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Darwin Correspondence Project

To ?   23 January [1843–6 or 1856–69]1

Down Bromley Kent

Jan. 23d

Dear Sir

I am much obliged to you for sending me a copy of your memoir, with its wonderfully beautiful illustrations, on the most interesting scientific point, which has occurred for many years.—2

With my best thanks I beg leave to remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

The date range is established by the form of the address; CD used this address from October 1842 to April 1846, and from October 1855 to March 1869.
The memoir has not been identified.

Summary

Obliged for memoir with illustrations on most interesting point [unspecified] to occur in many years.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-13873
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Unidentified
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Edward Ford (private collection)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13873,” accessed on 19 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13873.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18 (Supplement)

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