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To Daniel Oliver   23 April [1861]1

Down Bromley Kent

April 23d

My dear Sir

On returning home after a week’s absence, I found your marriage cards.—2 I now understand your move to Richmond!3 Allow me to send you my very sincere congratulations on entering into that state which assuredly gives the best chance of true happiness in this world.

With every good wish & my compliments to Mrs. Oliver, pray believe me | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established by the date of Oliver’s marriage (see n. 2, below).
2
CD was in London from 16 to 20 April 1861 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). Oliver married Hannah Hobson Wall in 1861.
3
The 1861 census records Oliver living in Richmond, Surrey (Census returns of England and Wales 1861 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG9/459/143/28)). Before that, he lived at Kew, presumably in lodgings (ODNB).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3125F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3125F