To William Kemp 7 December [1843]
Down.
Dec. 7th.—
Dear Sir
I have the pleasure to inform you that to day I have sent your paper to the Annals1—with the particulars last sent added.—2 I hope you do not think, that I have been needlessly scrupulous,—I have had no motive but adding to the value of your discovery & establishing an interesting fact. I am sorry you thought it adviseable to send me a testimonial of yourself—3 Your correspondence & pursuits rendered that quite superfluous.
Yours faithfully | with best wishes | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Kemp, William. 1844. An account of some seeds buried in a sand-pit which germinated. By Mr William Kemp of Galashiels, in a letter to Charles Darwin, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13: 89–91.
Summary
Has sent WK’s paper to the Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Kemp 1844).
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-720F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Kemp
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- 7 DE 7 | 1843
- Source of text
- Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 10252/25) (gift of Ruth Cramond and David Cramond)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 720F,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-720F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18 (Supplement)
