To D. Appleton & Co. 16 March 1872
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
March l6. 1872
Dear Sir
I received a short time since your letter of Feb. 23d, in which you give me so gratifying an account of the sale of my works.—1 I have heard from Mr. Layton that he will pay me in a few days a cheque for £427"s13"d8, & I now write to you to express my acknowledgments for this remuneration which I consider magnificent.2
I beg leave to remain | Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
To | Messrs Appleton & Co
I am very much pleased that my old Journal of Travels3 has sold pretty well.—
Footnotes
Bibliography
Journal of researches US ed. (1871): Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. By Charles Darwin. New edition. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1871.
Summary
Acknowledges payment from sale of his books.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8244
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- D. Appleton & Co
- Sent from
- London, Devonshire St, 9 Down letterhead
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.412)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8244,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8244.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
