To ? [1842–82]1
Down
Thursday
My dear Sir
I write one single line to say how very glad I shall be to see you & Mr Morris here tomorrow—2
I do not know whether you will receive this before starting | yours very faithfully | C. Darwin
Footnotes
The year range is established by CD’s residence at Down from 1842.
Mr Morris has not been identified. The only Mr Morris with whom CD is known to have corresponded is John Morris, who helped CD with his work on barnacles in the 1850s (see Correspondence vols. 4 and 5, and Fossil Cirripedia (1851)).
Bibliography
Fossil Cirripedia (1851): A monograph on the fossil Lepadidæ, or, pedunculated cirripedes of Great Britain. By Charles Darwin. London: Palaeontographical Society. 1851.
Summary
Will be glad to see recipient and Mr Morris at Down the following day.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13867G
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- eBay (April 2001)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13867G,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13867G.xml
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