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To R. D. Fitzgerald   7 October 1878

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. |(Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)

Oct. 7th 1878

Dear Sir

I write a line to acknowledge safe receipt & to thank you for your great kindness in having sent me Part. 4. of your truly magnificent work on the Australian Orchids.— I hope soon to read it.1

I remain Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | & obliged | Charles Darwin

Footnotes

1
Fitzgerald’s Australian orchids (R. D. Fitzgerald 1875–94) was published in parts, beginning in July 1875. CD had received the first three parts from Fitzgerald between 1875 and 1877 (see Correspondence vol. 23, letter to R. D. Fitzgerald, 16 July 1875, Correspondence vol. 24, letter to R. D. Fitzgerald, 18 August [1876], and Correspondence vol. 25, letter to R. D. Fitzgerald, 6 September 1877). CD’s copies are in the Darwin Library–CUL.

Bibliography

Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.

Fitzgerald, Robert David. 1875–94. Australian orchids. 2 vols. Sydney: Thomas Richards.

Summary

Thanks for pt 4 of Australian orchids [1874–].

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-11719
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Robert David Fitzgerald
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Mitchell Library, Sydney (A 2546)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11719,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11719.xml

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