To Edward Walford 13 June [1861]1
Down Bromley Kent
June 13th
Sir
I enclose the dates of the principal events of my Life, according to your request.—2 I presume that I have given them much too fully, but you can use such as you think fit.—3
I have the honour to remain | Sir | Your obedt. servt. | Charles Darwin
E. Walford Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
Summary
Sends "the dates of the principal events of my Life" requested by EW [for use in his Men of the time (1862)].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3181
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Edward Walford
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Ralph Colp Jr (private collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3181,” accessed on 14 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3181.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 9
