To N. N. Christophe 12 February 1879
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.1
Feb 12 1879
Dear Sir
I beg leave to return you my sincere thanks for the kind congratulations I have received from you on the occasion of my birthday—2
Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
This letter was previously published in Correspondence vol. 27 from a description in a Stargardt catalogue. The recipient’s name is supplied from a description of the accompanying envelope. Stargardt gave the name as N. N. Christophe, of Eydtkuhnen in East Prussia (now Chernyshevskoye in Russia); Wilson gave it as Herrn Christophe. Christophe has not been identified.
CD was 70 on 12 February 1879.
Summary
Thanks for birthday greetings.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11874F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- N. N. Christophe
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- John Wilson (dealer) (item 26009)
- Physical description
- LS 1p & cover
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11874F,” accessed on 20 March 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11874F.xml
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