To B. J. Sulivan 22 April 1878
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Ap. 22— 1878
My dear Sulivan
I shall be happy to subscribe 1£ annually as long as I live for Jemmy FitzRoy Button; & to save trouble I enclose subscription for next two years.1 I suppose that you have thought of the Boy’s future, & whether it is a real kindness to him to educate him; & secondly that we Beaglers are growing old.—
I am very sorry to hear so poor an account of your health, though it seems you are now getting right.—2
I have been unusually well of late, & am working away all day long on seedling plants, which at present are my delight.3
Farewell my old friend | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Will be happy to subscribe to support Jemmy FitzRoy Button. Supposes BJS has considered whether it would be a real kindness to educate the boy.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11481
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Bartholomew James Sulivan
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Sulivan family (private collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11481,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11481.xml