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RECORD: Litchfield, Henrietta Emma. 1882.04.20. Letter to George Howard Darwin. CUL-DAR245.320. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2023. 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-DAR245 contains correspondence and papers of Henrietta Emma Darwin, later Litchfield.

See Litchfield, Henrietta. n.d. [Recollections of Charles Darwin's death]. CUL-DAR262.23.2.

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Ap. 20. 1882

My dearest George,

Father was taken very ill last night with great suffering.

They sent for Dr Allfrey & he staid the night & was a great support to mother. She was all alone with Bessy.

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They sent for Dr Moxon & he came just to see him take his last breath. Mother said he was longing to die & he sent us all an affectionate message. He told her he was not the least afraid to die – Mother is

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very clam but she has cried a little –

You will come at once.

Your H.E.L.

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)