Dear Cousin

A German has published a sketch of the life of our grandfather, which my Brother & self intend to have translated, & I mean to add a preface about his character &c &c; but my chief object is to contradict flatly some calumnies by Miss Seward.¹ Now if you possess any documents about him or letters written by him, & would be so very kind as to lend them to me for a time (they sh^d. be returned registered) they might prove very useful, though judging from letters in my possession I fear that few would be worth publishing.—

It is very many years since we met, & I hope that you retain your health & strength.²

I am growing a very old man, but keep as yet my mental faculties tolerably clear.—

Pray believe me | Dear Cousin | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

P. S | Did you ever happen to hear whether D^r. D reached his son Charles in Edinburg in time to see him die?³