To J. S. Henslow 18 [December 1855]
Down Bromley Kent
18th.
My dear Henslow
I write one line to say that I have received the seeds safely & to thank you very much for them.—
What a weeks work you have cut out for yourself! I shall be in London on Friday,1 but I see no chance of our meeting.—
Yours most truly | C. Darwin
Footnotes
CD was present at a meeting of the council of the Royal Society on Thursday, 20 December (Royal Society council minutes).
Summary
Has received the seeds safely.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1797
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Stevens Henslow
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 93: A47
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1797,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1797.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5
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