From Emma Darwin to John Scott   23 September [1863]1

Malvern Wells

Sep 23.

Sir

Mr C. Darwin requests me to thank you for your letter2 & to say that he is too unwell to write or even to read any thing.3 He begs you will not send the Primula Paper until after his return home when he will write himself—4

I am dear Sir | Yours truly | Emma Darwin

1
The year is established by the address; according to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), CD stayed at Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, from 3 September to 12 or 13 October 1863.
3
According to Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), CD was repeatedly sick in the period between 20 and 23 September 1863. See also letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863].
4
The reference is to the manuscript of Scott 1864a; see from John Scott, 21 September [1863].

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4302,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4302