To Ernst Dieffenbach 25 January 18441
[Down]
‘… I am delighted at the thoughts of being able to contribute any Infusoria to your great countryman Ehrenberg…’2
Footnotes
Date taken from the Stargardt catalogue.
The Stargardt catalogue description notes that the letter was accompanied by a list of eight substances from CD’s collection, described in detail, which might be useful in Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg’s research on the Infusoria.
Summary
Delighted to be able to contribute Infusoria to ED’s "great countryman Ehrenberg". Includes a list of eight substances from his collection described in detail, which Ehrenberg might find useful in his researches.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-732
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ernst Dieffenbach
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- J. A. Stargardt (dealers) (Catalogue 574 11–13 November 1965)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 732,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-732.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 3
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