From Louis Agassiz 29 September 1863
Cambridge, [Massachusetts]
Sept. 29, 1863
My dear Sir,
Allow me to introduce to you Mr. J. P. Lesley,1 the most accomplished ⟨g⟩eologist of the United States & to take this opportunity to express to you my kindest regards.
Very truly yours | Ls Agassiz
Charles Darwin Esq.
Footnotes
J. Peter Lesley was professor of mining at the University of Pennsylvania. In October 1863 he began a three-month visit to Europe on behalf of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, in order to study methods of hardening the surface of rails (Ames ed. 1909, 1: 436). Lesley reported having met CD at Charles Lyell’s house in London on 21 October 1863, describing him as ‘a gentle shy person of 55+ years of age’ (ibid. 1: 447). However, Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) makes no reference to CD’s having gone to London on that date, and records that he had a ‘bad day’ with ‘sickness’.
Summary
Introduces J. P. Lesley, "the most accomplished geologist of the United States".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4311
- From
- Jean Louis Rodolphe (Louis) Agassiz
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Cambridge Mass.
- Source of text
- DAR 159: 9
- Physical description
- ALS 1p †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4311,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4311.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11
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