To B. A. E. Cookson 30 January 1875
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Jany. 30th 1875
Dear Mrs Cookson
George tells me that you would like to have my autograph; & I am proud to send my signature for this purpose.1 I wish it was rather more ornamental.
Pray believe me, Yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
George Howard Darwin had spent time with the Cookson family in 1874; see Correspondence vol. 22, letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 [August] 1874 and n. 8.
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Is happy to send his autograph.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9834
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Blanche Alethea Elizabeth Holt/Blanche Alethea Elizabeth Cookson/Blanche Alethea Elizabeth Crackanthorpe
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9834,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9834.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
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