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To W. C. Williamson   30 June [1875]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. [Abinger Hall, Surrey.]

June 30th

Dear Sir

I am much obliged to you for having sent me your Lecture, which seems to me a wonderfully clear & interesting sketch of the lower organisms.—2

Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

The year is established by the reference to Williamson’s lecture (see n. 2, below).
Williamson evidently sent a copy of his lecture ‘The dawn of animal life’, which was delivered on 2 March 1875 (W. C. Williamson 1875). CD’s copy has not been found.

Bibliography

Williamson, William Crawford. 1875. The dawn of animal life: a lecture delivered in the City Hall, Glasgow, March 2nd 1875; under the auspices of The Glasgow Science Lectures Association. London and Glasgow: William Collins, Sons & Company.

Summary

Thanks WCW for sending his lecture ‘The dawn of animal life’, which seems "a wonderfully clear & interesting sketch of the lower organisms".

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-10037
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
William Crawford Williamson
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Sotheby’s (dealers) (14 March 1973)
Physical description
ALS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10037,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10037.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23

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