To John George Children 22 February [1838]1
36 Grt. Marlbro’ St
Dear Sir
During the last six months, I have had occasion several times to consult the collection of Birds in the British Museum.—2 With respect to the subject of your letter, I have much pleasure in informing you, that Mr George Gray has uniformly acted towards me with courtesy.3
He not only has always opened as many cases, as I required with readiness, but has likewise repeatedly given me much useful information, often suggesting books of reference and other means by which I could obtain a knowledge of the subject I had in view.—4
I have the pleasure to remain | Dear Sir | Very faithfully yours | Chas. Darwin
February 22d.—
Footnotes
Summary
Testifies to the courtesy and helpfulness of George Gray [assistant at the British Museum]. [See 402b.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-402F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John George Children
- Sent from
- London, Gt Marlborough St, 36
- Source of text
- British Museum Officers Reports 20 (1838): 5314
- Physical description
- 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 402F,” accessed on 20 April 2018, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/DCP-LETT-402F
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13 (Supplement)