To Daniel Oliver 23 April [1861]1
Down Bromley Kent
April 23d
My dear Sir
On returning home after a week’s absence, I found your marriage cards.—2 I now understand your move to Richmond!3 Allow me to send you my very sincere congratulations on entering into that state which assuredly gives the best chance of true happiness in this world.
With every good wish & my compliments to Mrs. Oliver, pray believe me | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
Summary
Congratulations on DO’s marriage.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3125F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Daniel Oliver
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Newcastle University Special Collections (Spence Watson/Weiss Archive GB186 SW/6/3)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3125F,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3125F.xml
