To T. L. Mitchell 31 May [1839]
My dear Sir
I am extremely obliged to you, for your great kindness in making enquiries respecting my servant.— But by a great chance, the day after I saw you, I made an arrangement for him to work his passage out as cook to a vessel. I am very sorry you should have taken so much trouble in vain.—
I enclose the curious stone, which I take much shame to myself for not having returned earlier.—but I had stored it away so carefully, that it had utterly past from my mind. I hope before very long, however, to publish a short account of it, & the woodcut, which you permitted to be taken from it.—1
Believe me | Very truly yours | Chas. Darwin 12 Upper Gower St
May 31st.—
Footnotes
Bibliography
Dietz, Robert S. 1978. IFOs (Identified Flying Objects). Sea Frontiers, pp. 341–6.
Summary
CD’s servant [Syms Covington] will work his passage to Australia.
Returns a curious stone, of which he hopes to publish an account. [See Volcanic islands, p. 38.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-515
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Livingstone Mitchell
- Sent from
- London, Upper Gower St, 12
- Source of text
- Mitchell Library, Sydney (A 295/1 pp.1–3)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 515,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-515.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
