To W. B. Tegetmeier 1 October [1869]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
Oct 1
My dear Sir
I write one to thank you & to say that the chickens arrived at Down last night all safe & lively.— I am surprised to see the feathers on back of Cock tinged with reddish or fulvous, & shall watch their adult plumage with interest.—2
Pray tell me what they cost you—with carriage, porterage, basket &c.—
In Haste | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 28 September [1869].
See letter to W. B. Tegetmeier, 28 September [1869] and n. 3.
Summary
Chickens have arrived safely.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6921
- 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 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6921,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6921.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
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