The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, Horace. 1861.10.10. Letter to William Erasmus Darwin. CUL-DAR210.6.87. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2023. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR210.6 contains correspondence of William Erasmus Darwin and family correspondence (1851-1896).

Sunday 10.10 61.

Dear William

Are you comeing here at Chrismas or never. Gorge and Frank came on Saturday and we had our fire works.

Mama went to hastings to see aunt Charlotte, she came

back on Saturday. Lizzie is going to London on Thursday to see Miss Thorley.

Monday

Gorge and Frank went today, Gorge felt unwell before he went. We genarly play

Licke this [sketch]

We went Hangrove to day in the afternoon.

Gorge could not play at billards at [best] We have got a mare one is dark gray. Henrietta has got a kitten.

We have got an

Old cage with poison in it. The house id ful of mise so we have got that cage.

I am yours ever

Horace Darwin

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