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From W. S. Wade   23 October 1873

York Street, Wakefield

Octr 23 1873.

Dear Sir

I should have answered your letter of Septr 12 before now, but have deferred doing so until I had an opportunity of seeing the man, & making the enquiries you suggest.—1

In answer to these enquiries I have to say that he tells me that he had the fits between 1 & 2 years of age, & that the children were born with the peculiar condition of the eyelids,— by all means keep the Photographs,2 & if you would like copies I will at any time send you them

Yours faithfully | W. S. Wade

CD annotations

Bottom of letter: ‘Refers to case of inheritance sent before   Drooping Eyelids’ pencil
1
Wade had written to CD about a man with an eye condition that his children had apparently inherited (see letter from W. S. Wade, 11 September 1873). CD’s letter to Wade has not been found.
2
CD mentioned the case sent to him by Wade in Variation 2d ed. 2: 452. For the photographs, see the enclosures to the letter from W. S. Wade, 11 September 1873.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9109,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9109