To [?] 21 September [1869]
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
Sept. 21
Dear Sir
I am much obliged for your kindness in sending me the curious facts about your Cats.1 I have so many letters to write that I hope you will excuse my entering on the subject in detail.—
With my best thanks | I beg leave to remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Bibliography
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Thanks correspondent for sending curious facts about his cats.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6952
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- National Library of Australia (MS 760/2/571)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6952,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6952.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
