To W. D. Crick 10 March [1882]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
March 10th
Dear Sir
Many thanks for your interesting note.2 I have been very unwell for several days & doubt whether I can go to London on the 15th, as I had intended, but if unable I will send the shell by Post to B. Museum. for correct name.—3 While looking over some M.S. notes the other day I came across 2 analogous cases, so I will draw up a little article for Nature & send all the cases.— I will forward a copy to you.4
Excuse hurry | yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
‘Dispersal of freshwater bivalves’: On the dispersal of freshwater bivalves. By Charles Darwin. Nature, 6 April 1882, pp. 529–30.
Summary
Will send shell by post to British Museum. Will prepare article for Nature [see 13696].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13722
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Walter Drawbridge Crick
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The Huntington Library (HM 36226)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13722,” accessed on 15 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13722.xml
