To J. D. Hooker   [4 October 1866]

Down

Thursday Evening

My dear Hooker

We have just heard that my poor sister is at rest & thank God has had no more suffering, having been tranquil & half unconscious for many days.1

Yours affectionately | C. Darwin

Do not write.

Endorsement: ‘Oct. 4th/66’

1
Susan Elizabeth Darwin’s date of death is registered in Shrewsbury as 3 October 1866.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5228,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5228