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To A. P. Fletcher   [after 14 March 1874]1

Mr Pearson has resided for several years in this village, until recently as the Schoolmaster of the National School—2 During the whole of this time I have never heard even a rumour that he is not quite Trustworthy. As I know nothing of the Duties of an agent for an A. Coy.3 I cannot pretend to say whether he is very fitted to fulfill them.

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1
The date is established from the relationship between this letter and the letter from A. P. Fletcher, 14 March 1874.
2
Charles Pearson had been appointed schoolmaster of the national school in Down in 1867.
3
Pearson had applied to be an agent for the Northern Assurance Company. See letter from A. P. Fletcher, 14 March 1874.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9362,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9362