From S. H. Haliburton 8 September [1881]1
Pavilion Hotel | Folkestone
Septr 8th.
My dear Charles Darwin
I cannot refrain from offering to you my very sincere condolences on the loss of your Brother, for I know it must be a great sorrow to you, & I must always sympathize in all that concerns you—2 When I last saw Erasmus, this Spring, he appeared much in his usual health—
I am here, & have been, for more than three weeks, in attendance on my poor Sister Sobie, who returned from Aix les Bains in a most wretched state, & she has ever since been dangerously ill, Inflammation of the Lungs, & her Heart also affected, her recovery is more than doubtful, & her sufferings are sad to witness—3 Fanny Biddulph is here also, she desires many kind remembrances to you—4
Believe me always | Most sincerely Your’s | S H Haliburton
Do not take the trouble to answer this, I only wished to assure you, that your trouble had not been disregarded by me—
Footnotes
Summary
Condolences on death of Erasmus.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13323
- From
- Sarah Harriet Mostyn Owen/Sarah Harriet Williams/Sarah Harriet Haliburton
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Folkestone
- Source of text
- DAR 166: 87
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13323,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13323.xml