From George Grey1 10 May 1846
Govt. House. Auckland. New Zealand.
May 10th. 1846.
My dear Sir.
The enclosed note which I believe bears your signature, having been mysteriously sent to me (by whom & for what purpose remains unexplained) I have thought it proper to mention the circumstance to you and at the same time to return the note.2
I ought perhaps to apologize for having read it, but it was so folded that my own name first caught my eye—and I concluded therefore that it had been sent to me with the intention that I should peruse it—3
Believe me my dear Sir. | faithfully yours. | G. Grey. Charles Darwin Esq. | &c. &c. &c.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Stokes, John Lort. 1846. Discoveries in Australia. 2 vols. London: T. & W. Boone.
Summary
Returns letter from CD to J. L. Stokes [see 940 and 1030].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-979
- From
- George Grey
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Auckland
- Source of text
- DAR 144: 121c
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 979,” accessed on 9 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-979.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 3
