To W. B. Tegetmeier 14 June [1861]1
Down. Bromley. Kent. S.E.
June 14th
My dear Sir
I send by this post my M.S. on Fowls:2 you will find the reading a tough & dull job.— The notes are pinned on the back. You will have lots of time for I shall be away about 8 weeks.3 Any very short corrections or doubts might be marked on margin; any longer remarks had better be on separate sheet, with reference to a pencil cross (x) & my page.— The Synopsis of characters will perhaps require closest attention.
Please observe that the style is not yet corrected. I have made several statements which I shd. not have ventured on, had I not known that you would kindly look the M.S. over. Moreover I hope to add & correct from further information which you will obtain for me.—
Please keep the M.S. in some shut & safe place.— It took me 8 weeks to write!!4
Now forgive me for a bit of business: I enclose a cheque for five guineas, which perhaps you will think sufficient just to remunerate you for loss of time in looking over the M.S. & for the observations which you have already been so good to make for me.—5
Will you please acknowledge the safe receipt of the M.S. & this note.—
With sincere thanks for all your kindness | believe, my dear Sir | Yours sincerely | C. Darwin
The M.S. is splendidly copied.—6
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Sends MS on fowls for WBT’s inspection.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4533
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Bernhard Tegetmeier
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4533,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4533.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 9