To John Murray 4 March [1868]1
6. Queen Anne St | W
March 4th
My dear Sir
I have just been very much pleased by your note.
Four hundred guineas is a splendid sum & it delights my avaritious soul.—2
I shall not now grudge spending money for aid in my new Book.3
With sincere thanks | My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin—
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from John Murray, 3 March [1868].
CD refers to Descent.
Summary
Payment of 400 guineas [Variation royalties] delights CD.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5978
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Murray
- Sent from
- London, Queen Anne St, 6
- Source of text
- National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42153 f. 36)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5978,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5978.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
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