RECORD: Darwin, Leonard. 1909.05.25. Letter to A. E. Shipley. McGill-CA-OSLER0-P110[.34]. 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.

Henry Norton Sulivan was the son of Bartholomew James Sulivan, Darwin's shipmate on the Beagle. In 1896 he edited Life and letters of the late Admiral Sir Batholomew James Sulivan, which contains a recollection of Darwin. Text.


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May 25

Enclosed note from H. N. Sulivan S. Farnborough

12 EGERTON PLACE, S.W.

My dear Shipley,

Kindly let me know what answer I should give to the enclosed note, or answer it yourself. Sullivan the writer is I feel convinced though I don't know, a son of a shipmate of my father's on the Beagle. Whether it is a copy of the picture already in our possession neither

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do I know

yours sincerely

L. Darwin


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