 29 [October 1857].
2
CD was having a new dining-room and bedroom added to Down House (see the letters to William Darwin, 29 [October 1857], and to W. D. Fox, 30 October [1857]). In 1858, however, the new downstairs room was put to use as a new drawing-room (Atkins 1974).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-2135,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-2135