RECORD: Darwin, Francis. 1909.06.30. Letter to J. C. Simpson. McGill-CA-OSLER0-P110[.130]. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2023. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. See the Introduction and catalogue to the J.C. Simpson collection by John van Wyhe.
Francis Darwin's daughter was Frances Crofts Darwin (1886-1960). She was the only child of Francis and Ellen Wordsworth Crofts (1856-1903). She married Francis Macdonald in 1909 and had 5 children. Francis had an older son, Bernard Richard Meirion (1876-1961), with his first wife Amy Ruck, who died in 1876. (Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021.)
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30.VI.09
13 Madingley Rd
Cambridge
Dear Simpson
I got a letter this morning from Harmer asking me to lend some of the things at Xts to him for the Nat History show. I got his letter just as we were going off to my daughters wedding & then I forgot ─ like an idiot.
I have not the list here but I know he wants
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the big dissecting microscope with the wooden hand rests. If you are sending any big things, could this go with them
I am dining at the Orchard & I will write from my house tonight to tell you the other things for Harmer
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Anything prefer I could send registered by post & need not trouble you─ but if you are sending a batch of things to Harmer & have time tomorrow you might possibly include all the things for Harmer
yrs sincerely
F Darwin
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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