To George Snow 8 May 1863
Down House
May 8th 1863
Sir
After twenty years experience of your character in various Offices in the parish of Down, including that of Surveyor of the Roads, I have pleasure in giving my testimonial that you are extremely well qualified for the office of Surveyor for the Bromley District.—1
Sir | Your obedt. servt | Ch. R. Darwin | J.P.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Post Office directory of the six home counties: Post Office directory of the six home counties, viz., Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. London: W. Kelly & Co. 1845–78.
Webb, Sidney and Webb, Beatrice. 1913. English local government: the story of the king’s highway. Vol. 5 of English local government. By Sidney and Beatrice Webb. 9 vols. London: Longmans, Green & Co. 1906–29.
Summary
Has pleasure in giving GS a testimonial for the office of surveyor for the Bromley District.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4147F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Snow
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Lawrences Auctioneers (dealers) (30 April – 2 May 2019, Lot 207)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4147F,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4147F.xml