To A. P. Fletcher [after 14 March 1874]1
Mr Pearson has resided for several years in this village, until recently as the Schoolmaster of the National School—2 During the whole of this time I have never heard even a rumour that he is not quite Trustworthy. As I know nothing of the Duties of an agent for an A. Coy.3 I cannot pretend to say whether he is very fitted to fulfill them.
Footnotes
Summary
Testifies to the trustworthiness of Charles Pearson.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9362
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Alexander Pearson Fletcher
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 97: C54r
- Physical description
- ADraft 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9362,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9362.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22