To David Thomas Ansted, assistant secretary, Geological Society of London1 [c. January 1845]2
Down nr Bromley | Kent
Sunday
My dear Sir
I have written to Mr Lonsdale3 about the descriptive catalogue of Fuegian specimens.—
Mr. Lonsdale says he remembers well the large boxes being exposed, & that they were taken below in the crpt, & are labelled outside either “Tierra del Fuego” or “Patagonia” or “S. America” presented by either “Capt. King” or “Capt. FitzRoy”. He thinks probably that the Catalogues are inside one of these boxes & on the top of the specimens.
Would you be so kind as to direct Charlton4 to search for these boxes, which are large & heavy, for I well remember them.— Mr. Lonsdale says that if not there, the catalogue is probably in some table-drawer or cupboard in the upper museum.— & if not there, must be together with several other catalogues, belonging to the specimens in the upper museum.—
As it could not take long to have these places searched, would you oblige me by having this done by Wednesday.—5 If I cannot consult the catalogue soon, it will be useless to me.—6
I hope you have finished the labour of the first number of the Journal; I shall be exceedingly anxious to see it, & hope I may able to get one at the Society.
Pray believe me | My dear Sir | Your’s very sincerely | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
South America: Geological observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1846.
Woodward, Horace B. 1907. The history of the Geological Society of London. London: Geological Society.
Summary
Asks about Fuegian specimens stored at the Geological Society. CD needs them soon.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-811
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- David Thomas Ansted
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (George P. Merrill photograph collection, Record Unit 7177, Image No. SIA2016-009765)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 811,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-811.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 3