Letter 1829A
Darwin, C. R. to Birch, Samuel
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Is grateful for SB's note and assistance. Will call upon him in London in a fortnight.
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Down Bromley Kent
Feb. 6
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.— I shall be in London in a fortnight's time, when I will call, previously letting you know when I will come. I hope that this little delay will not be inconvenient to you.—
With my best thanks | Your's truly obliged | Ch. Darwin
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- f1 1829a.f1
Dated by the relationship to the letter to J. E. Gray, 14 January [1856]. - +
- f2 1829a.f2
CD had asked Birch, through John Edward Gray, to check ancient Chinese sources for references to varieties of domesticated animals and cultivated plants (see letter to J. E. Gray, 14 January [1856]). - +
- f3 1829a.f3
See letter to Samuel Birch, [12 March 1856].