To S. H. Haliburton 6 November [1872]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Nov. 6th.
My dear Sarah
I have been very much pleased by your letter, which I must call charming.—2 I hardly ventured to think that you would have retained a friendly recollection of me for so many years. Yet I ought to have felt assured that you would remain as warm-hearted & as true-hearted as you have ever been from my earliest recollection.— I know well how many grievous sorrows you have gone through; but I am very sorry to hear that your health is not good. In the Spring or summer, when the weather is better, if you can summon up courage to pay us a visit here, both my wife, as she desires me to say, & myself would be truly glad to see you, & I know that you would not care about being rather dull here. It would be a real pleasure to me to see you.— Thank you much for telling about your family,—much of which was new to me. How kind you all were to me as a boy, & you especially, & how much happiness I owe to you.3
Believe me | Your affectionate & obliged Friend | Charles Darwin
Perhaps you would like to see a Photograph of me now that I am old.—
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks SH for news of her family. Would like her to visit Down in the spring.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8601
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Sarah Harriet Mostyn Owen/Sarah Harriet Williams/Sarah Harriet Haliburton
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 185: 23
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8601,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8601.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20