To W. C. Holbrook 27 July 1881
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
July 27th 1881
Dear Sir
I am much obliged for your letter. Although I know little about human anatomy, it always interests me extremely to hear about the characters of ancient human beings, & I rejoice at the rapid progress of Anthropology in your country, as in other parts of the world.1
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Holbrook’s letter has not been found. Holbrook published a brief notice, ‘Moundbuilder skeletons’, on skeletons found in burial mounds in the Rock River Valley, Illinois, in Science, 22 October 1881, pp. 504–5.
Summary
Appreciates WCH’s letter with references to the anatomy of ancient human beings. Rejoices in the progress of anthropology.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13253F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Watson Curtis Holbrook
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The History Buff (dealer) (10 May 2007)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13253F,” accessed on 11 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13253F.xml
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