From W. R. S. Ralston 3 December 1875
8 Alfred Place | Bedford Square
Decr. 3. 1875
Dear Mr. Darwin
The Librarian of the India Office, Dr. Rost, confirms my supposition that the Tiflis letter is in Georgian, and he says that the only person capable of reading it he knows of is the Rev. S. C. Malan, Rector of Broadwindsor.1 When you come to Town2 perhaps you will decide on whether there would be any objection to consulting that scholar, or whether the letter should be returned to Tiflis. Meanwhile, with your leave, I will retain it in custody, and have it put to the question if an opportunity arises—
Believe me | Yours very truly | W. R. S. Ralston.
Footnotes
Summary
S. C. Malan, Rector of Broadwindsor, could translate Georgian letter from Tiflis.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10288
- From
- William Ralston Shedden-Ralston
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Bedford Square
- Source of text
- DAR 176: 6
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10288,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10288.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23