From W. E. Darwin 29 July [1871?]1
My dear Father,
Will you & mother sign and date the enclosed paper, and get the girls to sign their names & send it to Uncle Ras— the other boys can sign it any time
W E Darwin
Keep it back till Henrietta has signed & put date2
July 29
Footnotes
The year is conjectured from a pencil note on the letter, reading, ‘sent to [Turner] Refers to letters of 1871 to uncle Eras’.
The enclosure has not been identified. William refers to Henrietta Emma and Elizabeth Darwin, Erasmus Alvey Darwin, and George Howard, Francis, Leonard, and Horace Darwin.
Summary
Wants CD to sign an enclosure [missing] and get the signatures of other family members.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7886
- From
- William Erasmus Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 210.5: 5
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7886,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7886.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
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