To Richard Kippist 6 May [1864]
Down Bromley Kent
May 6th
My dear Sir
I enclose a paper by Mr J. Scott, which it seems to me is well worth communicating to the Linn. Socy.—1 It will be dry to read aloud, but the facts seem to me very curious.—2
My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The reference is to the manuscript of Scott 1864b. John Scott sent the manuscript with his letter to CD of 5 May [1864]. Scott’s paper was read before the Linnean Society on 2 June 1864. Kippist, who was librarian of the Linnean Society, also performed many of the functions of a secretary to the society (Gage 1938).
See letter from John Scott, 5 May [1864] and n. 2.
Bibliography
Gage, Andrew Thomas. 1938. A history of the Linnean Society of London. London: Linnean Society of London.
Summary
Recommends paper by John Scott to be read at Linnean Society.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4486
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Richard Kippist; Linnean Society
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Wellcome Collection (MS.7781/1–32)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4486,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4486.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12
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