From E. A. Darwin to M. D. Conway 11 November 1863

6 Queen Anne St | W

11 Nov 63

Dear M^r Conway

I am sorry to say that I have heard from M^rs Darwin that my Brother is no better & that he is forbidden by his physician to see any one.¹ He begs me to say how sorry he is that he cannot have the pleasure of making your acquaintance.

Believe me | Yours very truly | Eras. Darwin

See following letter, letter from E. A. Darwin, 9 November [1863], and letter from E. A. Darwin to M. D. Conway, 9 November 1863.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4338,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4338

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Mrs Darwin has written that CD is no better, and visitors have been forbidden.

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Record number: DCP-LETT-4338
From: Erasmus Alvey Darwin
To: Moncure Daniel Conway
Date: 11 Nov 1863
Sent from: London, Queen Anne St, 6
Source of text: Columbia University in the City of New York, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Moncure D. Conway papers)
Physical description: 2pp

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11.

From E. A. Darwin to M. D. Conway 11 November 1863

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