From Ebenezer Turnbull 17 June 1880
Garvald—Haddington Shire | Scotland—
17th. June | 1880
Sir
I beg leave to inform you that John Scott of the Botanical Gardens Calcutta, arrived home about three Weeks ago and Died, & is buried in this Obscure village.1 What I wish you to know is he has left some plants & seeds with many of your own writings, that any person here knows nothing about.2 If therefor you will kind enough to make enquiry and come or send some person to look over his affairs, he has left a sister and a small family and anything which can be realized will be some benefit3
Trusting to have your advice soon | I am Sir | Yours truly | Ebenr. Turnbull
P.S. I am MR. Scotts Uncle
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Information about the death of John Scott, his nephew.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12638F
- From
- Ebenezer Turnbull
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Garvald
- Source of text
- DAR 198: 209
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12638F,” accessed on 19 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12638F.xml
