To Samuel Birch 6 February [1856]1
Down Bromley Kent
Feb. 6th
My dear Sir
I am most sincerely obliged for your note, & for the very great trouble you are so kindly willing to take for me.—2 I shall be in London in a fortnight’s time, when I will call, previously letting you know when I will come.3 I hope that this little delay will not be inconvenient to you.—
With my best thanks | Your’s truly obliged | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Dated by the relationship to the letter to J. E. Gray, 14 January [1856].
CD had asked Birch, through John Edward Gray, to check ancient and modern Chinese sources for references to varieties of domesticated animals and cultivated plants (see letter to J. E. Gray, 14 January [1856]).
Summary
Is grateful for SB’s note and assistance. Will call upon him in London in a fortnight.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1829A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Samuel Birch
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- British Museum (Department of the Middle East, correspondence 1826–67: 1492)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1829A,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1829A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 6
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