To W. D. Fox [17 May 1862]
Leith Hill Place | Dorking
Saturday
My dear Fox
Your letter has been forwarded here, where we remain till Thursday evening.1 I am so very sorry to miss your visit. Our house is utter confusion with painters & we shall, when we return have to live in a bed-room; but I think by Monday or Tuesday week one room will be ready; is there any chance of your being in London so long as that?—
Very many thanks for your letter about Turkeys, which interests me much.2 If without very great trouble you could get me any more information about the fertility &c of the hybrids or mongrels, I shd. be very much obliged.—
In Haste | My dear Fox | Ever yours | 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–.
Summary
Thanks WDF for interesting letter about turkeys. Would be grateful for information on fertility of the hybrids.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3555
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Darwin Fox
- Sent from
- Leith Hill Place
- Postmark
- MY 17 62
- Source of text
- Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 133)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3555,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3555.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 10
