To W. B. Tegetmeier 21 [February 1859]
Down Bromley Kent
21
My dear Sir
Here is a misfortune: the silver Spangled Hamburgh Hen was seen quite well this morning & half an hour afterwards was found stone-dead on her back. If you could get me 2 or 3 more Hens, it would be very useful for my little experiment.—1 Perhaps you will have forgotten what I have: they are as follows. The Spanish Cock 2 White Games 1 White Cochin 1 Silk Fowl 1 Silver Poland
Before very long I must begin & save eggs.
I hope your Bee Soc. flourishes.2 I gave your paper to Mr Knight Bruce, (son of the Vice-Chancellor)3 & he seemed very enthusiastic & inclined to join it.—
I have been extra poorly of late & returned only on Saturday from a fortnight of Hydropathy.—4
Believe me, my dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Richardson, Edmund William. 1916. A veteran naturalist; being the life and work of W. B. Tegetmeier. London: Witherby & Co.
Summary
Sends list of poultry breeds he would like.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2417
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Bernhard Tegetmeier
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2417,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2417.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 7