To Charles Kingsley 2 June [1865]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
June 2
My dear Sir
I am much obliged for your extremely kind note. I enclose the only photograph which I have of myself, made by one of my sons.2 I believe it is like but it makes me rather an awful old gentleman. One of the greatest losses which I have suffered from my continued ill-health has been my seclusion from society & not becoming acquainted with some few men whom I should have liked to have known3
Pray believe me my dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
P.S. I have a small collection of photographs & shd. very much like to possess yours.—4
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks for note; sends photograph taken by one of his sons.
His continued ill-health has prevented him making the acquaintance of many.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3174F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Charles Kingsley
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Bonhams, New York (dealers) (4 December 2019, lot 19)
- Physical description
- LS(A) 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3174F,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3174F.xml
