From Emma Darwin to Alfred Newton   4 November [1863]

Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S. E.

Nov 4

Sir

Mr Darwin begs me to thank you for your note & Remarks on the partridge’s leg.1 He has been so ill as not to be able to attend to any thing & he still cannot even write a note,2 but he will send [for] the specimen as soon as he can & examine it with care. He begs to be very kindly remembered to you.

I am dear Sir | yours truly | Emma Darwin

Endorsement: ‘Nov. 46/63.’3

2
The entry in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) for 4 November 1863 is ‘in bed all day’.
3
Newton’s endorsement may include the day he received the letter, 6 November 1863.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4330F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4330F