To Robert Burn 2 December [1865]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Dec 2.
Dear Sir
I should be much obliged if you would enter my son Francis Darwin at Trinity for next October. I enclose his master the Rev. Dr Wrigley’s certificate2 & a cheque for entrance & caution money for £20.3
If it is possible I shd much wish my son to have rooms in college & shd therefore be very much obliged if you wd put his name down for the first chance.
I beg leave to remain | Dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Charles R. Darwin
To Revd. R. Burn
Footnotes
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Summary
Enters Francis Darwin at Trinity College, Cambridge. Encloses certificate from Alfred Wrigley and £20 entrance and caution money. Wants Francis to have rooms in College.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4945
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Robert Burn
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 221.5: 4 (photocopy)
- Physical description
- LS(A) 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4945,” accessed on 18 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4945.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13
