From Fanny Owen [22 September – 2 October 1831]1
Dr. Postillion,
I entreat your acceptance of a leetle Purse which I hope you will condescend to use in remembrance of the Housemaid of the Black Forest —
I remain Dr. C. yrs truly Fanny O
Pray remember me most kindly to my friend, Mr. Charles Mogg —2
Footnotes
Faint writing on the verso appears to read ‘C.D. Shrewsbury’. The conjectured date refers to the time of CD’s farewell visit to his father and sisters.
Possibly Charles William Cumberland Mogg.
Summary
Sends him a purse, which she asks him to use in remembrance of her.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-134
- From
- Frances (Fanny) Mostyn Owen/Frances (Fanny) Myddelton Biddulph
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Woodhouse
- Source of text
- DAR 204: 51
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 134,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-134.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 1
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