To William John Broderip [August–December 1838]
Dear Broderip
I am anxious to have two minute’s conversation with you about shells. Mr Sowerby is now in town, & I hope, if you can screw a little time out of your innumerable avocations, that you will be able to begin, & then end will soon be made with my small collection.1
Shall you dine at the Athenæum2 any day soon? If you would send me a note & tell me, the first day, you thought you should be there, I would meet you & have my short say, as I dine there almost every day.—
Believe me | Yours truly obliged | Chas. Darwin 36 Grt. Marlbro’ St
Friday
Footnotes
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
Volcanic islands: Geological observations on the volcanic islands, visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle, together with some brief notices on the geology of Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Being the second 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. 1844.
Ward, Thomas Humphry. 1926. History of the Athenæum, 1824-1925. London: printed for the Athenæum Club.
Summary
Would like to arrange a meeting about CD’s collection of shells [from the Beagle voyage].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-422
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William John Broderip
- Sent from
- London, Gt Marlborough St, 36
- Source of text
- Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (GEN/D/DARWIN (C)/3)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 422,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-422.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2