From Bartholomew James Sulivan 27 September [1862]1
Board of Trade. S.W.
Septr. 27—
My dear Darwin
It is long since I have heard any thing of you or yours. I hope “no news” is “good news”—
Our old shipmate Wickham will be with me for some days after the sixth: when I last saw him he expressed a wish to see you again;2 would there be any chance of your coming to Town about that time? if so we could easily arrange a meeting—and if you could manage to come to us for one night it would give us great pleasure— & I could get Mellersh—who is in Town—to come down also.3 I know you do not like being away from home, but if you have to come to Town at all about then and could stay for a night it might not interfere much with your arrangements. I see a mid named ‘Darwin’ just appointed to a ship4 have you a boy in the Navy? I think not.
I hope Mrs. Darwin is well and that your daughter’s health has gone on improving.5 | with very kind remembrances | Believe me dear Darwin— | Yours very sincerely | B. J. Sulivan
Footnotes
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Summary
J. C. Wickham and Arthur Mellersh are in town and BJS wonders whether there is any chance CD might join them.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3741
- From
- Bartholomew James Sulivan
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Board of Trade
- Source of text
- DAR 177: 275
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3741,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3741.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 10