To G. H. Darwin 20 January [1881]1
Down
Jan. 20th
My dear George.
Your letter to Nature was despatched registered.2 I enclose letters for you.—3 There is a Norwegian letter to me— Can you make out what it is about & let me hear, returning the letter.4
I have a swarm of letters to answer. Gladstone has dated Wallace’s pension from last July 1st & this is splendid.—5
Yours affect | C. D.—
How I do wish to hear that you have arrived alive at Madeira.—6
Footnotes
Summary
[Ernst Krause’s] letter to Nature ["Unconscious memory – Mr Samuel Butler", 23 (1881): 288] has been dispatched.
Gladstone has dated Wallace’s pension from last July, "which is splendid".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13019
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Howard Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 210.1: 102
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13019,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13019.xml