To S. J. O’H. Horsman   3 June 1868

My dear Sir

Under the present circumstances, & as your lodgings are so uncomfortable, I think you are right not to return to this Parish—1 If you will send to me receipts & all papers in connection with the Down nat School2 & your accounts & a cheque for the balance in to hand, I will pass them over to your successor for examination. I will myself send you an acknowledgement that I personally hold these documents. I shall not myself   As it is a great evil to this Parish, not having a resident clergyman, I hope that you will soon communicate with Mr Brodie Innes & make some final & permanent arrangement.3

Believe me | Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

June 3d (68)

Rv. J. OHara Horsman

ADraftS

1
See letter from S. J. O’H. Horsman, 2 June [1868].
2
Nat. School: National School. National Schools were elementary schools in England or Wales operated by the National Society for the Education of the Poor, which was established in 1811 (OED).
3
John Brodie Innes, who lived in Scotland, was vicar of Down (Clergy list 1869).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.2 send] above del ‘return’
1.2 receipts &] above del ‘a che’
1.3 in connection … School] interl
1.3 nat] interl
1.3 & a cheque] after interl & del ‘for the Down School’
1.4 for examination … myself 1.5] interl
1.4 I will myself 1.5] below del ‘&’
1.5 acknowledgement] after interl & del ‘my account of the [3 words illeg]’
1.5 that I … documents.] below del ‘that I have received them. I will temporarily advance any’
1.6 resident] after del illeg
1.6 clergyman] above del ‘curate’
1.7 soon] above del ‘be enabled’
1.7 Brodie] interl
1.7 make] after del ‘come soon’
1.7 final &] interl

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-6225,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-6225