To Alfred Newton 2 April [1879]
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
April. 2d
My dear Professor Newton
I have signed the enclosed with pleasure.1
Many thanks for your kind expressions about Frank.—2
In Haste catch Post | Yours | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The enclosure was a memorial recommending that Elliott Coues be allowed leave from his duties in the US Army in order to complete his bibliography of ornithology; Newton had sent it to CD the previous day (see letter from Alfred Newton, 1 April 1879).
Newton expressed regret that Francis Darwin had declined to be nominated as an examiner in botany at Cambridge University (see letter from Alfred Newton, 1 April 1879).
Summary
"I have signed the enclosed with pleasure."
Thanks AN for his kind expression about Frank [Darwin].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11970
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Alfred Newton
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 9839/1D/64)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11970,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11970.xml
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