To A. C. Ramsay 19 October 1871
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Oct 19. 1871
My dear Mr Ramsay
Many thanks for the papers.1 I read them with great interest in the Journal; & was glad to find confirmed by good evidence what I had long imagined, viz the persistence of our continents where they now stand.2 I wish that you cd prove the truth of yr view about the red deposits; but I see that many dispute it.3
I thought over the many regions which I have casually inspected & cannot remember any formation like our New & Old Red sandstones; & this makes me think that there must be something very peculiar in their origin.4
With all good wishes, pray believe me | yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Roberts, Michael. 2001. Just before the Beagle: Charles Darwin’s geological fieldwork in Wales, summer 1831. Endeavour 25: 33–7.
Summary
Thanks ACR for papers.
Glad present situation of our continents has been confirmed.
Wishes ACR would prove his view of origin of Red Sandstones, which many dispute.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8019
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Andrew Crombie Ramsay
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 261.9: 9 (EH 88205982)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19