To Anne Barnard 31 March [1871]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
March 31st
My dear Mrs. Barnard
I am very much obliged to you for your kindness in writing to me.2 I had read that the insane (& therefore probably idiots) are apt to have deformed ears, so that I wrote some weeks ago to the Doctor of a large Asylum, asking him to observe about the “points”, but have not as yet received any answer.—3
It is indeed very many years since we met.— To the last day of my life I shall think of your Father with the deepest respect, and affection, & gratitude for his invariable kindness towards me.4
Pray believe me | yours truly obliged | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks AHB for her letter about girl with pointed ears.
His undying gratitude to her father [J. S. Henslow].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7646
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Anne Henslow/Anne Barnard
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.390)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7646,” accessed on 26 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7646.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
