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To Alfred Wrigley   7 March [1868]1

[6 Queen Anne Street]

My dear Dr. Wrigley—

I wrote to you about half-a year ago stating that I wished to place Horace with a private tutor after Christmas, which has just passed; & received from you a very kind answer, in consequence of which & from not having then heard of a Tutor, I sent Horace with your permission— back to school until, as I stated in my letter, after Easter.—2 I have now agreed with the Rev C. R Rouse3 to receive him, & he has written to you as he tells me for Horace’s character. Mr Rouse informs me that he has heard from you in reply that you have received no notice from me of Horace’s removal. I thought my letter was clear that I intended to place Horace with a Private Tutor after Easter, & I am very sorry that there shd have been this misunderstanding, I hear that Leonard4 is working capitally & getting on well.—

Pray believe me | My dear Dr Wrigley | Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin

Mar 7th | P.S from [Rouse]

ADraftS

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Alfred Wrigley, 12 March 1868.
2
CD’s letter to Wrigley asking whether Horace Darwin could stay at Clapham Grammar School for another term has not been found, but see the letter from Alfred Wrigley, 2 January 1868 and n. 5.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.1 I wrote] after del ‘When I proposed to remove Horace to a Private Tutor last Christmas, | In | When I answered your very kind letter’
1.2 after] ‘after’ above del ‘at last.’
1.2 which has just passed;] interl pencil
1.2 from you] interl
1.3 heard of] above del ‘found’
1.4 Horace] after del caret
1.4 with your permission—] interl
1.4 until] after del ‘to’
1.4 after] interl
1.5 the Rev] after del ‘Mr’
1.6 as he tells me] interl
1.6 for Horace’s character. Mr Rouse informs] above del ‘& tells’
1.6 Mr. Rouse] after del ‘He’
1.6 informs] added pencil
1.8 my] after del ‘it’
1.8 intended] after del ‘did not’
1.9 very] interl pencil
1.10 I hear] after del ‘which I trust will not [interl pencil] cause you any [altered from ‘no;’ pencil] inconvenience.—’
3.1 Mar … [Rouse]] added pencil

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5993,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5993