To Alfred Wrigley 7 March [1868]1
[6 Queen Anne Street]
My dear Dr. Wrigley—
I wrote to you about half-a year ago stating that I wished to place Horace with a private tutor after Christmas, which has just passed; & received from you a very kind answer, in consequence of which & from not having then heard of a Tutor, I sent Horace with your permission— back to school until, as I stated in my letter, after Easter.—2 I have now agreed with the Rev C. R Rouse3 to receive him, & he has written to you as he tells me for Horace’s character. Mr Rouse informs me that he has heard from you in reply that you have received no notice from me of Horace’s removal. I thought my letter was clear that I intended to place Horace with a Private Tutor after Easter, & I am very sorry that there shd have been this misunderstanding, I hear that Leonard4 is working capitally & getting on well.—
Pray believe me | My dear Dr Wrigley | Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin
Mar 7th | P.S from [Rouse]
Footnotes
Summary
States his intentions regarding Horace’s future education. CD thought he had made those intentions clear in an earlier letter.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5993
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Alfred Wrigley
- Sent from
- London, Queen Anne St, 6
- Source of text
- DAR 96: 44
- Physical description
- ADraft 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5993,” accessed on 25 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5993.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16