To ? [1876]1
Sir
H. A. has been a footman for a year, & leaves entirely of his own wish for the sake of a better place. He is a good waiter is clean & tidy & has invariably been very obliging to me &, as I hear to my other servants.
I have never had the least reason to suppose that he is not perfectly honest & trustworthy. The only fault which I have ever had to find has been that he was twice slightly tipsy, but on one occasion there was some excuse in his having attended a cricket match; & on the other occasion he had met some friends & As far I as I could judge he was thoroughly & truly ashamed of himself, & promised me that it shd never occur again; which promise he himself has kept.
I beg leave to remain | Sir | Your obed. | C. D.
Footnotes
Summary
Letter of reference giving his opinion of the character of a man who has been his footman for a year.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10745
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 202: 92
- Physical description
- ADraftS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10745,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10745.xml