To William Baxter or W. W. Baxter 16 March [1843–82]1
Please fill Bottle with Spirits of Wine2
C. Darwin
Down | March 16th.
Footnotes
The year range is established from the fact that the Darwins moved to Down in September 1842 (Correspondence vol. 2, Appendix II). William Baxter and his son William Walmisley Baxter of Bromley, Kent, were CD’s regular chemists.
Spirits of wine were used as a preservative for animal and plant specimens.
Summary
Asks for a bottle to be filled with spirits of wine.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13772F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Walmisley Baxter; William Baxter
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Bromley Historic Collections, Bromley Central Library (144/1)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13772F,” accessed on 2 October 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13772F.xml
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