From J. P. Thom 14 January 1863
Home News Office | 124 Bishopgate st | London, E.C.
14th Jan. ’63.
My dear Mr Darwin,
Dr Lane told me last night that you had sent to him a few days ago for me a cheque on your banker for £20.1 This I consider to be an act of such true and genuine kindness on your part that I do not expect to be able to find phrases which will express forcibly enough my sincere appreciation of it. I will therefore only say that I thank you with all my heart. This generous gift is one which, coming from you, I will freely tell you I regard as as one of the most flattering testimonials I have ever received in my life. I will only add that it will also be of the greatest possible service to me at present.
Before I leave England (which I expect to do early in March) I hope to write to you again and tell you something in reference to my plans which will, I believe, tend to show that they are feasible.2
Meanwhile believe me, my dear Mr Darwin, | Ever yours truly & gratefully | J. P. Thom
Charles Darwin, Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Thanks for a gift of £20.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3916
- From
- John Pringle Thom
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Home News , London, Bishopgate St, 124
- Source of text
- DAR 178: 107
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3916,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3916.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11