To A. B. Buckley 4 January 1881
Down Beckenham
Jan. 4th. 1881
My dear Miss Buckley
The Memorial to Gladstone was despatched this morning to him, accompanied by a private note from me.—1 The Memorial was drawn up chiefly from the materials forwarded to me by you, and was corrected by Huxley.—2 I enclose list of the signers. The Duke of Argyll, to whom I wrote answered most courteously, and said that he had already written to Mr. Gladstone on the subject.—3 Heaven knows whether the M. will succeed, but I hardly ever wished so much for anything in my life as for its success.— I suppose that I shall receive only an official answer, but if it gives any indication I will inform you.— I wrote to all the signers and received from almost all a letter in return, saying how strongly they approved of the Memorial and wished for its success.—
Your discretion will tell you whether it would at some time please Mr. Wallace to hear who have signed, and how cordially the signers expressed themselves.
I know that I should be proud to be supported by such men.
I am glad it is all over. I can truly say that I have done my best; but as my boys would express it “it has been an awful grind”—I mean so many letters.
Believe me | My dear Miss Buckley | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
[Enclosure]
Spottiswoode Pres R. Soc.
Allman — Lin Soc.
Flower — Zoolog. Soc
L. Aberdeen — Geograph. Soc
Ramsay. — British Assoc
Günther B. Museum
Lubbock
Sclater — Sec. Zoolog Soc.
Bates — Geoph Soc.
Hooker
Huxley
Darwin4
Footnotes
Summary
Memorial for Wallace pension dispatched to W. E. Gladstone.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12977
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Arabella Burton Buckley
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The British Library (Add MS 46434); DAR 143: 185
- Physical description
- C 2pp A encl 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12977,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12977.xml
