To J. W. Dawson 19 January 1872
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Jan 19. 1872
My dear Sir
I am greatly indebted to your kindness for having sent me yr valuable memoir on the fossil plants of the Devonian & Upper-Silurian formations.1 When we remember our state of knowledge only a few years ago, it is wonderful that a monograph shd have been published on the plants of these ancient formations.
With much respect | I remain dear Sir | yours faithfully | & obliged | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Dawson, John William. 1871. The fossil plants of the Devonian and Upper Silurian formations of Canada. Montreal: Dawson Bros. London: Sampson Low, Son and Marston.
Marginalia: Charles Darwin’s marginalia. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio with the assistance of Nicholas W. Gill. Vol. 1. New York and London: Garland Publishing. 1990.
Summary
Thanks recipient for memoir on fossil plants of the Devonian and Upper Silurian.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8166
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John William Dawson
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- McGill University Library, Department of Rare Books
- Physical description
- LS(A) 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8166,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8166.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
