To Edward Cresy 7 September [1865]1
Down, Bromley, Kent
Sept. 7th.
Dear Cresy
As you have been so kind as to give me advice about the career of my son George, I have thought that you would permit him to call on you for a little additional advice.2 We were in hopes to have been able to see you here for a Sunday, but I have been confined to my bed-room with almost constant sickness for the last four months, and have seen nobody and done nothing.3 If I should get a little better I will still try to persuade you to come, though I might only be able to see you for a very short time, as it is a real pleasure to me to see you.
Dear Cresy, believe me | Yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
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Summary
May his son George call for advice on his career?
CD has been ill for past four months.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4610
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Edward Cresy, Jr
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 143: 324
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4610,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4610.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13
