To H. H. Vivian 11 May [1870]1
Down Beckenham
May 11—
Dear Mr Vivian
I feel greatly obliged to you for the kind interest which you have shewn on the subject of the census, which interests me greatly. I have no doubt that your personal communication with Mr Bruce will have far more influence than any memorial or any thing that I cd do.2
With my sincere thanks I beg leave to remain | yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
P.S. I will endeavour to persuade Sir J. Lubbock3 to speak on the subject.
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks for HHV’s interest in the census [CD’s plan to add questions on consanguineous marriage to the census] on which CD hopes to persuade Sir J. Lubbock to speak.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7183
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st baronet
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Invercargill City Libraries and Archives (Alex Robertson Collection, vol. 12: A0444 S12450012)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7183,” accessed on 1 October 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7183.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18
