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Darwin Correspondence Project

To Raphael Meldola   20 May [1878]

From Mr. C. Darwin, Down, Beckenham.

Many thanks for card.— Pray take no more trouble on subject.1

Down | May 20th.

Footnotes

Meldola’s postcard has not been found, but contained an identification of photographs of insects that CD had received from Otto Zacharias (see letters from Raphael Meldola, 3 May 1878 and n. 2, and 23 May 1878).

Summary

RM should take no more trouble over the subject [Otto Zacharias’ photos; see 11510].

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-11517
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Raphael Meldola
Sent from
Down
Postmark
MY 21 78
Source of text
Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Physical description
Apc

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11517,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11517.xml

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